Welcome to Cascade STEAM’s Cyber-focused community group!
Upcoming Meetings
We meet on the second Thursday of the Month from ~5:30-7:00pm at various locations. Meeting details will be available on this page, the Cascade STEAM Community Hub, and the Cascade STEAM Meetup Page. We will not hold meetings in July, August, or December; join us for Cascade STEAM Socials on these months instead!
Join us as we continue to work on organizing our group and building a local cybersecurity community. Our meetings are free and anyone with an interest in Cybersecurity is welcome to attend.
Mark your calendars and watch this space as we confirm meeting locations. Consider creating a Meetup account and following Cascade STEAM, to receive email notices about our events.
March (Meeting #9)
Cascade STEAM Breach Community Project
Thursday March 12, 5:20-7:00pm
Bellingham Makerspace
Join us on March 12th for an introduction and discussion of the Cascade STEAM Breach Community Project and highlights of the recent Seattle Bsides Cybersecurity Conference.
Cascade STEAM Breach is a Community Project featuring a cybersecurity shared learning experience in a game of Capture the Flag! The offensive Red Team takes on the defensive Blue Team in an epic battle of planting, detecting, and resolving cybersecurity exploits in a controlled environment. Participants share their strategies for attacking and defending as a learning exercise, which helps to evolve further rounds of play with more difficult challenges.
Breach is planned for the 4th Sunday of the month from 1pm-5pm at the Bellingham Makerspace. Our first Breach Community Project Event is on March 29th!
April (Meeting #10)
Thursday April 9, 2026 5:20-7:00pm
Details: TBD
Past Meetings
- 5/25 - What does the community want from this group?
- 6/25 - Steven Reed, IT Cybersecurity Auditor, Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO): Cybersecurity Audits & Tools
- 7/25 - Chris Ranallo, Director of IT for Lummi Nation: How to build a cybersecurity and IT program
- 9/25 - Donavon Swinney, CISSP, CISA, CISM, Director of Information Security, Whatcom Educational Credit Union (WECU): Cybersecurity in Financial Services
- 10/25 - Brent Hurtig and Ianthe Andress, Partners at Motive Search Inc: Recruiting for Big Tech & Tech Startups
- 11/25 - Mike Hamilton, Field CISO, Lumifi, and Co-Founder & Board Chairman, PISCES: Changes at CISA, PISCES Program, & Cyber Trends and Stories
- 1/26 - Panel Discussion Topic: What cybersecurity professionals should expect in 2026
- 2/26 - Member Networking: Rapid-fire Networking by Topic
Organizers
Volunteer Organizers of the Cascade STEAM Cyber Community Group are Marty Mulholland, and David Hirsch. Please contact cyber@cascadesteam.org for community group inquiries.
