Monthly Meeting May 2026
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Join us for SFISSA for a meeting at HackMiami 1101!
We will be holding our May members meeting at the conference, HackMiami 1101, of our great friends over at HackMiami.
Location:
Marenas Beach Resort — 18683 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Speaker #1:
David Guindi, President Elect, HIMSS South Florida Chapter
Speaker #1 bio:
David is an IT Director with over 20 years of experience leading technology operations
in healthcare environments, including hospitals and multi-site medical groups. With
proven expertise in supporting clinical systems, ensuring HIPAA compliance, and
driving digital transformation he has worked to improve patient care and operational
efficiency. David also has a background in disaster recovery, business continuity, and
secure infrastructure design, with a strong track record of collaborating with executive
leadership to align IT with healthcare goals.
Speaker #2:
Craig Birch, Principal Security Engineer – Cayosoft
Speaker Bio:
Craig brings over 24 years of hands-on experience in Active Directory architecture,
operations, and security. Craig’s extensive expertise spans Active Directory, AD
migrations, identity management, Entra ID, and M365 technologies, with a strong
emphasis on securing these environments.
Presentation Title:
What You Don’t Know Will Cost You: Modern Active Directory Attack Paths and
Toxic Combinations
Abstract:
Active Directory is still the control system for most enterprises, and modern
compromises rarely depend on zeroday exploits or obvious misconfigurations. They
succeed when attackers chain together legitimate permissions, delegated trust, and
identity decisions that were never revisited.
In this session, Craig Birch walks through how identity attack paths form and why toxic
combinations are so difficult to spot when teams review issues in isolation. The talk
includes a live attack scenario that follows an endtoend identity compromise from
initial access to credential materialization and persistence, using only authorized
behavior and existing trust paths.
After the meeting (Around 8 PM), we’ll keep the energy going with networking at the Tiki Hut overlooking the beach.
Note: This meeting is on a paid training day, not on the main day of talks.