InfoSec Hamilton Monthly Meetup for July 2026

We will be at the new CoMotion location at 62 King St E this month!

6:30 - doors open
7pm - Social Media, Post Truth and Bullsh*t w/ Bee Mallory
7:45 - intermission
8pm - continue talk / social time
9pm - wrap up

Session description:
Where do you get your information about the world? How do you know that it is unbiased? What if it is created specifically for you? This talk explores how social media platforms turn user data into personalized streams of persuasive content that blur the line between information and manipulation. In a post-truth world where belief, opinion, and emotion outweigh evidence, targeted messaging doesn’t just spread—it adapts, embedding itself in how we think and feel and influencing how we behave. Moving between theory and real-world cases, this presentation reveals how social media sites shape political and social realities—and asks what happens as AI makes these conditions faster to create and harder to notice.

Your speaker:
Bee Mallory is a graduate of the University of King's College. She is passionate about privacy and security. Bee has spoken about living in a privacy-conscious household at BSides Toronto, the Association for Computer Science Educators, and virtually for Hackfest in 2020, as well as facilitating numerous workshops on Sexual Violence Prevention and Bystander Intervention at their alma mater.

Your co-hosts:
Todd Dow (LinkedIn) is a Cybersecurity Solutions Engineer focusing on Splunk XDR, Agentic AI & SOC Modernization at Cisco. He is also a writer (toddhdow.com), 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.