OWASP Cape Town

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Welcome

OWASP Cape Town is a local South African chapter aimed at reaching and engaging the local developer and infosec community. OWASP Cape Town holds regular meetups as well as get involved in local conferences and groups such as BSDIDES Cape Town: https://bsidescapetown.co.za/.

OWASP Cape Town is community driven and we always welcome local people to get involved in giving talks and share how they are doing their bit in securing the web. Please reach out if you would like to give a talk.

Participation

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the security of software. All of our projects ,tools, documents, forums, and chapters are free and open to anyone interested in improving application security.

Chapters are led by local leaders in accordance with the Chapter Leader Handbook. Financial contributions should only be made online using the authorized online donation button. To be a SPEAKER at ANY OWASP Chapter in the world simply review the speaker agreement and then contact the local chapter leader with details of what OWASP Project, independent research, or related software security topic you would like to present.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in our Projects, Local Chapters, Events, Online Groups, and Community Slack Channel. We especially encourage diversity in all our initiatives. OWASP is a fantastic place to learn about application security, to network, and even to build your reputation as an expert. We also encourage you to be become a member or consider a donation to support our ongoing work.

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Opposing the South African Cyber Crimes Bill

Opposing the cyber crimes bill

Local News

Meeting Location

Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings.

Join Our Events

Please join our meetup group if you would like to attend future events: It is important to RSVP if you would like to attend, our venue is not very big.