56 - 2/26 - Patrick Quinlan, CEO & co-Founder of Convercent

Published: Feb. 25, 2018, 5:36 p.m.

b'In this episode: Patrick Quinlan, CEO and co-founder of Convercent is our guest this week.\\xa0News from: CDOT, Google, CryptoKitties, Riot Blockchain, Vista Equity Partners, BSides Denver, Overwatch.id, ManagedMethods, Ping Identity, Secure64 and a lot more!\\n\\nIn Soviet Russia, election votes you\\nMueller\'s Russia investigation touches Colorado. And so does SamSam ransomware (sorry CDOT!). Google shows off their new digs in Boulder. Cyprokitties play with cryptocurrency in Denver, and Riot Blockchain looks a bit wobbly. And a lot more news this week.\\n\\nTrivia: Congrats to Justin Brenneman who knew that the world\'s most secure seed vault is in Colorado. Did you catch this week\'s trivia question? Be the first to reply to info@colorado-security.com with the right answer and get any $25 item from the Colorado = Security store.\\n\\nCome join us on the new Colorado = Security Slack channel to meet old and new friends.\\n\\nSign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates -\\xa0https://www.colorado-security.com/. If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com\\n\\nLocal security news:\\nJoin the Colorado = Security Slack channel\\nColorado targeted by Russians indicted in Robert Mueller probe indictment says\\nSamSam ransomware variant hits Colorado transportation agency and demands bitcoin\\nGoogle shows off new Boulder campus, funds K-12 computer science\\nCryptoKitties paving way to understanding blockchain, including at Denver Ethereum hackathon\\nRiot Blockchain\'s stock tumbles 30% after CNBC investigation into former biotech firm that changed to trendy name\\nBillionaire Robert Smith left his hometown of Denver years ago, but now he\\u2019s growing a tech empire here\\nBSides CFP Open\\nOverwatch.Id $3.22 million Fundraising\\nOperation Cyber Blanket\\nManagedMethods Wins Gold 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Best Cloud Security Product\\nPing Identity Takes the Gold Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Second Consecutive Year\\nSecure64 blog - How to Stop Bots from Exploiting Social Media Sites\\nJob Openings:\\nFast Enterprises - Information Security Officer\\nGates - Sr Security Engineer\\nCity and County of Denver - Information Security Specialist\\nPing Identity - SRE - Security Operations\\nCHI - Security Engineer III - AV, Encryption\\nCoreSite - Senior Information Security Engineer\\nCigna - Cyber Threat Responder and Malware Analysis Lead\\nBlack Knight - Threat Intelligence Analyst II\\nFirst Data - Senior Application Analyst\\nNetizen - Cybersecurity Engineer III\\nUpcoming Events:\\nThis Week and Next:\\n\\nGDPR Meetup - An Overview of GDPR - 2/27\\nSecureSet - Hacking 10 Workshop: AppSec - 2/27\\nISSA COS - Women in Security - 2/27\\nDenSec - South Meetup - 3/5\\nCTA - Daybreak Education Series: The Business of IoT - 3/6\\nSnowFroc - 3/8\\nOther Notable Upcoming Events\\n\\nC-Level @ Mile High - 3/15\\nRocky Mountain Information Security Conference - 5/8-10\\nView our events page for a full list\\xa0of upcoming events\\n\\n* Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at carrrladams@gmail.com. Check out his other voice work here.\\n\\n* Intro and exit song:\\xa0"The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians\\xa0is licensed under CC BY 2.0'