Starr Brown
Director Of Open Source Programs & Projects at OWASP® Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolStarr Brown is a security-focused technology leader and open source steward based in Atlanta, serving as Director of Open Source Programs & Projects at OWASP and Executive Director at XR Village. With a CISSP and a Cyber & Network Security certificate from Georgia Tech, she combines deep expertise in risk management, forensic data analysis, and compliance with hands-on consulting experience running 404found. Her background spans operating roles from COO to president, giving her a rare fluency in translating technical findings into business-ready strategies and communications. Known for helping “nerds talk to business,” she drives cross-team collaboration and innovation to embed security best practices into programs and products. Despite a relatively recent formal tenure in security roles, her long operational experience and continuous learning fuel pragmatic, audit-ready solutions for complex systems.
2 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Cyber and Networking Security, A, Certificate, Cyber and Networking Security, A at Georgia Institute of Technology
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (21)
owasp10
security9
blockchain7
pentest7
sdlc6
web-application-security6
infosec6
automation5
regression-testing3
aws3
scanner3
python2
daemons2
risk-management2
security-testing2
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
OWASP/www-project-top-10-in-xr
Nov 2023 - Sep 2025
OWASP Foundation Web Respository
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 issue in 1 year 10 months
owasp
mamicidal/www-project-blockchain-appsec-standard
Nov 2023 - Feb 2024
OWASP Foundation Web Respository
Contributions:17 pushes in 2 months
owasp
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