Open Source Security Summit

September 25, 2025

8 - 10 a.m. PDT • 11 - 1 p.m. EDT • 5 - 7 p.m. CEST

The sixth annual Open Source Security Summit brings together business leaders, industry visionaries, and technology users to chart a path forward and highlight the future of open source security solutions at this free virtual event. Register now to explore advancements in open source security and how using open source tools can build trust with customers and consumers.

2025 Headliners

Andy Greenberg

Award-winning WIRED journalist and cybersecurity author

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Rinki Sethi

CSO at Upwind Security
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Rick Howard

President of the Cybersecurity Canon Project

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Why attend?

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A virtual and free industry event for open source security!

Learn from peers, colleagues, and industry leaders how you can employ strategies for open source security solutions to make yourself and your workplace more secure. Get the latest on industry trends and tips from experts for new ideas and approaches.

The Open Source Security Summit is a forum to explore the intersection of open source and security. This year, continue the conversation with cross-industry experts and dive deeper into why open source solutions lead to better security measures, as well as how using open source tools can build better trust with your customers and consumers.

Visionary keynotes and sessions

Prepare for interactive, insightful keynotes from industry leaders.

Community and networking

Join colleagues and peers with a similar passion for open source security solutions.

Real-time access to product experts

Ask important questions of technical experts to quickly get the answers you need.

Schedule

Welcome to the Open Source Security Summit 2025

Michael Crandell, Bitwarden CEO

keynote

The Cybercanon Project

Rick Howard, Board President and Co-founder of the Cybercanon nonprofit; faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University

fireside

Fireside chat with Andy Greenberg: Tracers in the Dark

Award-winning author and journalist Andy Greenberg will be interviewed by Paul Stringfellow, CTO of Gardner Systems and GigaOm contributing analyst, about his acclaimed book "Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency."

panel

Panel: Making security inclusive by default

Security leaders will explore how open source workflows help extend secure practices across diverse users and environments, addressing usability challenges, language barriers, and user experience considerations for non-technical teams.

Sandip Sontakke, Sr. IT Security Engineer at Qualys

Patrick Ward, Director of IT, Veritas Prime

Moderated by Bree Fowler, cybersecurity journalist

Intermission

fireside

Fireside chat with Rinki Sethi: The CSO Perspective

Security expert Rinki Sethi will discuss AI and the new security perimeter in a conversation with Jon Swartz, senior content writer at Techstrong Group.

presentation

Passkey rollout

Mark Zvolensky, Sr. Manager, Cyber Security & Identity and Access Management at Foot Locker

fireside

Panel: Secure by design: Building trust in high-stakes ecosystems

Security leaders will discuss embedding trusted open source security tools into core product development workflows to balance innovation with regulatory accountability in compliance-sensitive environments.

Eddie Clark, President of SolveIT

David Mitrovic, Systems engineer at SWISS.TXT