Proactive vs. Reactive AppSec

OWASP SB and GitHub have joined forces to bring you the first security meetup of the year in beautiful Santa Barbara. Come join the local AppSec/InfoSec community for a great evening of technical talks and mindful networking. Dinner will be provided.

Event Agenda
05.30pm -- Event kickoff, with dinner and networking.
06.00pm -- Announcements, by W. Martín Villalba (OWASP SB).
06.15pm -- Intro to GitHub Advanced Security, by Levy Forchheimer (GitHub).
06.30pm -- Proactive vs. Reactive AppSec, by Ravi Gadhia (GitHub).
07.30pm -- BYOT / Networking.
08.30pm -- Event end.

Proactive vs. Reactive AppSec - Abstract
Most security findings are discovered after the code has been committed to your main branch. Meaning they will be part of your security tech debt that often takes months to fix. In this talk, learn how you can shift your security approach from reactive to proactive and prevent security weaknesses from ever making it into your code.

Ravi Gadhia - Bio
Ravi Gadhia is a technologist who began his career as a chip designer and found his way to customer-facing roles in the software industry. His primary areas of expertise are in software development, collaboration tools, and cloud native platforms. Ravi is currently Director of a Solutions Engineering at GitHub where he leads a technical sales team in the Western US.

Levy Forchheimer - Bio
Levy Forchheimer is an Enterprise Account Executive at GitHub. He's been in AppSec for nearly a decade and his expertise spans DevOps, SCA and Secret Management.

BYOT: Bring Your Own Topic
This meeting is a great chance to ask for technical help, career advice, share new ideas, look for feedback, and discuss anything related to AppSec/InfoSec.

Location
Kiva Cowork - Funk Zone, 10 E Yanonali St, Santa Barbara, CA. The front door will be kept open for the duration of the event. If you have any trouble getting in, please do not leave, just knock on the front/side doors and/or message us through this platform.

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Martín
OWASP SB Leader