OWASP Los Angeles × SecureFlag Secure Development Tournament

​Title: OWASP Los Angeles × SecureFlag Secure Development Tournament

​September 14, 2026 | 5:30 PM–8:30 PM | In Person

​Join OWASP Los Angeles and SecureFlag for an evening of hands-on application security and secure coding.

​This is not a traditional CTF. Instead of only finding and exploiting vulnerabilities, participants will compete to fix real security vulnerabilities in real code through SecureFlag’s Secure The Flag tournament.

​Participants will work inside fully provisioned browser based development environments, identify vulnerabilities in running applications, write secure fixes, and submit them against security and functional tests. A live leaderboard will track progress throughout the tournament.

​What to expect:

• ​Hands-on secure coding challenges

• ​Beginner through advanced labs

• ​Live tournament leaderboard

• ​Built-in hints if you get stuck

• ​No installations or virtual machines required

• ​Multiple technologies and programming languages

• ​Prizes for the top three participants

• ​Food, networking, and the OWASP LA community

​SecureFlag supports more than 50 technologies, including Python, Java, JavaScript, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, cloud technologies, and other development environments.

​Schedule

​5:30 PM–6:00 PM — Check-in, food, networking, and OWASP LA updates
6:00 PM–6:15 PM — SecureFlag tournament kickoff and platform demo
6:15 PM–8:15 PM — Secure Development Tournament
8:15 PM–8:30 PM — Winners, prizes, and closing

​What to bring:
Bring your laptop. SecureFlag provides the tournament environment through the browser.

​📍 Location: Los Angeles area venue details coming soon.

​Space will be limited. RSVP to reserve your spot.

​About SecureFlag

​SecureFlag provides hands-on secure coding training and threat modeling for developers, DevOps, cloud, QA, architects, and other technical teams. Its platform includes hands-on labs, learning paths, tournaments, training plans, and secure development training across a broad range of technologies.

​CODE OF CONDUCT

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​SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE

​Vendors interested in sponsoring OWASP Los Angeles events can contact:
sponsorship.la@owasp.org