OWASP Meetup - Peninsula December 2017

Please join us for an awesome night of security, courtesy of our host: Contrast Security. We'll have a longer talk from a special speaker - Jeff Williams, a co-founder of OWASP and founder of some amazing OWASP projects. We'll also have food, drinks, swag, and lots of time for networking!

• 6:30 - Doors open

• 6:45-7:00 - Welcome

• 7:00-8:00 - Three Ways of Security (Jeff Williams)

• 8:00-9:00 - Networking and Giveaways!

Talk 1: Three Ways of Security (Jeff Williams)

When Marc Andreessen said, “software is eating the world,” he saw business literally reinvented as software. But as software is built faster, becomes more complex and interconnected, and handles more critical functions and data, it’s clear modern software has outstripped our ability to secure it. DevOps has produced stunning results for software speed and quality, but do they translate for security? In this talk, Jeff will present the “Three Ways of Security” – an interpretation of the DevOps classic, “The Phoenix Project” for security. You’ll learn how to get your security work flowing, how to create continuous security feedback, and how to create a culture of security experimentation and learning. Bring your hard questions – Jeff likes a “town hall” style meeting!

Bio:

A pioneer in application security, Jeff Williams has more than 20 years of experience in software development and security. He is the co-founder and CTO of Contrast Security, a revolutionary application security product that enhances software with the power to defend itself, check itself for vulnerabilities, and join a security command and control infrastructure. Williams is also a founder and major contributor to OWASP, where he served as the Chair of the OWASP Board for 8 years and created the OWASP Top 10, OWASP Enterprise Security API, OWASP Application Security Verification Standard, XSS Prevention Cheat Sheet, and many other widely adopted free and open projects. Jeff is a widely requested speaker with upcoming presentations this fall at the Palmer Symposium, LASCON & the American Petroleum Institute Cybersecurity Conference. Jeff holds a BA from Virginia, an MA from George Mason, and a JD from Georgetown.