OWASP Kuwait City
OWASP Kuwait City
Welcome to the Kuwait city chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Fahad AlQallaf , follow us Twitter
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Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings. مرحبا بالجميع في اجتماعات أواسب فرع الكويت !
Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/OWASPKuwait/
Next meeting will be scheduled in near future. We will keep you posted.
Past Events
April 2019 meeting:
Date: Monday, April 1, 2019 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Sirdab Lab, Sharq, Jaber alMubarak Street.
Agenda:
- 7:00-7:30pm Welcoming & briefing about OWASP chapter. By: Fahad AlQallaf
- 7:30-8:00pm SCADA Control system Security. By: Dr. Sulaiman AlHasawi 1
- 8:00-8:30pm Advanced Pentesting Demo. By: Eng. Fatma Yousef 2
- 8:30-9:00pm Closing and Networking.
October 2017 meeting:
Date التاريخ 4 من اكتوبر 2017، الساعة 12:30 مساءً October the 4th,
- At 12:30 PM
Agenda الأجندة
التعريف عن تطبيقات الويب وحمايتها وثغراتها و كيفية الدفاع عنها .
Introduction to web app security, attacks, and defenses.
Location المكان
جامعة الكويت، كلية الهندسة، قاعة 109 Kuwait University, Khaldiya Campus, Hall 109
Cyber Security Summit 2013:
قام م. محمد الدوب رئيس فرع أواسب بالكويت بالقاء محاضرة بمؤتمر Cyber Security Summit
في براغ عاصمة التشيك بتاريخ ١١ ابريل ٢٠١٣، تحت عنوان Invaders at the Gates: Last Minute Defenses for Impending Attacks
، وتتكلم المحاضرة عن اساليب الدفاع السريعة ضد الهجمات المفاجئة او عند الحاجة لتأمين الخوادم والشبكات بأسرع وقت ممكن
On the 11th of April 2013, Mr. Mohammed ALDOUB (OWASP Kuwait chapter leader) gave a presentation in the Cyber Security Summit conference in Prague, Czech Republic, titled Invaders at the Gates: Last Minute Defenses for Impending Attacks.
The presentation discusses the various techniques that can be implemented quickly to set up last minute defenses for impending attacks, Tools and techniques for reactive defense and monitoring of live attacks without the need for complicated tools and procedures, as well as techniques and tricks to disrupt live attack attempts and confuse attackers.
https://www.owasp.org/images/a/a9/InvadersAtTheGates.ppt
September 2012 meeting:
Date التاريخ ٢٩ من سبتمبر ٢٠١٢، الساعة الثامنة و النصف مساءاً September the 29th, 2012. At 8:30 PM
Agenda الأجندة
التعريف عن منظمة أواسب و أهدافها و مشاريعها و عضويتها. نقاش بسيط عن وضع أمن المواقع بالكويت
Introduction to OWASP, its goals, projects and membership. Brief discussion about the state of web security in Kuwait.
Location المكان
الجمعية الكويتية لتقنية المعلومات، منطقة الروضة Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS), Rawda area
الروضة – قطعة 3 – ش ابوحيان التوحيدي – جادة 37 – منزل رقم 20 هاتف :22529303 فاكس : 22527986
Contributions
The User Privacy Protection Cheat Sheet, written by Kuwait chapter previous leader Mohammed ALDOUB, discusses methods and techniques in which web developers can protect the privacy, anonymity and identity of their users from the various adversaries. The cheat sheet is located at: User Privacy Protection Cheat Sheet
Next Meeting/Event(s)
Please follow OWASP Kuwait Chapter on the following channels to be notified as soon as the next event date and location is announced.
Past Events
OWASP Top 10 … but for OT?!
Speaker: Siegfried Hollerer - LinkedIn
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Event Link: here
Video: here
Start with OWASP
Speaker: Faisal Albuloushi - LinkedIn
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Location: Auditorium, Kuwait Technical College (KTECH), Street 5, Block 2, Abu-Halifa, Kuwait.
OWASP SecureApp 2025 – Joint Summit
Description: OWASP SecureApp 2025 – Joint Summit is a collaborative OWASP initiative between Kuwait City, Dubai and Riyadh OWASP chapters to explore and advance the security of modern application supply chains. This full-day event in Kuwait united practitioners, researchers, and organizations working to build trustworthy and resilient software systems.
Date: Monday, November 10, 2025
Location: Auditorium, Kuwait College of Science & Technology (KCST), Doha, 7th Ring Road, Kuwait.
Video Playlist: here
Event Link: here
What is OWASP?!
Speaker: Faisal Albuloushi - LinkedIn
Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Event Link: here
Designing for Secure Behavior
Speaker: Abdul Wahab Alhaji - LinkedIn
Date: Monday, May 26, 2025
Event Link: here
Video: here
Introduction to Threat Modelling
Speaker: Mohamed Talaat - LinkedIn
Date: Sunday, May 11, 2025
Event Link: here
Video: here
AI/LLM Applications and Security Event
A joint event between OWASP Cairo, Dubai and Kuwait City.
