OWASP New Zealand - Auckland Meetup

Join us for the next OWASP New Zealand Chapter meetup! We are gathering the local application security community for an evening of technical talks, networking, and knowledge sharing.

When: Tuesday, 10th November 2026
Where: ASB North Wharf, 'The Cube', ASB North Wharf, 12 Jellicoe Street 1010, New Zealand
Time: 5:30 PM (Doors open for networking), 6:00 PM (Presentations begin)

We present an introductory talk about the OWASP Top 10 (2025 edition) with a new item each meeting. In the current storm of PHP2Shell, Brotli/HTTP2Shell/Node2Shell, and eMudhra, we'll be covering something very topical - A03:2025 Software Supply Chain Failures.

Thanks to Our Host
A big thank you to ASB for sponsoring the venue and for supporting the local security community.

Agenda

6:00 PM OWASP Introduction, Top 10
6:30 PM Break
6:45 PM Technical Talk

Technical Topic Speaker: Michael Matthee, CyberCX/Accenture
Talk Title: Secure Vibe Coding
Following on from OWASP NZ Day 2026, Michael will run his popular Secure Vibe Coding Workshop! In this workshop, you’ll use AI to vibe-code a small feature together with the instructor and group, allow a few realistic AI-generated mistakes to slip through, and then prevent those issues using better specifications, guardrails, secure principles and practices in AI-assisted software engineering.
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OWASP Auckland is on Meetup for now - please watch this space.

We're always looking for presenters and topics for future meetings - contact Austin ([email protected]) if you have an idea for a topic, or a presentation you'd like to make. That way, it won't always be Austin talking about what he's been working on recently.

The Auckland-area OWASP Meetup usually takes place on the third Tuesdays of March, May, July, September, and November. There is no Meetup in January, as our members enjoy their holidays.