OWASP New Zealand - Auckland-area Meetup

The Auckland-area OWASP Meetup takes place on the second Tuesdays of March, May, July, September, and November. There are no Meetups in January, as our members enjoy their holidays.

For May's meeting, we'll have the following agenda:

5:45 - 6:45 - Networking and Refreshments
6:45 - 7:15 - Welcome, Introductions, and Administrative Items
7:15 - 8:30 - Panel Discussion
8:30 - Post-Meetup Networking

Our Topic for the Evening:

Getting AppSec Right, from the Beginning

When you start your company - or even your first "greenfield" project - you want to bake application security in from the beginning. But what's the right amount of security, and which things will give you the best bang for your buck? What are the things you just can't afford NOT to do from the beginning?

In this panel discussion, our panelists will share their experiences creating startups, advising businesses and building security practices in small and large organisations, to help you sort through all the things you could do and take away some concrete advice.

Our Panel Members:

• Laura Bell - Founder, SafeStack
• Chris Hails - Heartland Bank
• John-Paul Sikking - Datacom
• Petra Smith - Sharesies

Our Hosts:
For our May Meetup, we'll be hosted by Datacom's AppSec Division, at their Wynyard Quarter offices (58 Gaunt Street, Auckland, 1010). We'll be meeting in the Te Ikaroa and Tautoru training rooms on Level 1 (up the stairs from the main lobby).

Our Sponsors:
Secure Code Warrior (SCW, www.securecodewarrior.com) has kindly agreed to sponsor our session, providing our food and drinks. Members of the SCW team are visiting Auckland and Wellington to meet with customers, and will be on hand during our session.

IMPORTANT NOTE: For security and contact tracing purposes, pre-registration is REQUIRED. Visit our Humanitix registration page (https://events.humanitix.com/owaspnz-akl-may) to reserve your place. There will be a security guard controlling admission to the building, and they'll admit ONLY those who've pre-registered.

Pre-registration CLOSES at 12:00 noon on 11 May.

We're always looking for presenters and topics for future meetings - contact John (john.dileo@owasp.org) if you have an idea for a topic, or a presentation you'd like to make.