OWASP Global AppSec USA 2026: Full Schedule

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9:00am PST

3-Day Training: Building AI-based security tools & SDLC

Monday November 2, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm PST

3-Day Training: November 2-4, 2026
Level: Beginner
Trainer:Jon McCoy

To register, please purchase your training ticket here. Training and conference are two separate ticket purchases.

Day 1: The Toolsmith (AI-Augmented Security Engineering)
*Focus: Building a high-velocity toolkit for rapid security synthesis and infrastructure hardening.*

* **The Synthesis Workflow**
* Mastering LLM-driven code generation for security scripts.
* Building "Disposable Tools" for one-off reconnaissance and triage.
* Debugging and refining AI-generated security code.
* **Security Engineering & Governance**
* Developing "Agentic Playbooks" for automated hardening.
* Writing high-fidelity Security Requirements (Human vs. Agent-readable).
* Creating "Cheat Sheets" for standardizing AI-assisted security tasks.
* **Hands-on Labs: AI-Driven Hardening & Validation**
* **Infrastructure:** Automating Dockerfile, Terraform, and Network Rule hardening.
* **Application:** Automated code reviews, "Sink" point identification, and auto-remediation.
* **Validation:** Building "Checkers" to programmatically verify vulnerability fixes.

Day 2: The Architect of Trust (Agentic AppSec & Governance)
*Focus: Engineering the autonomous guardrails and validation gates for the Agentic SDLC.*

* **Securing the Agentic Architecture**
* **Tool-Use Guardrails:** Implementing strict schemas and permissions for function calling.
* **Sandboxing & Isolation:** Engineering secure execution environments for agent-run code.

Speakers

Jon McCoy

Principal Security Architect & Offensive Engineering Specialist, DigitalBodyGuard

Jon McCoy brings more than 20 years of hands-on experience in software engineering, application
security, live system forensics, infrastructure defense, and custom security tooling. He helps
companies build and secure the back-end systems behind modern AI products, automation
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Monday November 2, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm PST
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3-Day Training

Audience Beginner

OWASP Global AppSec USA 2026

9:00am PST

Jon McCoy

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