Thanks to all those who attended our inaugural meeting. We had a very productive discussion around goals for the organization as well as the member’s backgrounds. A technical presentation by Josh Little (ZTango) on the foundation of the HTTP protocol was also given.

We’re looking into streaming and/or recording future meetings so that members who could not attend can participate with the group. More info on this as it becomes available.

The slides from the technical presentation are available: Hypertext for Hyper techs – An Introduction to HTTP for SecPros.

MichSec.org was born out the community discussions from BSides Detroit. As part of the last talk on Friday, Dug Song started a conversation on ethics in the security world. This talk morphed through conversations on mentoring, community, and the security scene in Michigan. While Ann Arbor is home to several security user groups and the Metro Detroit area hosts several of the large professional organizations, it was suggested that a group that held to the spirit of the BSides movement would be a welcome addition. Thus the #misec IRC channel was formed.

While IRC is great and all, the community and camaraderie of face-to-face can’t be beat. Thus the monthly MichSec meetings were formed. MichSec.org is the central information house for all things going on with the MichSec meetings and #misec. Check out our meetings page for more information on our next gathering.