Monthly Security Meetup — Des Moines, Iowa

Security talks.

Vendor-neutral, practical, open to the curious. Bring a laptop, bring a question. All types welcome.

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Next Run
2026-08-06
Doors 6:00 PM
Venue T12 Distillery
City West Des Moines, IA
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The Room

Practical security. No vendor fog.

SecDSM is a monthly meetup where local security folks trade notes, demo tools, talk through failures, and compare scars. No registration required. Bring curiosity, a laptop if you want, and enough manners to keep the room good.

01 Talks

Short demos, primary talks, tool notes, and field stories.

02 Community

Local security people, students, builders, breakers, and defenders.

03 Venue

First Thursday at 6PM, T12 Distillery.

04 Signal

Free, vendor-neutral, and open to the curious.

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Schedule

0 18 * * 4  ·  first thursday monthly  ·  t12 distillery

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● Next Run 2026-08-06
TBA
Talk schedule pending

Check Discord for updates as the agenda fills in. All are welcome.

Presented with support from
Sublime Security
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○ Queued 2026-09-03
7:00 PM
Feature
Aaron Tekippe PrivacyTrollShield: An Open-Source Scanner for Privacy Compliance

In 2024, plaintiffs' attorneys filed 1,853 wiretapping lawsuits against companies for unauthorized tracking, including session replay tools loading before consent, Meta Pixels capturing form data, and non-functional "Decline" buttons. Each violation carries $5,000–$50,000 liability under CIPA section 631.

PrivacyTrollShield is an open-source scanner that identifies these vulnerabilities in your public facing websites. It launches a headless browser to monitor all network requests before and after consent interactions, comparing actual site behavior against consent banner promises. The tool detects 40+ pre-consent trackers, flags session replay by data sensitivity, identifies form data leaks to third parties, and verifies that declining consent actually works.

Aaron Tekippe is the VP of IT & Security at Openly, where he leads the organization's security and IT teams. His work spans multiple security domains including zero trust architecture, threat detection, offensive security, and privacy compliance tooling, including the open-source PrivacyTrollShield project. Before entering cybersecurity, Aaron spent nearly a decade in sales management, where he developed the communication and stakeholder management skills that now strengthen his security leadership approach.

Presented with support from
SentinelOne
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○ Queued 2026-10-01
Get ready to crank up the party vibes and kick off the Halloween fun with a bang! Picture this: a Hacker Costume Contest, an electrifying Scavenger Hunt, a spooky CTF and a brain-teasing Trivia Night! Prizes will be on hand for winning teams. No presentations this meeting, just pure excitement and energy! Get your costumes ready and join us for an unforgettable pre-Halloween bash! 🎉👻🎃.
TBA
Talk schedule pending

Check Discord for updates as the agenda fills in. All are welcome.

Presented with support from
LMG Security
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○ Queued 2026-11-05
TBA
Talk schedule pending

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Presented with support from
Have a talk to share? →
○ Queued 2026-12-03
TBA
Talk schedule pending

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Have a talk to share? → Interested in sponsoring? →

Live console

$ secdsm --interactive

A real shell. Try help to see commands — next, uptime, dig venue.secdsm.org, or set a custom prompt with hostname <your-name>. Session persists per-browser.

dig venue.secdsm.org // real records, captured at build time

$ dig +noall +answer +comments venue.secdsm.org TXT venue.secdsm.org LOC venue.secdsm.org URI

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 55491
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 4, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; ANSWER SECTION:
venue.secdsm.org.	1800	IN	TXT	"addr=111 S 11th St, Ste 100, West Des Moines, IA 50265"
venue.secdsm.org.	1800	IN	TXT	"doors=18:00"
venue.secdsm.org.	1800	IN	TXT	"parking=Parking to the south of the building"
venue.secdsm.org.	1800	IN	TXT	"v=t12-distillery"

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 32563
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; ANSWER SECTION:
venue.secdsm.org.	1800	IN	LOC	41 34 8.488 N 93 42 56.653 W 0.00m 1m 10000m 10m

;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 43067
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; ANSWER SECTION:
venue.secdsm.org.	1799	IN	URI	10 1 "https://maps.app.goo.gl/6PkyXeeGZvLL6ugh9"

T12 Distillery hosts us monthly. They make great whiskey — buy some. Silver-tier+ sponsors can produce a custom-labeled barrel via the T12 Distillery Private Barrel Club. Map: google · osm

whoami // what is this

SecDSM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit running a monthly information security meetup in Des Moines, Iowa, since February 2016. Founded by people who got tired of vendor-driven “community” events. Run by volunteers. Funded by sponsors who agree to the terms: banner space, brochures, a shoutout — no pitch, no list.

Show up. Bring a question. Give a talk if you’ve built or broken something cool.

read /about read /coc read /bylaws read /colophon 
$ man secdsm

NAME
       secdsm — des moines security meetup

SYNOPSIS
       1st thursday, 18:00 CDT, t12 distillery

DESCRIPTION
       monthly. vendor-neutral. free.
       attendee-driven talks.
       no sales. no registration.

FILES
       /coc          code of conduct
       /bylaws       501(c)(3) bylaws
       /sponsor      tiers & terms
       /pgp-key.txt  board pgp key
       /security.txt rfc 9116

SEE ALSO
       discord(7), opencollective(7)