Welcome!
Welcome to the home page of the West Michigan chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance also known as the West Michigan CSA. Our chapter is an open and welcoming professional organization to anyone interested in learning more about cyber security and cloud security.
Please feel free to connect with any of our board of directors on LinkedIn and join our group page there as well. Joining our LinkedIn group makes you an official member! No fees, no dues, just a community of great people.
We hope that you will attend one of our events and get more involved!
CloudCon 2023 – Executive Track
New this year for CloudCon is an Executive Track in the Super Suite at LMCU Ballpark. These presentations will be more geared at a management or business level. The Executive Track is brought to you by Guidepoint Security who will be hosting the track throughout both days.
Charity Opportunity – Alex’s Saints
At our Pizza Party event at the WMCAT we learned from Michael Peterson about a wonderful charity called Alex's Saints. Alex, who the organization was named after was known to light up any room with his contagious smile, energy, and laughter. At the age of 24, Alex...
May 3 – Tour Of The Underground with Cybersixgill
Join the West Michigan CSA and Cybersixgill on May 3rd for breakfast at LMCU Ballpark in the Pepsi Stadium Club for a Tour of the Underground. Brad Liggett - Director of Global Sales Engineering, will show us how to access the dark web, the various methods of data extraction available and recommendations for using threat intelligence. Definitely not one to miss and seating is limited!
April 26th – WMCAT Pizza Party
Join us on April 26th for our 1st annual Mitten Brewing Pizza Party with Splunk, Arctic Wolf, Tanium and Cadre! We are kicking it old school back at the WMCAT and the event starts at 4pm with networking, drinks and food!
Our DEI Mission
Our mission is to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community of cloud security professionals by promoting awareness and understanding of different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. We are committed to creating a safe and respectful environment...
March 15th – Virtual Automation Workshop
Automation...the dream of every SOC and security team on the planet. But it's hard to do, complicated and we are not programmers! Join the CSA West Michigan and our friends over at Tines as we dive into a hands-on virtual workshop learning how easy it can be to...