November Meet

Join us for Bay Area OWASP's upcoming event, Great talks, delicious food Courtesy our sponsors Endor Labs. Get ready for insightful discussions and the chance to network with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

Agenda:
5:30 - 6:00: Doors open, networking and food
6:00 - 6:45: Start Clean with AI: Select Safer LLMs
6:45 - 7:30: AI && Patterns for SAST Automation.

Talk#1 Start Clean with AI: Select Safer LLMs
This talk will cover practical information that every developer that works with AI and AI models needs to be aware of. AI models have both similarities as well as important differences than OSS package dependencies. We will discuss ways that AI models can introduce both operational and security risk, and practical ways of managing this risk. As well as cover why it is really difficult to gain visibility into an AI model and some nascent industry efforts to address the problem.

Speaker:- George Apostolopoulos - Endor Labs Engineering
20+ years of experience in building and delivering networking and security products with emphasis on innovation. 6+ years of hands-on experience in large scale security analytics and machine learning for cybersecurity including a key role in one of the first machine learning based security products in the market.

Talk#2 AI && Patterns for SAST Automation.
Description: Whether you're building a security toolkit or looking to enhance an existing SAST implementation, this session will provide actionable strategies for integrating AI to bolster your static code analysis, streamline your workflows, and catch vulnerabilities before they become exploits.

Speaker: Bogdan Barchuk, SSCP. CISP. CISM. OSCP. OSCE.. OSCW. WAPT. CREST and OSWE. Bogdan is a seasoned pentester with keen interest in Offesive security