InfoSec Hamilton Monthly Meetup for January 2026

6:30 - doors open
7pm - The OWASP Top 10 for 2025 w/ Danny Vacar
7:45 - intermission
8pm - continue talk / social time
9pm - wrap up

Session description:
Overview of the updated OWASP Top 10 for 2025.

Your speaker:
Danny Vacar (linkedin) is a security professional with over a decade of expertise in cybersecurity and more than 20 years in IT, networking, and systems administration. Throughout his career, he has held a variety of security-focused roles, including Penetration Tester and Security Consultant, and currently works as an Application Security Engineer. Danny holds certifications as a GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN) and Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT), and outside of his professional work he is a passionate student pilot and aviation enthusiast.

Your co-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.