OWASP Italy Day 2026

📅 OWASP Italy Day 2026 – Cagliari, 18 June 2026

OWASP Italy Day 2026 will take place on June 18th, 2026, in Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy) — returning to one of the most inspiring locations for cybersecurity innovation and collaboration.
This will be a free, one-day, in-person event focused on application security, AI security, DevSecOps, and secure software development, bringing together researchers, professionals, and students to exchange ideas, share experiences, and strengthen the AppSec community.

The main conference will start on June 18th at 3:30 PM, following a day of training sessions and workshops on June 17th (and optionally the morning of June 18th).

🎓 AI & Security Trainings – 2026 Program

OWASP continues to strongly invest in advanced training on AI Security, Threat Modeling, and Secure Development.

Below is a selection of official OWASP trainings available in 2026, delivered by international experts and OWASP project leaders.

AI-Powered Threat Modeling

Modernizing Security Analysis with LLM Augmentation

• Speaker: Marco Morana
  Field CISO – Head of Application & Product Security Architecture, Avocado Systems Inc.
• Format: 1.5-day training
• Level: Intermediate

An advanced training focused on modernizing Threat Modeling by leveraging Large Language Models and AI augmentation techniques to improve security risk analysis.

Secure Coding for Large Language Model Applications

• Speaker: Fabio Cerullo
  Cycubix LTD
• Format: 1.5-day training
• Level: Introductory / Overview

A practical introduction to secure development of LLM-based applications, covering common vulnerabilities, security patterns, and best practices.

AI Security Training

• Speaker: Vandana Verma Sehgal
  Member, OWASP Global Board of Directors
• Format: 1-day training
• Level: Introductory / Overview

An introductory training covering the fundamentals of AI security, designed for professionals looking to understand threats, risks, and mitigation strategies in real-world environments.

Building, Securing, and Deploying AI Agent Swarms

in a Trustless Decentralized Ecosystem

• Speaker: Krishnendu Dasgupta
  Founder, AXONVERTEX AI
• Format: 1-day training
• Level: Intermediate

An innovative training focused on designing, securing, and deploying AI agent swarms within decentralized and trustless ecosystems.

The Mobile Playbook

A Guide for Android Security

• Speaker: Sven Schleier
  OWASP MAS Project Co-Lead
• Format: 1-day training
• Level: Advanced

An advanced guide to Android mobile security, based on real-world experience from the OWASP Mobile Application Security (MAS) project.

Key Dates

The Call for Papers (CfP) closes on February 2, 2026 (11:59 PM EST).

We invite practitioners, researchers, engineers, and leaders to submit high-quality talks that offer practical insights, case studies, and real-world solutions in the fields of Application Security, AI Security, and Trustworthy AI.

We welcome proposals covering (but not limited to):

🔐 Application Security & DevSecOps

• Secure development practices and modern SDLC
• DevSecOps workflows and automation
• Cloud, Mobile, and Container Security
• Vulnerability research and exploit analysis
• Code review, threat modeling, red/blue/purple teaming
• Secure architecture patterns and defensive strategies

🤖 AI Security & Trustworthy AI

• AI Security & Trustworthiness
• AppSec in the Era of LLMs and Generative AI
• DevSecOps & Automation
• Secure Coding and Software Supply Chain Security
• Threat Modeling and Risk Assessment
• OWASP Projects in Practice
• AI threat modeling, attack surfaces, and testing
• Responsible AI, governance, and compliance
• Model security (LLM vulnerabilities, poisoning, inference attacks)
• AI supply chain risks
• Secure AI development lifecycle (AI-SDLC)
• Tools, frameworks, and practical defensive techniques

🌐 Emerging Topics & Industry Case Studies

• Research results or ongoing academic work
• Real-world lessons learned from enterprise deployments
• Innovative frameworks, tools, and methodologies
• Regulatory alignment (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001 & 5338)

All submissions should aim to deliver actionable insights, demos, or technical depth—keeping OWASP’s mission of open knowledge and community value at the core.

Full details are available in the official Call for Papers form: 👉 **OWASP Italy Day 2026 – CfP Details

Call for Papers – Key Dates

🏖️ Location

Venue: Emerson Beach Club - Cagliari (Italy)

🧭 Organizers

• Davide Ariu, OWASP Italy Chair & Pluribus One
• Matteo Meucci, OWASP Italy Chair & Synapsed.ai
• Laura Ariu, OWASP Italy & Pluribus One
• Luca Piras, OWASP Italy & Pluribus One

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