OWASP San Antonio: Secrets and Secrets Management Strategies

Presentation Sessions: 11am-3:00pm
Happy Hour & Networking: 3:00pm-4:30pm

Secrets are everywhere in modern application environments, API keys, credentials, tokens, certificates, database passwords, encryption keys, and service-to-service authentication. As applications become more distributed and development increasingly relies on automation, cloud services, containers, and AI-assisted tooling, managing these secrets securely has become a critical part of application security.

Join OWASP San Antonio for a practical, practitioner-focused discussion on Secrets and Secrets Management Strategies. We'll explore the challenges organizations face protecting sensitive credentials throughout the software development lifecycle, reducing the risk of accidental exposure, and building effective secrets management practices.

Topics may include secrets discovery and inventory, secure storage and distribution, rotation and lifecycle management, secrets sprawl, CI/CD pipeline security, cloud-native secrets management, and strategies for preventing credential leaks.

Whether you're an application security professional, developer, DevSecOps engineer, cloud architect, or security leader, this event will provide an opportunity to learn, exchange ideas, and discuss practical approaches to protecting secrets across today's technology environments.

(Virtual attendance is free. In-person attendance is $20 to help cover the cost of lunch.)

Featured Presentations

The program will feature presentations and discussions from cybersecurity practitioners and industry professionals focused on current challenges, emerging approaches, and practical strategies for secrets management.

Presentation topics, speaker names, professional affiliations, and session descriptions will be announced as the program is finalized.
Additional program information will be published in the coming weeks.

Security Panel Discussion

Our security panel will bring together practitioners and industry experts to discuss how artificial intelligence is changing application security, vulnerability discovery, and defensive operations.

The panel will explore emerging technologies and approaches including AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, runtime defense, software security automation, and the challenges organizations face as attackers and defenders increasingly operate at machine speed.

Discussion topics will be announced as the panel is finalized.

Call for Panel Topics: Send your suggestions to [Brent.Daugherty@owasp.org](mailto:Brent.Daugherty@owasp.org).

Facilitator: Diego Reyes, Chapter Treasurer, Application Security Engineer, HEB

Additional Meeting Details
Lunch ($20 paid in person or via our Square account).
Square payment link: https://square.link/u/DelJS1KD

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Disclaimer: You do not need to be a Meetup member to attend this event. In-person attendees may purchase lunch through our Square payment link or pay on-site at the event. Virtual attendance is completely free, and no payment is required through Meetup.
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Location: Scuzzi’s Italian Restaurant - 4035 N Loop 1604 W #102, San Antonio, TX 78257
HAPPY HOUR & NETWORKING after session!!!

Happy Hour - Sponsors
To be announced

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82761410612?pwd=WDBbGDiSID34cp6Z2wMljCQgJCzGbk.1
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We encourage everyone to attend in person. We will have door prizes and excellent food for all to enjoy, along with a great opportunity to connect with fellow security professionals.

Please feel free to pass this information on to your peers and team members. 😊

Future Presentation Topics To Vote On

• Post-Quantum Computing
• ASPM
• Pentest
• Ransomware
• DevSecOps - Security as Code
• Security Controls for AI