13th Annual AppSecUSA Security Conference

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), the worldwide nonprofit organization focused on improving the security of software, is hosting its 13th Annual AppSecUSA Conference in Washington, D.C. from October 11-14 at the Renaissance Washington D.C. Registration to attend the event is now open.

AppSecUSA 2016 is comprised of two days of training followed by a two-day conference where software security leaders, researchers and technologists discuss cutting-edge ideas and technological advancements to secure web applications.

AppSec USA 2016 attendees are eligible for CPE credits if they hold a ISC^2 certification, 8 CPE per day for instructor led training and 16 CPE for attending the conference.

Speaker and Presenter Information

This year’s conference includes four key note speakers who are challenging industry traditions, including:

Matthew Green, respected cryptographer and security technologist with over fifteen years of industry experience in computer security. Dr. Green is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute.

Samy Kamkar, privacy and security researcher, computer hacker, whistle blower and entrepreneur. At the age of 16, Mr. Kamkar co-founded Fonality. He is possibly best known for creating and releasing the fastest spreading virus of all time, the MySpace worm Samy.

Joe Jarzombek, former Director for Software Assurance in the National Cyber Security Division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He led government inter-agency efforts with industry, academia, and standards organizations to shift the security paradigm away from patch management.

Dan Geer, CISO for In-Q-Tel. Mr. Geer was a key contributor to the development of the X Window System, as well as the Kerberos authentication protocol while a member of the Athena Project at MIT in the 1980s. Shortly after, he created the first information security consulting firm on Wall Street.

In addition to the above key notes, there will be multiple program sessions presented by speakers from leading companies, including Netflix, LinkedIn, Uber and Cisco to name a few.