Bootstrap and increase your software assurance with OWASP SAMM v2.1

OWASP Switzerland brings you another high profile talk directly from the source: With our new release OWASP SAMM v2.1 - the prime maturity model for software assurance - we provide an effective and measurable way for all types of organizations to analyze and improve their software security posture. OWASP SAMM supports the complete software lifecycle, including development and acquisition, and is technology and process agnostic. It is intentionally built to be evolutive and risk-driven in nature. During this talk Seba will explain how to use SAMM in your organization. And then continue on the added features in our new release 2.1: * The introduction of SAMM Practitioners * SAMM Guidance for all Security Practice streams, including: * OWASP projects and content references * Mappings to other standards and models (including NIST SSDF, ISO27001, BSIMM, …) * Best practices * Tools * New SAMM guidance for development teams * The updated resources, including the online SAMMwise tools, the new PDF and the updated toolbox. We will conclude with the outcome of our 2022 SAMM survey and the rebooted SAMM benchmark initiative. Speaker-Bio: Sebastien (Seba) Deleersnyder is co-founder and CTO of Toreon. He started the Belgian OWASP chapter and was an OWASP Foundation Board member. With a development background and years of security experience, he has trained countless developers to create more secure software. Co-leading OWASP projects such as OWASP SAMM, he has genuinely helped make the world a safer place. What’s he currently up to? Right now, he’s busy adapting application security models to the evolving field of DevOps and is also focused on getting the word out on Threat Modeling to a broader audience.