InfoSec Hamilton Monthly Meetup for December 2025

This has been a popular request for a long time and it's finally happening - here's your chance for a no pressure opportunity to share with the InfoSec Hamilton community! For December, we're doing Lightning talks. You'll have up to 15 minutes to share something InfoSec related with the rest of the group.

If you're interested in speaking, give us your name and session title in the comments below. Don and I will monitor the submissions and we'll update the agenda as we get sufficient relevant submission details (and we might reach out to individuals for more details before approving topics).

And don't delay - speaking slots are first come first served so the earlier you submit your idea, the earlier in the evening you'll get to talk.

6:30 - doors open
7pm - Lightning talks
7:45 - intermission
8pm - continue talks / social time
9pm - wrap up

Session & speaker descriptions:
1. Don Mallory: "Setting Rules of Engagement for Information Sharing"

Your hosts:
Todd Dow (linkedin) is a Technical Security Solutions Architect at Cisco. He is also a writer, speaker and founder of InfoSec Hamilton. Todd has over 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity field performing penetration tests, providing security architecture and compliance consulting and creating, developing and leading high performing security teams – this included working as the CISO at two organizations: First Ontario Credit Union and ArcelorMittal Dofasco. Todd maintains CISSP, CISA and PMP credentials and he has also earned an Hon BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies from the University of Toronto.

Don Mallory (LinkedIn) has over 30 years of experience in enterprise IT, primarily in critical infrastructure, specializing in operations, data storage, disaster recovery, and security for critical infrastructure. Professionally, Don is a Senior Security Analyst in the healthcare sector. He is a co-author of “Applied Data Security Strategy - A Leader’s Guide”, and has been involved in various volunteer activities including C3X, Hak4Kidz Toronto, the Hamilton Infosec Meetup, and the Latow Photographer's Guild at the Art Gallery of Burlington, where he teaches traditional wet darkroom photography.