OWASP Candidate Debate - 2025 Edition
In this special episode of the Application Security Podcast we meet nine of the OWASP Board of Directors candidates.
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Conferences and Community
DEF CON villages, BSides, OWASP chapters and the volunteer effort that holds the field together.
19 episodes
Sean Varga -- OWASP Top 10 for AppSec Sales
We’re discussing the intersections of application security (AppSec) and sales strategy with our guest, Sean Varga.
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Erik Cabetas joins Robert and Chris for a thought-provoking discussion about modern software security.
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The Application Security Podcast presents the OWASP Board of Directors Debate for the 2023 elections. This is a unique and engaging discussion among six candidates vying for a position on the board.
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James Mckee is a developer (MCPDEA) and security advocate (CISSP) whose biggest responsibility is leading developer security practices.
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Sam Stepanyan is an OWASP London Chapter Leader and an Independent Application Security Consultant with over 20 years of IT experience and a background in…
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Andrew van der Stock — Taking Application Security to the Masses
Andrew van der Stock has been around the world of Application Security for quite a long time.
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Erez Yalon and Liora Herman – The Application Security Village @ DefCon
Erez Yalon and Liora Herman are both passionate security professionals. They joined forces to create the AppSec Village, an event at DefCon in Las Vegas.
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Erez Yalon – AppSec Village – 5 Minute AppSec
It's BlackHat and DefCon season, so we asked a question of Erez Yalon; why did you start the AppSec Village?
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Björn Kimminich — The new JuiceShop, GSOC, and Open Security Summit
Björn Kimminich is the project leader for OWASP JuiceShop. This is his second visit to the podcast, and we discuss new features in JuiceShop, including XSS…
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Jon McCoy — Hacker outreach
Jon McCoy is a security engineer, a developer, and a hacker; and a passionate OWASP advocate. Maybe even a hacker first.
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Bill Sempf — Growing AppSec People and KidzMash
Robert meets up with Bill Sempf at the CodeMash conference and discusses how to grow AppSec people. Developers can transform into application security people.
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Josh Grossman, Avi Douglen, and Ofer Maor -- AppSec in Israel and Three Talks to watch from AppSec USA
Josh Grossman, Avi Douglen, and Ofer Maor at AppSec USA join Chris. They discuss the AppSec group in Israel and a few critical talks you should watch from AppSec USA this year.
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Abhay Bhargav -- Threat Modeling as Code
Abhay Bhargav joins Robert to talk about threat modeling as code. He dives into how this can help you in your threat models.
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Jessica Robinson and Vandana Verma-- WIA: Women in #AppSec
Jessie and Vandana join Chris from Women in #AppSec to discuss the project! They dive into what the project is and how the numerous OWASP Chapters around the world can participate!
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Karen Staley -- A Conversation with Karen
This week we're joined by Karen Staley, the Executive Director of the OWASP Foundation. She dives into what's happening on OWASP and what we can look forward to in the future.
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Robert Hurlbut -- Blackhat Security Conference
We talk with Robert about his experiences at the Blackhat Security Conference. He will explain some of the AppSec-focused parts of the conference and more about the Alec Stamos Keynote.
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Jon McCoy -- The Mindset to Reverse Engineer
Today we talk to Jon McCoy (@thejonmccoy), a developer turned security person. He’s been helping developers learn more about security.
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Chris Romeo -- Security Community at Any Scale
In this episode, Robert interviews Chris about the security community. Chris talks about his experiences doing security community at a large organization for 5+ years.
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