Washington DC Upcoming SAMM & DSOMM User Day
The OWASP SAMM team is excited to announce our upcoming User Day, this time teaming up with DSOMM , as part of Global AppSec USA (Washington, DC) , on November 5th, 2025.
We’ll be spending the day sharing experiences, exploring real-world use of SAMM and DSOMM, and learning from each other about how to advance software security maturity. Whether you’re deep into assessments or just getting started, we’d love to hear your perspective.
Get your place! Register here.
Agenda
Below you’ll find the main sessions and activities we have planned. Please note that while the core program is set, there may still be a few adjustments as we finalize details with speakers and contributors.
| Local time | Title | Speaker | |
| 9:00 am | Welcome to SAMM and DSOMM User Day Washington DC 2025 | Sebastien Deleersnyder and Timo Pagel | |
| 9:15 am | An overview and comparison of SAMM and DSOMM | Aram Hovsepyan and Timo Pagel | |
| 9:45 am | An Ordinary Dev Team meets DSOMM | Vegard Bakke | |
| 10:15 am - Break | |||
| 10:30 am | Learning from Setbacks: Pitfalls and Lessons in Scaling SAMM at a Fortune 500 Company | Sunny Sharma | |
| 11:00 am | Soft Challenges, Hard Impact: Launching AppSec with OWASP SAMM | Nariman Aga-Tagiyev | |
| 11:30 pm | Stacking Frameworks | Dag Flachet | |
| 12:30 pm - Lunch Break | |||
| 2:00 pm | From Policy to Proof: Automating Testing for Compliance | Spyros Gasteratos | |
| 2:30 pm | SAMM Benchmark Updates | Brian Glas | |
| 3:00 pm - Break | |||
| 3:15 pm | Round table: What's next for SAMM and DSOMM users | All participants | |
| 5:00 pm | Wrap-up | SAMM Team Members | |
| 6:00 pm | SAMM Sponsored Dinner | Sponsored by Codific, SecureHabits, and Toreon | |
As in previous editions of the User Day, we’ll have a sponsored dinner for all participants thanks to Codific, SecureHabits, and Toreon.
Archive
Here you can find the previous SAMM User Day pages with the full list of talks, downloadable material, and YouTube links.