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 **

August 26, 2015 7pm at Symantec - Culver City, Ca
Speaker: Chris Holland

Topic: Scourge of the Internet since the late 90s, DDoS attacks have grown in magnitude and sophistication. This talk goes over basic symptoms, motivations, evolving trends in attack vectors and actors, pluggable amplification vectors, DIY hardening and mitigation architectures, and classifications of vendors in the mitigation space.

Thanks to our food sponsor: Verizon Digital Media

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Comprehensive, cloud-based Web Application Firewall (WAF) is deployed through all of Verizon’s CDN Points of Presence (PoPs) and helps protect your web applications and sites against application level attacks.

Would you like to speak at an OWASP Los Angeles Meeting?
Call for Papers (CFP) is NOW OPEN. To speak at upcoming OWASP Los Angeles meetings please submit your BIO and talk abstract via email to [mailto:richard.greenberg@owasp.org Richard Greenberg] OR [mailto:Stuart.Schwartz@owasp.org Stuart Schwartz]. The talk must be vendor neutral and its content be available under Creative Common 3.0 license.

Upcoming OWASP Meetings
http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Los-Angeles/events/222452028/ OWASP Monthly Meeting - Septmeber 2015 http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Los-Angeles/events/222452044/ OWASP Monthly Meeting - October 2015 http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Los-Angeles/events/222452068/ OWASP Monthly Meeting - November 2015 http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Los-Angeles/events/222452091/ OWASP and ISSA-LA Holiday Party - December 2015

Other Events
AppSec California 2016 will be back at the amazing Annenberg Community Beach House, right on the beach in Santa Monica, January 26-27, 2016

Archives of Previous Meetings
2015 Meetings

2014 Meetings

2013 Meetings

2012 Meetings

2011 Meetings

2010 Meetings

2009 Meetings

2008 Meetings

Presentation Archive

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

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