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Podcast: The ITSPmagazine Podcast
Episode: Why Global Community-Led Innovation Is Driving Real Application Security Progress | An OWASP AppSec Global 2025 Conversation with Starr Brown | On Location Coverage with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Description: In this On Location episode during OWASP AppSec Global 2025 in Barcelona, Starr Brown, Director of Open Source Projects and Programs at OWASP, unpacks the real engine behind the organization’s impact: the projects and the people driving them forward.With over 130 active projects, OWASP continues to expand its open source contributions to improve software security across the board. While the OWASP Top 10 remains its most recognized initiative, Starr points out that it’s just one among many. Other significant projects include the Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS), the Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM), and the increasingly popular secu...