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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Missed this talk? Catch the recorded version of this talk on our YouTube channel.

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OWASP Ottawa October 2025 - Secure Code Is Critical Infrastructure with T. Janca

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 2d

Last night, OWASP Ottawa had the pleasure of hosting @shehackspurple.bsky.social for her insightful talk, titled "Secure Code Is Critical Infrastructure".

Thank you, Tanya, for this amazing talk, and we look forward to more talks from you in the future.

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 22d

📅 Date: October 9, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM EST – Arrival, setup & pizza 🍕
6:30 PM EST – Technical Talks
📍 Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, University of Ottawa, Room 117
🔗 RSVP: www.meetup.com/owasp-ottawa...
📹 Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckC5...

#OWASP #Ottawa #AppSec #SecureCoding

OWASP Ottawa Oct 9th 2025: Secure Code Is Critical Infrastructure with T. Janca, Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

**Welcome to our in-Person Meetup at the University of Ottawa** In-Person Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Room 117 We will continue to L

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 22d

Tanya will share insights into what happens when a security professional tries to help a government fix insecure software?

She will share her journey, from writing secure coding guidelines and lobbying officials, to going public when faced with silence.

You do NOT want to miss this talk!

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 22d

📣 OWASP Ottawa October 2025 Meetup 📣

We are excited to host Tanya Janca (@shehackspurple.bsky.social) present "Secure Code is Critical Infrastructure - Hacking Policy for the Public Good"

Details below 👇

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 27d

Missed this talk? Check out the recorded version of this talk on our YouTube channel, along with plenty of our past talks!

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OWASP Ottawa September 2025 - Sufficient Logging & Monitoring

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 27d

Last night, OWASP Ottawa had the pleasure of hosting Robert Babaev for his insightful talk, titled "(Finally) Sufficient Logging and Monitoring - MCP Edition".

Thank you, Robert, for this amazing talk, and we look forward to more talks from you in the future.

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · 28d

Happening today!

Not gonna make it? Watch the live stream on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/watch?v=tza_...

Details of event in the original post 👇

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Sep 15

Robert will go over painless approaches to getting set up with centralized logging, metrics, tracing, and a rudimentary SIEM. He'll also go over some other potential avenues for achieving better observability, and some tips and tricks for developers.

#OWASP #Ottawa #Cybersecurity #AppSec #MCP

OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Sep 15

📅 Date: September 17, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM EST – Arrival, setup & pizza 🍕
6:30 PM EST – Technical Talks
📍 Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, University of Ottawa, Room 117
🔗 RSVP: www.meetup.com/owasp-ottawa...

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Sep 15

📣 OWASP Ottawa September 2025 Meetup 📣

We are excited to have Robert Babaev present "Finally! Sufficient Logging and Monitoring (MCP Edition)"

Details below 👇

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Aug 20

Adam kicks off a full house for #OWASP #Ottawa August meetup.

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Aug 18

Happening this upcoming Wednesday (August 20, 2025)!

Enjoy the amazing talks, network within the Ottawa cybersecurity & tech community, and enjoy the pizza 🍕

Details in the original post 👇

OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 OWASP Ottawa August 2025 Meetup 📣

OWASP Ottawa is back from the summer break, and we have not one, but two amazing security talks planned for our upcoming meetup

Details below 👇

OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Aug 4

📺 Can’t join in person? We’ll livestream on YouTube on our channel: www.youtube.com/@OWASP_Ottawa

🔗 RSVP now: www.meetup.com/owasp-ottawa...

Come learn, network, and grab some pizza 🍕 with Ottawa’s cybersecurity community!
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#OWASP #Ottawa #Cybersecurity #AI #AISecurity #FraudDetection

OWASP Ottawa August 20th 2025: Fraud Detection & Security for AI Integrations, Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

**Welcome to our in-Person Meetup at the University of Ottawa** In-Person Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Room 117 We will continue to L

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎙️ Talk 2: "Beyond APIs: MCP Security for AI Integrations" with Harsh Makwana

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is changing how LLMs interact with tools and data, but how do we securely implement them?

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎙️ Talk 1: "Doing More with Less: An Adaptive, Label-Efficient Approach to Fraud Detection from Day One" with Bahar Afshar

Discover an innovative approach on how to detect financial fraud using adaptive, label-efficient AI approaches, even when labeled, fraudulent data is scarce.

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Aug 4

Event details:

📅 Date: August 20, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM EST – Arrival, setup & pizza 🍕
6:30 PM EST – Technical Talks
📍 Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, University of Ottawa, Room 117

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 OWASP Ottawa August 2025 Meetup 📣

OWASP Ottawa is back from the summer break, and we have not one, but two amazing security talks planned for our upcoming meetup

Details below 👇

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Jun 20

This past Wednesday, OWASP Ottawa had the pleasure of hosting Ahmed Shah, Mathieu Quirion and Kevin Tremblay from Malleum for an informative session on Social Engineering.

The packed room and viewers-online were treated to a plethora of social engineering techniques!

Thank you for this session!

OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Jun 10

The talk will focus on Social engineering attacks and defenses.

Attendees will learn about OSINT, Email phishing, Phone social engineering and Physical security, along with learning how to defend from such attacks and improve the organization's human defenses

OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Jun 10

📅 Date: June 18, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM EST – Arrival, setup & pizza 🍕
6:30 PM EST – Technical Talks
📍 Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, University of Ottawa, Room 117
🔗 RSVP: www.meetup.com/owasp-ottawa...

OWASP Ottawa June 18th 2025: Hacking the Human Firewall with Social Engineering, Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup

**Welcome to our in-Person Meetup at the University of Ottawa** In-Person Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Room 117 We will continue to L

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · Jun 10

📣 OWASP Ottawa June 2025 Meetup 📣

We are excited to have Kyle Falcon, Ahmed Shah, Mathieu Quirion, and Kevin Tremblay from Malleum
present "Hacking the Human Firewall: Insights from Social Engineering Corporations"

Details below 👇

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · May 21

Our room has changed for this evening's #OWASP #Ottawa meetup:
📅 Date: May 21, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM EST
📍 Location: 150 Louis-Pasteur Private, University of Ottawa, IBM-UofO CyberRange 5thFloor
🔗: www.meetup.com/owasp-ottawa...

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OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · May 21

Please note updated room: uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range, 5th Floor of the Faculty of Engineering building (STEM Complex), 150 Louis-Pasteur Private

OWASP Ottawa @owaspottawa.bsky.social · May 13

Talk: "SSH: Secretly Sharing Hosts"

Logan will walk us through how red-teamers can exploit built-in SSH features such as multiplexing and agent forwarding to hijack existing sessions and bypass MFA.

And how to detect and mitigate these attacks.

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