Los Angeles

Welcome to the Los Angeles Chapter!


Single Meeting Supporter: Organizations that wish to support the OWASP Los Angeles Chapter with a 100% tax deductible donation enable the OWASP Foundation to continue its mission



Get the following benefits:

- Meet upwards of 80-120 potential new clients - Be recognized as a local supporter by posting your company logo on the local chapter page and on our Meetup site - Have your marketing write-up included in e-mail blasts sent prior to a monthly meeting. - Have a table at local chapter meeting with lots of time to meet and greet attendees - Promote your products and services - Bring a raffle prize to gather business cards and contact information The cost is only $1,400

Contact us for general questions relating to sponsorship and donations

Chapter Organizational Sponsors
 Akana’s comprehensive suite of API Management, API Security, SOA Governance, Cloud Integration, and Microservices solutions helps businesses accelerate digital transformation by securely extending their reach across multiple channels – mobile, cloud and Internet of Things. Akana enables enterprises to quickly deliver scalable applications, share data as APIs, connect and integrate applications, drive partner adoption, monetize their assets and provide intelligent insights into their business and operations. The world’s largest companies including Bank of America, Pfizer, and Verizon use Akana to harness the power of their technology and transform their businesses. Akana is also recognized as a “Leader” by Forrester in API Management Solution Wave, Q3 2014, by other analyst firms. For more information on Akana’s API Platform, see http://www.akana.com

Participation
OWASP Foundation is a professional association of global members and is open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. Local chapters are run independently and guided by the Chapter_Leader_Handbook. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association your support and sponsorship of any meeting venue and/or refreshments is tax-deductible. Financial contributions should only be made online using the authorized online chapter donation button. To be a SPEAKER at ANY OWASP Chapter in the world simply review the speaker agreement and then contact the local chapter leader with details of what OWASP PROJECT, independent research or related security topic you would like to present on.

Announcements
===''' Our own Richard Greenberg has been nominated for a 2015 WASPY Award! [https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Richard_Greenberg/ Have you cast your vote, yet? Find out More about Richard HERE]===

''' OWASP Los Angeles received the BEST Chapter Leaders award at AppSec USA NY
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Next OWASP Meeting
**NOTE: Please review NEW parking rules (@meetup.com) for our monthly meetings at Symantec as of 7/22/2014 **

July 29, 2015 7pm at Symantec - Culver City, Ca
Speaker: Leif Dreizler

Topic: Inherent differences between the hacker and developer mentality

 Abstract:  Leif Dreizler, BugCrowd, explores the inherent differences between the hacker and developer mentality. In this discussion, the audience will hear from a former breaker and fixer of security flaws on how developers who acknowledge the existence of ‘The Bogeyman’ come that much closer to being active participants in ensuring their company’s security, rather than passive victims. During his talk you'll learn... how to decrease friction between dev and security teams, how crowdsourced security testing merges into the SDLC, how organizations can increase ROI on security testing with a pay for performance model and more.

 Speaker bio:  Leif is a Senior Security Engineer at Bugcrowd, the innovator in crowdsourced security testing for the enterprise, where he works to customize and support security testing solutions for Bugcrowd clients. Prior to Bugcrowd, Leif worked as Senior Application Security Engineer at Redspin, performing application security assessments. During his time at Redspin he served as the Application Team Lead, working with clients large and small at the engineering and sales level. Leif is an OWASP speaker and member, and contributes to the Firebug project. Leif attended the University of California where he studied Computer Science. Most recently, Leif spoke at Bsides-SF and invited to be part of the department’s “Array of Talks” panel, a speaker series that he helped develop.

Thanks to our sponsor: Bugcrowd

Los Angeles Chapter

 * [mailto:richard.greenberg@owasp.org Richard Greenberg] -- Chapter Leader and President
 * [mailto:tin.zaw@owasp.org Tin Zaw] -- Board Member
 * [mailto:edward@owasp.org Edward Bonver] -- Board Member
 * [mailto:mike.francis@owasp.org Mike Francis] -- Board Member
 * [mailto:Stuart.Schwartz@owasp.org Stuart Schwartz] -- Board Member
 * [mailto:aaron.guzman@owasp.org Aaron Guzman] -- Board Member
 * [mailto:dave.wettenstein@owasp.org Dave Wettenstein] -- Board Member

Volunteers: Yev Avidon and Mikhael Felker OWASP Wiki: [mailto:mike.francis@owasp.org Mike Francis] The Los Angeles chapter was founded by Cassio Goldschmidt.

The AppSec USA 2010 conference received rave reviews. Thanks to all the volunteers and great speakers who helped make it a success!

Web archive: http://2010.AppSecUSA.org

Videos: http://vimeo.com/user4863863/videos