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| Date: | 10 November-13 November 2009 |
| Location: | Grand Hyatt Washington |
| Organizer: | OWASP |
| Homepage: | http://appsecdc.org/ |
From direction on how to introduce security into software development programs and secure your enterprise to the latest in protecting and testing emerging web technologies, AppSec DC brings some of the leading minds in web application security to Washington DC for two days of presentations on a wide variety of topics.
Highlights will include a keynote from Joe Jarzombek, Director for Software Assurance in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cyber Security Division, panel discussions of federal CISOs on their experiences with application security, and industry experts on implementing security in development cycles, as well as a wide variety of talks by leading personalities in the field of web application security.
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