Bay Area

Geographic Area of Bay Area Chapter
The 'Bay Area' is actually the San Francisco Bay Area in California, which is near other large towns that are across the bay from San Francisco such as Berkeley and Oakland, and south of San Francisco are San Mateo, Palo Alto, and the whole San Jose area. Currently, the Bay Area OWASP Chapter covers this whole geographic region.

Become a Presenter
Submit your talk now for an upcoming OWASP Bay Area Chapter Meeting

Link to submit

Notes about OWASP presentations
OWASP presentations are geared for a technical audience. We are particularly interested in new approaches to tackling application security problems, defensive techniques for new technology in the application security space and lessons learned from developers and security professionals tackling application security. Please consider a wide breadth of topic areas and we can discuss if they should be tailored in a particular direction for the OWASP audience.

OWASP chapter presentations must not be sales pitches and must adhere to a vendor neutral approach to the topic.

Special Free Training Event - Feb. 24, 2014
OWASP is hosting a special security boot camp for all RSA attendees and local developers. The training is recommended for developers who want to learn more about securing their code as well as security professionals who want to become acquainted with the latest web vulnerabilities.

WHAT: 

Presented by Jim Manico and Eoin Keary, this intensive boot camp focuses on the most common web application security problems, including aspects of both the OWASP Top Ten and the MITRE Top 25. The course will introduce and demonstrate application assessment techniques, illustrating how application vulnerabilities can be exploited so students really understand how to avoid introducing such vulnerabilities in their code and understand fixes.

WHEN: 

Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 2pm-5pm

WHERE: 

Jillian's Billiards Club of San Francisco 175 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

RSVP & COST:

Free - RSVP here

About OWASP Social Hours
The purpose of the OWASP social gathering is:


 * Informal security chat - the benefits of "hallway con" and security talk with others in the industry
 * Networking - meet other people in the field and industry
 * After work drinks - a nice break after a long work day

Note: These events won't have any formal presentations. They're meant to be social gatherings to meet others in the industry and chat about security. Check our quarterly OWASP Bay Area schedule for the security presentation events. https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Bay_Area Is your organization interested in hosting an OWASP social hour in the bay area (San Francisco, South Bay, East Bay)? Contact michael.coates@owasp.org

Next Event -- March 2014 - San Francisco
OWASP Social Hour in San Francisco hosted by Stripe

RSVP Here

When:


 * Wednesday, Mar 12, 2014
 * 6-8pm

Where:


 * 3180 18th St San Francisco, CA 94110

Feb 2014 - San Jose
OWASP Developer Training & Social Hour - Monday 2/24/2013 Hosted by OWASP at Jillian's Billiards Club

Jan 2014 - San Jose
OWASP Social Hour in San Jose - Wednesday 1/22/2013 Hosted by F5

Dec 2013 - San Francisco
OWASP Social Hour in San Francisco - Thursday 12/19/2013 Hosted by Twilio

Nov 2013 - San Francisco
OWASP Social Hour in Mountain View - Wednesday 11/6/13 Hosted by LendingClub

Sept 2013 - Mt View
OWASP Social Hour in Mountain View - Wednesday 9/25/13 Hosted by Shape Security

2014 Q1
Planning under way!

July 2013
When: Thursday, July 11, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PST)

Location: Room 150, University Hall, UC Berkeley.

The room is to the immediate left after entering the building from Addison street at ground level (not basement level).

For driving/public-transit directions, look up: 2199 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, 94720

No RSVP Required

Details:

5:30 - 5:45 Social gathering

5:45 - 6:00 Welcome (Cory Scott) / OWASP Update (Sarah Baso)

6:00 - 6:15 An Empirical Study of Vulnerability Rewards Programs, Devdatta Akhawe

6:15 - 7:15 "Putting Your Robots to Work", Twitter Security Team

Getting There:

BART: The "Downtown Berkeley" BART station is two blocks away.

Parking: It's Summer, and metered street parking is available nearby.

Paid off-street parking is also available. One street south on Center street, the Bank of America lot is cheap but small, and there is a large lot on Alston street between Shattuck and Milvia.

Bay Area Past Events
Bay Area Past Events

Bay Area Chapter Leaders

 * [mailto:teresa.ann.stevens2009@gmail.com Teresa Stevens]
 * [mailto:cory@crazypenguin.com Cory Scott]
 * Michael Coates - Contact for OWASP Social Hour Events

Stay In Touch

 * All events will be listed on this webpage
 * Keep in touch via twitter @OWASPBayArea or on Linkedin