Diversity by Design: Integrating Women in AppSec Throughout the OWASP AppSec Conference Workforce Development Lifecycle

Zoe Braiterman
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read

The Internet and all of its stakeholders (EVERYONE) needs highly skilled and committed application security professionals.

The mission of the OWASP Foundation (https://bit.ly/1devYyR) is to continuously develop volunteer community is to collaboratively approach the requirements for demand for application security research and tools and the skills behind them.

The OWASP volunteer community meets our goals for shared value in the following ways:

  1. OWASP chapters around the world provide open meetups, training and mentorship. Achieve our shared value, we provide training AppSec conferences
  2. AppSec conferences (in various global regions), to provide training for global industry leaders to exchange research and mentorship to learners and all levels, over a several day span per conference.

Our two largest regional AppSec conferences are AppSec EU and AppSec USA. I encourage anyone interested to learn about cybersecurity to join us for AppSec USA 2018 trainings in October: https://bit.ly/2MIAssw

I’m also excited to announce that cybersecurity expert, Vandana Verma will be providing free full-day conference workshop on Wednesday, October 10: https://bit.ly/2MsTHpU

The hands-on training will draw upon the OWASP Top 10 Most Critical Web Application Security Risks: https://bit.ly/1bJUzsy

The training will be a unique opportunity to engage women in the global OWASP community and contribute cybersecurity skills they develop workforce and the Internet, as part of the OWASP Women in AppSec Committee: https://bit.ly/2LJqnGr

On behalf of OWASP and the Women in AppSec Committee, Vandana and I look forward to the opportunity to connect with some amazing AppSec professionals (and AppSec professionals to be)!

Zoe Braiterman

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Innovation Intelligence Strategist (Machine and Human), Data Scientist, Independent Researcher, OWASP Women in AppSec Committee Chair

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