Maven Security Consulting founder David Rhoades is continuing his “all hands on deck” crusade to raise awareness about cybersecurity issues.

Rhoades, who leads the now-resurrected Delaware chapter of OWASP (Online Web Application Security Project), has been determined to educate Delawareans about cybersecurity issues by hosting educational and inclusive events in and around Wilmington — mostly through OWASP.

The next OWASP meetup (open to all) will be at 1313 Innovation on Sept. 1. Rhoades said attendees will be participating in some “hands-on hacking” as they fight their way through a capture the flag (CTF) exercise.

Never played capture the flag? You can read about a full version of the exercise here, but here’s how it’ll work at OWASP’s meetup:

Attendees will be provided targets in the form of fake, locally hosted, “intentionally vulnerable” web applications.

Attendees will group into teams or go solo, then begin hacking away.

After a given amount of time, attendees will regroup to collectively analyze what flaws were found in the targets — how security was breached and how targets can prevent that from happening.

Rhoades said the Delaware OWASP chapter plans to hold CTFs on a regular basis.

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114 Members Are your web applications secure? Come find out more about web app security. What you learn might just save your business. We are the Delaware Chapter of the Open Web Applicat… Next Meetup Capture the Flag / Web Hacking – OWASP Delaware meeting Tuesday, Sep 1, 2015, 6:00 PM

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