Joshua Beck
Application Security Architect
Specializing in AI Security Innovation & Application Security.
Contributions OWASP Agentic AI Security
OWASP GenAI Project
April 2025
I actively contribute to the OWASP GenAI Security Project by authoring & editing sections of their agentic security documents, such as the "Securing Agentic Applications Guide" and the "Agentic Security Landscape Report". My work helps provide the community with crucial resources and best practices for securing generative AI agents.
Juice Shop Secure Code Review
Triangle InfoSeCon
November 2023
Embark on a journey through the OWASP Juice Shop, an infamously vulnerable web application. I use the techniques of secure code review to evaluate a few common vulnerabilities, showing the power of reviewing code to uncover intrinsic problems within an application, and explaining the flow through an application from API to exploit.
My Experience with the OSWA Certification
Offensive Security Web Assessor
April 2023
In April of 2023 I passed the OSWA, a web application hacking certification. See how I did it, what I learned, and how you can pass it too!
Juice Shop Secure Code Walkthrough
University of South Carolina Lecture
April 2023
In April of 2023 I was invited to give a lecture for USC's secure software course, and attend a Q&A session after.
I taught on code security, informed them how they can learn and grow in application security skills, and
answered career growth questions.
Cloud Security 101
NC-PaCE Cyber Security Symposium
January 2023
Join me as I walk through a few basic elements of cloud security and encourage listeners
to avoid some common pitfalls of shifting legacy applications directly into the cloud.