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Session videos from AppSecUSA 2015 in San Francisco

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On YouTube. Special thanks to Jonathan and Amelia without which this video would not be available. Jonathan and Amelia work on the OWASP Media Project is an infrastructure project that gather, consolidate and promote OWASP content in video format on a central appealing hub. The first and main instance of the project is the YouTube channel that is…

RiskIQ Wednesday Night Party

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The Wednesday Night Party will be held from 6pm-8pm on September 23, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency hotel (same location as where the conference is being held).  Upon entering, guests will be given a ticket which can be exchanged for a complimentary beverage. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be also be available. Our sponsor,…

OWASP Invests in Students – Attend AppSecUSA for $75

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The OWASP AppSecUSA conference is excited to announce that we’re offering a limited number of tickets exclusively available to university students for the greatly discounted price of $75 (regular price $995). The challenges of application security are being fought by today’s security experts. However, the next generation of security experts will come from students in…

4 Things You Will Find At AppSecUSA

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Here are 4 things you will find at OWASP’s Application Conference September 22/25 in SF. 1. THE BEST APPLICATION SECURITY TALKS. OWASP’s conference is focused on application security – focus means better talks. Here’s AppSecUSA’s mother-load of appsec talks. 2. FACEBOOK’S CSO AND TWITTER’S TISO – So many companies are based in SF. Come meet all their leading appsec executives at AppSecUSA.  …

OWASP’s AMA Is On Reddit Today At 1:30PM Pacific

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You are invited to join OWASP global board members Michael Coates and Jim Manico for a Reddit AMA on Thursday, July 30 at 1:30pm PT/ 4:30pm ET. Michael and Jim will answer questions on cloud, app and mobile security. Michael and Jim are hosting the AMA to discuss the latest challenges in application security and…

OWASP Global Board Member Reveals Secrets To Stay Safe Online

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Twitter Inc.’s trust and information security officer tells CIO Journal that companies make the mistake of worrying too much about elite types of attacks and not enough about following security basics. Those basics include knowing where the company’s data is, knowing where its machines are, patching them quickly and controlling who has access to information.…

OWASP Expert Says Encryption Doesn’t Cut It

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Michael Coates, trust and information security officer at Twitter and global board member of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), suggests encryption gets more credit than it deserves. “Encryption is thrown around as the solution to prevent people from seeing your data,” said Coates in an interview at InformationWeek’s San Francisco office. “But if…