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3-7
NOV
2025

OWASP 2025

Global AppSec USA

Washington, DC

Join 800+ security professionals from November 3–7, 2025, at the Marriott Marquis for a dynamic week of learning, networking, and inspiration. Explore six expert-led tracks—from OWASP Projects to builder, breaker, defender, and more.

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Starr Brown, May 12

OWASP X Google Summer of Code 2025 - Enabling 15 Opportunities for Impact

We're proud to share that OWASP is once again an official mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025—and this year, we've secured 15 contributor slots across some of the most impactful open-source security projects in the world.

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This milestone reinforces OWASP's ongoing commitment to open-source innovation and highlights the strength of our global community of mentors and contributors, as well as our commitment to education-by-doing with the GSoC program.

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What's on Deck?

Contributors will get hands-on experience improving and expanding some of OWASP's most vital tools:

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Juice Shop

A globally-used, intentionally insecure web app for security training.

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Nettacker

A fast, automated network scanner built for vulnerability detection.

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Offensive Web Testing Framework

A smart framework for streamlined penetration testing.

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Bug Logging Tool (BLT)

A next-gen bug tracker focused on gamification to incentivize bug and security reporting.

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Nest

Core infrastructure to power and enable the OWASP projects and contributors ecosystem.

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PyGoat

A Python-based sandbox for learning and exposing security flaws in modern stacks.

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OpenCRE

A collaborative cybersecurity knowledge base & reference system.

Upcoming Events

Stay connected with the global AppSec community through OWASP's upcoming conferences, chapter meetups, and training sessions.

OWASP London Chapter
19
MAY
12:00-12:45PM

OWASP London Chapter

OWASP Berlin Meetup
22
MAY
2:00-3:30PM

OWASP Berlin Meetup

OWASP Tokyo Workshop
25
MAY
10:00-11:30AM

OWASP Tokyo Workshop

OWASP NYC Chapter
28
MAY
6:00-7:30PM

OWASP NYC Chapter

OWASP Sydney Chapter
02
JUN
9:00-10:30AM

OWASP Sydney Chapter

OWASP Paris Security Day
05
JUN
3:00-4:30PM

OWASP Paris Security Day

Our Highlighted Resources

Explore powerful security tools developed by the OWASP community. Each resource provides unique capabilities to strengthen your application security posture.

Amass

Amass

In-depth attack surface mapping and asset discovery platform for security professionals and penetration testers.

OWTF

OWTF

Offensive Web Testing Framework that combines different testing strategies for efficient penetration testing workflows.

Dependency-Track

Dependency-Track

Intelligent component analysis platform for identifying and reducing risk from third-party components.

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Upcoming Conferences

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MAY2025

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Take advantage of our resources and let it grow with OWASP. Join our community of developers building the future of application security.

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