#misec, An Open Community
About #misec
History
We are a collective of Michigan based information security professionals (or maybe just people interested in security) looking to share knowledge and make the world a safer place.
#misec launched with BSides Detroit 2011. We started with a simple idea: make the BSides experience an ongoing part of life in Southeastern Michigan. This expanded into monthly meet-ups, workshops, capture-the-flag teams, and more. We continue to put on the BSides Detroit conference, and to send speakers and volunteers to conferences around the region.
Currently #misec has expanded to three locations: Southfield, Jackson, and Lansing Michigan. This has allowed us to interact with many professionals throughout the area and continue to grow the number of opportunities available to us.
Affiliates
Converge Detroit
A security conference in our own backyard!
OWASP Detroit
Our local brach of OWASP goodness
More affiliates to be listed soon!
CitySec
ArbSec
Ann Arbor based security group
GrrSec
Grand Rapids based security group
More to be listed soon!
Contact #misec
Meet the Family
Wolfgang Goerlich
Senior Advisor
J Wolfgang Goerlich hosted the original #misec meet-up in his data center, as the lone IT guy stoically welcoming the hoards of hackers. He has since become a cyber security strategist and continues to work with organizations on keeping the bad guys out and the good guys working. And while most of #misec still scares him, he puts on a brave face. Wolfgang blogs at https://jwgoerlich.com and does videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/jwgoerlich.
Ryan Harp
Senior Adviser
Ryan Harp has been doing computer work most of his adult life (BBS for life!) and Information Security work for the last 12 years. Most of his work has focused on defense of enterprise networks. For the first 10 years of his Infosec career he was building the security program at a large regional community college here in Michigan. He’s implemented switching, firewalls, IDS’s and SIEM’s and everything in between. Now he works for a managed security services company deploying their custom built SIEM and playing with very cool technologies like ELK and Spark.
