October Meetup

Join us for the upcoming Bay Area OWASP event, proudly sponsored by ArmorCode and hosted by Endor Labs.
Please note the new address for Endor Labs is 658 High St. Palo Alto, CA

Enjoy an evening filled with engaging conversations, community networking, and thought-provoking security discussions — plus, delicious food and drinks generously provided by our sponsors.

5:00 PM : Doors open, Networking, food and drinks
5.30 PM :- Chapter introductions
5.45-6.30 PM :- Tips, Traps, and Precautions in Vibe Coding
6.30-7.15 PM :- State of MCP Security
7.15-8.00 PM :- Autonomous Agents: Inventory, Traces & Egress

Talk# 1: Evolving Your AppSec Program in the Era of AI
Speaker Anand Sawant from Endor Labs
Description: AI is already transforming how software is built—but for security teams, it’s mostly just making life harder. Developers are shipping AI-generated code at breakneck speed, while security teams struggle to keep up. The challenge isn’t just securing AI-generated code and systems—it’s evolving your AppSec program to keep pace with software development.

Talk #2: State of MCP Security
Soeaker: Raji Vanninathan is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with a rich and varied background spanning pharma, manufacturing, biotech, and technology sectors. Currently a Prinicipal Engineering Manager at Microsoft her team is responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle for AI security vulnerabilitie and Safety harms. She also leads engagement with the external AI research community both industry and academia. Her experience includes security leadership roles at Apple and Adobe, where she built and matured cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance programs. Raji is passionate about cultivating high-performing teams, fostering a growth mindset, and leveraging security to build trust and enable business success. Committed to diversity in leadership, she dedicates her time to coaching and mentoring women, amplifying their voices in the cybersecurity industry.

Description: TBD

Talk#3 Autonomous Agents: Inventory, Traces & Egress
Description: gentic Data Access: Discovery, Attribution and Governance
AI agents now access data in ways traditional controls can’t keep up with, touching sensitive sources and triggering LLM calls autonomously. This talk shares how to discover what agents exist, trace their actions, and govern their data access to keep it secure, auditable, and compliant.

Speaker Apurv garg is the founder of Aurva, a runtime data-access and AI security platform, and previously led ML teams at Meta's Messaging unit.