OWASP Ottawa
Hello Ottawa and the World, Welcome to your OWASP Ottawa Chapter!
Who We Are
We are a place to meet local developers and information security professionals, share ideas, and learn.
You will find us informal, approachable, and thankful for your assistance. We encourage and welcome beginners. We are an open, tolerant, and inclusive organisation that accepts all races, genders, creeds, abilities, things, and ideas with the exception of one - Hate: Hate has no home at OWASP Ottawa.
OWASP Ottawa events are completely free. We will never charge for access to any of our events.
What We Do
We provide a mix of InfoSec talks, hands on training sessions, and special interest discussion groups. We hold monthly meetups at the STEM Building of the University of Ottawa. We hold occassional workshops on a variety of security topics.
We are always looking for new ideas for events so let us know if you have an idea.
You can submit an idea at any point in time at the following link:
OWASP Ottawa Speaker Submission Form 2024.
For updates, events, membership; please visit our meetup page: OWASP Ottawa Meetup
Volunteers
OWASP Ottawa would not function without the generous support of time and effort from our volunteers. If you would like to get more involved we would love to have your help.
Contact us on any of our socials or Slack if you wish to volunteer.
Chapter Supporters
Currently Scheduled Events
Connect with us on Social Media and on Slack
- Register for OWASP Ottawa Slack via this Slack link
- Follow us on Mastodon: @[email protected]
- Follow us on Bluesky: @owaspottawa.bsky.social
- Follow us on LinkedIn: OWASP Ottawa LinkedIN page
Watch our past Talks
Next Meeting/Event(s)
OWASP Ottawa Chapter upcoming events can be found on Meetup:
https://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Ottawa/
Saturday October 18th, 2025
Details
Welcome to our in-Person Guided Pentest 101 Workshop at the University of Ottawa.
In-Person Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Room 117
Abstract:
Title: OWASP Ottawa Pentest 101 Workshop: An introduction to Application Pentesting using OWASP Juice-Shop
This is a beginner hands on guided workshop introducing web application penetration testing.
This is a free event but registration is required. You MUST get a ticket to attend. Tickets can be reserved at: https://buytickets.at/owaspottawachapter/1888916
We’ll explore a handful of vulnerabilities, cover topics such as the workflow of a pentest, creating effective vulnerability reports, and introduce participants to some basic pentest tooling. If you’re interested in app exploitation and you want to get hands on with some basics, we’ll get you started.
Setup
The workshop will be “hands on” where you will use your laptop against a training environment running on your laptop. Please setup your laptop prior to the workshop so the event will run smoothly.
- Bring your laptop
- Install docker on your laptop
- windows: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/windows-install/
- Mac: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/setup/install/mac-install/
- Linux: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ - Ubuntu: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-docker-on-ubuntu-20-04
- Install OWASP Juice Shop Docker container: https://pwning.owasp-juice.shop/companion-guide/latest/part1/running.html#_docker_image
Presenter:
Fennix After a ten year career in a variety of technical roles, when the opportunity to jump into a pentesting role came up Fennix jumped at the chance. That was nearly a decade ago and in the time since he has several hundred CVEs to his name and numerous strong opinions about the state of the industry. Over that time he created and delivered numerous presentations and training courses for a variety of audiences ranging from security focals and developers to administrative and sales staff to, well, just about anyone. For the past five years he has been part of the core organizing committee and core challenge development team for CyberSci, Canada’s post-secondary cybersecurity challenge.
If you are coming into town by car to attend a meetup then you may have questions about parking. Below is a Ottawa University Campus parking map:
Alternatively, you can try your luck on street parking in Sandy Hill or in the Triangle on the other side of the canal (you can cross over using the Corkstown pedestrian bridge).
Even better, use the train as there is a station on campus.
Chapter Supporters
The following are the list of organizations that have generously supported the Ottawa Chapter:
How to Support OWASP Ottawa
Financially
Specifying OWASP Ottawa in your donation helps support OWASP and the Ottawa Chapter to provide quality security education.
- Browse to https://owasp.org/ottawa
- Click the green Donate button to the top right.
- Select an amount.
- Click “Publicly list me as a support of OWASP Ottawa”.
- Enter your details.
- Prove to a robot, that you are not a robot.
- Provide payment information.
Other ways to Support OWASP Ottawa
There are other ways you can support the chapter. These can include:
- SWAG.
- Food or Beverages at events.
- Security content.
Contact us for more details.