Date: Saturday January, 18, 2025
Event Link: here
Location: Virtual
First Session: Title: Introduction to AI and LLM based Applications
Speaker: Speaker: Ahmed Abdallah - LinkedIn
Second Session: Title: OWASP Top 10 LLM
Speaker: George Fahmy - LinkedIn
Video: here
What is OWASP?!
Speaker: Faisal Albuloushi - LinkedIn
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Event Link: here
OWASP Mobile Top 10
Speaker: Adel Mallik - LinkedIn
Date: Monday, November 11, 2024
Event Link: here
Video: here
Enhancing Security Awareness through the Human Layer
Speaker: Mohammad Alzatari - LinkedIn
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Event Link: here
Video: here
HTTP Headers in Phishing Attack Investigations
Speaker: Humoud Alsaleh - LinkedIn
Date: Moday, July 22, 2024
Event Link: here
Video: here
Regulatory Deep-Dive: The Central Bank of Kuwait’s Cybersecurity Framework
Speaker: Abdul Wahab Alhaji - LinkedIn
Date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Event Link: here
Video: here
Setting Up Command & Control Server (In-Person)
Speaker: Fawaz AlMutairi
Date: Wednesday May 15, 2024
Location: Kuwait University, College of Engineering and Petroleum, North Building, 3rd Floor, Section C1, N03C1074
Details: here
Adopting DevSecOps for Faster and More Secure SDLC
Date: April 24, 2024
Location: Kuwait College of Science and Technology, first floor, block F, room: F-104 (In-person)
Speaker: Ahmad Abdullah - OWASP Dubai Chapter Leader
Event Link: here
Video: here
AI Applications and Cybersecurity Challenges (Joint Event Between OWASP Kuwait City and OWASP Dubai)
Date: March 7, 2024
Location: Kuwait College of Science & Technology, Doha Area, 7th Ring Road, Kuwait (In-person)
Agenda:
- 09:15 to 10:00 Registration
- 10:00 to 10:15 Opening
- 10:15 to 10:45 Keynote: AI CONCERNS
- 10:45 to 12:00 Panel Discussion
- 12:00 to 12:30 Break
- 12:30 to 13:15 Beyond the Code: AI Assistants and the Future of Cybersecurity Practices
- 13:15 to 14:00 Building AI Application & Impacting the Cybersecurity Requirements
Panellists:
- Prof. Ayed A. Salman
- Eng. Mohammed Aldoub
- Eng. Fahad Almasoud
- Eng. Majid Alqabandi
Video: Playlist
Saturday February 03, 2024 (In-person)
Location: KIF Hall 6 - أرض المعارض
Speaker: Eng. Omar Almutairi
Time: 06:30 to 07:30 PM
Subject: Securing Digital Life
Details: Can be found here
Wednesday December 27, 2023
Location: Virtual
Speaker: Eng. Fatimah AlYousuf
Time: 07:00 to 08:00 PM (GMT+3)
Subject: OWASP Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM)
Video: here
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Location: Virtual
Speaker: Dan Barahona
Time: 07:00 to 08:00 PM (GMT+3)
Subject: OWASP API Security Top 10
Video: here
Sunday, October 15, 2023 (In-person)
Location: University Conference Centre, Kuwait University, Kuwait.
Speaker: Faisal Albuloushi - OWASP Kuwait Chapter Leader
Agenda:
- What is OWASP?
- Supply Chain Risk
- SBOM Definition
- OWASP CycloneDX
- OWASP Dependency-Track
- Recommendations
Presentation: here
Video: here
Monday, April 1, 2019 (In-person)
Location: Sirdab Lab, Jaber alMubarak Street, Sharq.
Agenda:
- 07:00-07:30pm: Welcoming & briefing about OWASP chapter. By: Fahad AlQallaf.
- 07:30-08:00pm: SCADA Control system Security. By: Dr. Sulaiman AlHasawi [1].
- 08:00-08:30pm: Advanced Pentesting Demo. By: Eng. Fatma AlYousef [2].
- 08:30-9:00pm Closing and Networking.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 (In-person)
Location: Kuwait University, Khaldiya Campus, Hall 109.
Agenda:
- 12:30pm: Introduction to web app security, attacks, and defenses. By: Eng. Mohammed AlDoub.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Location: Cyber Security Summit, Prague, Czech Republic.
Agenda:
- 10:00am: Invaders at the Gates: Last Minute Defenses for Impending Attacks. By: Eng. Mohammed AlDoub.
Saturday, September 29, 2012 (In-person)
Location: Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS), Street 37, Block 3, Rawda, Kuwait City.
Agenda:
- 10:00am: Introduction to OWASP, its goals, projects, and membership. Brief discussion about the status of web security in Kuwait. By: Eng. Mohammed AlDoub.