OWASP is proud to announce AppSec USA 2011. We're celebrating our first ten years and looking ahead to the next ten years! Training will be held September 20-21. Talks, CTF, and showroom will be September 22-23. AppSec USA 2011 will be hosted in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Minneapolis Convention Center. http://www.appsecusa.org/ CALL FOR TRAINERS NOW OPEN Think you have a great idea for a one- or two-day class? Submit your idea to Kuai Hinojosa at kuai.hinojosa@owasp.org. Trainers get a 40% cut of the training revenue. Price for trainees will be $1,500 for a 2-day training course and $750 for a 1-day training course (see http://www.appsecusa.org/training.html for additional information on group registration discounts). Please e-mail lorna.alamri@owasp.org if you would like to reserve trainee space for your organization today. CALL FOR PAPERS OPENS MARCH 15 The call for papers will open March 15. We are excited for high quality submissions from application security professionals, software developers, and thought leaders. This year's format will be four tracks spread across two days covering Cloud Security, Mobile Security, Secure SDLC, OWASP Projects (turbo talks), Software & Architecture Patterns for Security, Software Development Platform Tutorials, New Attacks & Defenses, and Thought Leadership (executive panels, interviews, and speeches). Please e-mail lorna.alamri@owasp.org if you would like to reserve conference passes for your organization today at heavily discounted rates. And stay tuned for the call for papers announcement... SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AppSec USA 2011 will be a great opportunity to let the community know about your products and services, and also a great time to recruit new talent. See http://www.appsecusa.org/sponsors.html for sponsorship opportunities. We would like to thank IBM for being our first AppSec USA 2011 sponsor! CAPTURE THE FLAG (CTF) This year's AppSec USA CTF promises to be the best one yet. If you'd like to volunteer or get prepared for the CTF, visit http://www.appsecusa.org/ctf.html and send an e-mail to the CTF team. Thank you! OWASP AppSec USA 2011: Your life is in the cloud. Web: http://www.appsecusa.org/ Twitter: @appsecusa