OWASP Los Angeles

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The OWASP Los Angeles chapter typically meets on the 4th Wednesday every month (except Nov) for dinner. We have a great security-related speaker on an appsec related topic. Join us for a great opportunity to network before and following the talk, while enjoying amazing local food and drinks.

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Events

We are on Meetup. For the list of latest events please join our community www.meetup.com/OWASP-Los-Angeles

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Participation

OWASP is a not-for-profit, worldwide organization focused on improving the security of all software. Our mission is to improve software security through Open Source initiatives and community education. Everyone is free to participate in OWASP and all of our materials are available under a free and open software license.

The OWASP Los Angeles chapter was formed in 2008 by Cassio Goldschmidt.

We hold meetups on the 4th Wednesday of every month, featuring great speakers on important application security topics. Join us for food, drinks, and to network with your peers and get a better understanding of challenges with application security.

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Events

We are on Meetup. For the list of latest events please join our community www.meetup.com/OWASP-Los-Angeles

   2025 Oct: Secure Vibe Coding: 3 Key Lessons-Andrew Stiefel
   2025 Oct: API Security Hands-on Workshop-Dan Barahona & API Security Hands-on Workshop-Jess Freeman
   2025 Sep: From Input-handling Flaws to Crashables: Security Lessons from LLM-based Coding Tools-Mahesh Babu
   2025 Aug: Conquering Castle Envy – The Flawed Mindset That’s Holding Application Security Back-Jeff Willams
   2025 Jul: The Carrot vs. The Stick: Making a Positive Impact on the Security + Developer Relationship-Nir Valtman
   2025 Jun: The End of Mobile Security Complacency: DMA, Antitrust, and the Rise of Real API Protection-Ted Miracco
   2025 May: Adversarial Intelligence: Redefining Application-Chris Arciaga
   2025 Apr: Enhancing Open Source Tools Using AI-An Automated DefectDojo Parser Generator-Tracy Walker
   2025 Mar: The Attacker’s Distributed Supercomputer: Your Browser-Jerry Hoff
   2025 Feb: Navigating CCPA/CPRA: Implications for AI, Data Privacy, and Federated Learning-Mike Villegas
   2025 Feb: Hands-on Web Security Code Review Workshop-Louis Nyffenegger
   2025 Jan: Adding API Security to your DevSecOps Toolbelt-Scott Bly
   2024 Dec: AI and OWASP-Rob van der Veer
   2024 Nov: State of Pentesting 2024-Caroline Wong
   2024 Nov: OWASP SAMM Intro-Esfandiar Behrouz
   2024 Oct: Program Analysis: From Difficult to Impossible-Brandon Wu
   2024 Oct: Hands-on workshop utilize OWASP DSOMM App to Define and Deliver Your Own program-Timo Pagel
   2024 Aug: Integrating Security Best Practices with Shift-Left and Shift-Right in Agile SDLC-Liliya Frye
   2024 Jul: Breaking Through CVE Noise: Analyzing 5 Key Prioritization Inputs-Chelsea Boling
   2024 Jun: What’s in your AI code?-Darren Meyer
   2024 May: Securing Generative AI Applications using the OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Models-Steve Wilson
   2024 Apr: Building A Product Security Team – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-Peter Morin
   2024 Mar: Workshop: Hands-on Vulnerability Reachability Analysis Using OSS Tools-Mike Larkin
   2024 Mar: Decoding Compliance to Empower Developers-Karina Klever
   2024 Feb: Navigating the Maze Making Sense of Vulnerability Risk Indicators-Raffi Erganian
   2024 Jan: Privacy-by-Design-for-Web-Developers-Miguel (Mike) O. Villegas

   2023 Dec: Making the OWASP Top 10 2024-Andrew van der Stock
   2023 Nov: Security In Industrial Control Systems-Veer Singh
   2023 Aug: AppSec 2.0: Reimagine AppSec with Runtime Analysis-Miguel (Mike) O. Villegas
   2023 May: Tactical Security - Improving AppSec Coverage with Fewer Resources-Rich Newman

ALL Meetings (Topic, Abstract, Speakers, etc.)
https://www.meetup.com/owasp-los-angeles

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