OWASP Newcastle July 2025

We're back with our second event of 2025! We’ll be doing our usual format although the break will be shorter this time to accomodate the earlier finish time of 20:00.

Location: Grainger Hub, Maybrook House, 27 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. NE1 5JE.

Rough schedule:
18:00 - 18:15 - Arrival and networking
18:15 - 18:20 - OWASP Intro & Welcome
18:20 - 18:30 - Talk one
18:30 - 19:00 - Talk two
19:00 - 19:30 - Break and refreshments
19:30 - 20:00 - Talk three
20:00 onwards - Pub!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Talk overviews:

Talk one
Title: CyberNorth Update
Speaker: Jon Holden/Dan
Speaker Bio: Jon is currently the Lead for Cyber and Fintech at CyberNorth, having previously worked in a number of security roles including CISO at Atom Bank for over 10 years.
Talk Synopsis: TBC

Talk two
Title: Large Language Threat Detection: AI in the SOC
Speaker: Michael Lamb
Speaker Bio: Currently the Director of SOC/DFIR for Precursor Security, experienced working in different SOC teams across public sector, financial services and managed services. I've lead DFIR engagements for a varied client base across EMEA.
Talk Synopsis: Threat Detection and Analysis have always been a challenge in SOC teams. With the advent of Large Language Models, this promises to improve the state of the triage function in a SOC. Join Michael Lamb, Director of Security Operations and SANS Instructor Candidate (LDR551) for an actionable overview/demo on how to build SOC AI workflows. Code included!

Talk three
Title: TBC
Speaker: Paul Newton
Speaker Bio: Paul is a senior recruitment professional with over 20 years' experience working across various disciplines, notably Finance, HR and for the last decade, IT, where he specialises in IT Security, including Cyber, Governance, Risk & Compliance and Data Protection.
Talk Synopsis: TBC

Live Stream Info: We're hoping to be able to live stream the event on our playeur channel