ZooSec
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Kalamazoo's InfoSec meetup.
- NEXT
- Third Tuesday · 6:00 PM
- Third Tuesday, every month.
- WHERE
- Advia Credit Union HQ
- 6400 W Main St, Kalamazoo, MI
- Use the east side entrance — not the main entrance.
- COST
- Free
- Just show up.
// ANNOUNCEMENTS
Can't make it in the flesh? This month's meeting will be audio-streamed live in theGeneral audio channel on our Discord.
// ABOUT
ZooSec started over beers at GrrCON — a few Kalamazoo natives decided the Zoo needed its own city sec group.
It's for anyone working in information security — or wanting to. Trade stories, get advice from peers, help us build the community here.
Analysts, sysadmins, developers, students, career-switchers — anyone with an interest. No certification, no employer sponsorship, no dues.
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// A TYPICAL NIGHT
Doors at 6:00 PM, third Tuesday. Some months there's a talk; some months it's the room, a table, and whatever people brought.
Come and talk, or sit and listen to others talk — both are the point. It's been a casual meetup since the first one in 2015 and nobody has gotten around to fixing that.
Bring something cool to show us if you have it. That invitation has stood from the beginning — lock picks, a Pi, a Pineapple, a war story.
// LATEST POSTS
- ZooSec meetup recap — September 20262026-09-15
// PAST TALKS
Welcoming Our Systemd OverlordZ — January 2020. Come hear why systemd >> init.d.
CitiZen Cyber SkillZ for Public Service — February 2020. Michigan's Civilian Cyber Corps: qualified citizens, background-checked and trained, responding to incidents for local and regional government.
Easy Wins in InfoSec — scheduled for March 2020, then everything closed. The talk two practitioners wished they'd seen when they first got a foot in the door.
September 2018 — a guest speaker on how not to shoot yourself in the foot doing forensics.
The old blog ran 2015–2022: Arcadia Brewing, then Secant Technologies, Jac's, Homer Stryker Field, and now Advia.
// GIVE A TALK
No CFP, no slide template, no committee. If you have something to show, say so at a meetup and we'll put you on an upcoming one. Short counts. Slides are optional.