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#misec, An Open Community

Additional Security Communities in Michigan

A security conference in May
A security conference in December
Our local brach of OWASP goodness
Michigan Cyber Security Conference
Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Meetup
Detroit Defcon Group – DC313
Ann Arbor Security Meetup
Kalamazoo InfoSec meetup
ISSA Grand Rapids Chapter

Leadership

Kyle Andrus
Jackson Director
Brian Martinez
Lansing Director
Nick Wright (MoonyThinker)
Lansing Chapter Co-Director & Director of Education and Outreach
Ali Faraj
Southfield Director
Jason Foster
Grand Rapids Director
Xavier D. Johnson
Detroit Director
Kent Gruber
Ann Arbor Director
Ben Banfield
Marquette Director
Steven Legg
Advisor
Brad McMahon
Contributor

#misec near you

We currently have six chapters in Michigan. Hope to see you out for a local talk or social event soon!

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Kyle Andrus

Jackson Director

Senior Incident Responder with a love for memory forensics.

Brian Martinez

Lansing Director

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) analyst with a propensity for relationship building and communicating the importance of education, security, and risk. Previously an IT auditor and a Unix sysadmin (stuck in the body of a Windows sysadmin). Presented at EDUCAUSE 2018, #misec Lansing, BSides Detroit, and performed at Go! Comedy in Ferndale.

Nick Wright (MoonyThinker)

Lansing Chapter Co-Director & Director of Education and Outreach

Moony (Nick) is an information technology professional and enthusiast with an equal passion for community building. With the Lansing Chapter, Nick focuses on working with the chapter members to help create and coordinate events to help boost professional social gatherings and knowledge building. Additionally, as the Director of Education and Outreach for #misec, Moony works to educate Michigan’s residents about how they can reduce risks and technical exhaustion while increasing technical confidence.

In addition to #misec, Moony is involved and a board member of many other Michigan-based organizations and non-profits. He is also heavily engaged in various art communities and projects.

Ali Faraj

Southfield Director

Jason Foster

Grand Rapids Director

Jason is an application security geek who enjoys hardware & software hacking. He is also blessed to get to teach for the University of Michigan as an Adjunct Professor in their College of Engineering Nexus. 6.5+ years of his life was devoted to helping Uncle Sam & his defense contractors protect their collective assets. He enjoys speaking about security & cryptography.

Xavier D. Johnson

Detroit Director

IT professional with over 10 years of professional experience focused on Security for the past 6 years. Hands on experience in multiple enterprise environments building multiple security tools, Active Penetration Testing, and threat modeling.

Kent Gruber

Ann Arbor Director

Product security engineer and open source developer.

Ben Banfield

Marquette Director

Ben Banfield is a cybersecurity enthusiast who lives in Negaunee, MI with his wife, kids, dog and cats.  When he isn’t glued to his computer messing around with try-hack-me and hack-the-box, he spends time mountain biking, rock climbing and camping at the most remote places he can find.  When he isn’t doing those things, he is playing hockey or softball.

Steven Legg

Advisor

Brad McMahon

Contributor