Monthly Meetings
Monthly chapter meetings feature cybersecurity industry experts presenting on current topics. Meetings are held in a hybrid format with both Zoom and in-person attendance options at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center.
2026
5 meetings
Working in Cybersecurity, we're all familiar with SOX. But do you know how we got there?
Join us as we cover Enron and Worldcom, their direct impact on SOX, and what we can learn from some of the fraud prevention techniques used in finance.
About the speaker
AK obtained her CISSP in 2023, after attending an ISC2 Seattle CISSP Bootcamp. She holds a Masters in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Washington and Bachelors in Biochemistry and Computer Science, both from Seattle University. She currently works as a Cybersecurity Engineer.
How do we use the apparent magic of LLMs to help us threat
model? What are the challenges? What works? What doesn’t? This 2026 talk contextualizes and models LLMs as friend and foe, and then focuses on how to use LLMs as we develop more secure systems.
About the speaker
Adam is the author of Threat Modeling: Designing for Security and Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn from Star Wars. He’s a leading expert on threat modeling, a consultant, expert witness, and game designer. He has decades of experience delivering security. His experience ranges across the business world from founding startups to nearly a decade at Microsoft.
His accomplishments include:
- Helped create the CVE. Now an Emeritus member of the Advisory Board.
- Fixed Autorun for hundreds of millions of systems
- Led the design and delivery of the Microsoft SDL Threat Modeling Tool (v3)
- Created the Elevation of Privilege threat modeling game
- Co-authored The New School of Information Security
Beyond consulting and training, Shostack serves as a member of the Blackhat Review Board, an advisor to a variety of companies and academic institutions, and an Affiliate Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.
Josh Michaels, a security leader, explores how perseverance and vision fuel success in “Leading Through Tribulations,” sharing strategies that turned challenges into opportunities while strengthening the BSides Seattle community.
In today’s evolving threat and compliance landscape, understanding personal risk is essential for every security executive. Scott will share expert insights and practical strategies you won’t want to miss.
About the speaker
Josh Michaels is a cybersecurity leader with over 18 years working in and building high-impact security teams at Caterpillar, F5 Networks, Microsoft, DocuSign, and JPMorgan Chase Bank.
A dedicated advocate for the security community and education, Josh volunteered at DefCon for 14 years, most recently as the security lead. Locally, Josh founded and for the past 15 years has run the Bsides Seattle security conference to provide accessible learning opportunities and space for unheard voices to share knowledge. ( www.bsidesseattle.com)
In his free time, he volunteers with community groups providing conflict de-escalation/emergency medical response, and enjoys a good cup of tea.