Interactive bug bounty and offensive security events hosted in partnership with industry partners like Google, Meta, National Cyber League, MetaCTF, ThreatSims, and Red Team Village for hardware, software, and platforms. The end goal is to recruit the next generation of technical researchers as well as widen the talent pool by including diversity, equity & inclusion partners like Black Girls Hack, Blacks in Cyber, RAICES, Women's Society of Cyberjitsu, WiCyS and more.

Pioneering research in the XR space is critical for securing all realities. XR Village leads this initiative with The Open Worldwide Application Software Project (OWASP). OWASP is a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the security of software. Programming includes:

• Community-led open source software projects

• Over 250+ local chapters worldwide

• Industry-leading educational and training conferences

• Tens of thousands of members

OWASP is an open community dedicated to enabling organizations to conceive, develop, acquire, operate, and maintain applications that can be trusted. All OWASP projects, tools, documents, forums, and chapters are free and open to anyone interested in improving application security.

Through our vast network of associations, like XR Association (XRA) and Women In Cyber Security (WiCyS), and key partnerships with national programs and agencies like Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Idaho National Laboratory's Cybercore Integration Center, XR Village functions as an industry connector to innovative global thought leaders, engineers, hackers, and consumers to share best practices in secure-by-design methods, consumer safety, privacy and threat modeling in the XR space.

Additional outreach includes partnerships with eSport engagements with US Cybergames, Wicked6, and National Cyber League, security and educational conferences with DEF CON, WiCyS, and the XRA's ARVR Policy Conference, and discovery partners sharing innovation, best practices and practical use of novel technology like the digital twin exhibition from Idaho National Labs and Pacific Northwest National Labs, securing all realities fireside chat with XR Village founder, Keenan Skelly and Suzie Borders of BadVR, and implications of augmented reality and mobile technical deep dive with mobile security expert Whitney Phillips.

Allies without action are a detriment. Being an ally is not just a day where a profile picture is changed, slogan included or digital walkout completed. Representation and inclusion have always been foundational in our approach and programs. As such we carefully select diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility partners who do what their brand promises and proudly partner with groups like Black Girls Hack, Blacks in Cyber, RAICES, Women's Society of Cyberjitsu, and WiCyS to shape tomorrow's security workforce.