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OWASP Dallas
Welcome to the Dallas chapter homepage. The chapter leaders are
Chapter Lead- Denis Sheridan
Board Member- Jeromme Lawler
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Announcements
November Meeting
When: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 6:30 PM
Topic: CMD+CTRL Web Application Cyber Range
Want to test your skills in identifying web app vulnerabilities? Join the Dallas OWASP Chapter and Security Innovation as members compete in CMD+CTRL, a web application cyber range where players exploit their way through hundreds of vulnerabilities that lurk in business applications today. Success means learning quickly that attack and defense is all about thinking on your feet.
For each vulnerability you uncover, you are awarded points. Climb the interactive leaderboard for a chance to win fantastic prizes! CMD+CTRL is ideal for development teams to train and develop skills, but anyone involved in keeping your organization’s data secure can play - from developers and managers and even CISOs.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place finishes.
Who: Chad Holmes is a Product Marketing Manager for Security Innovation with a focus on educating customers on emerging Cyber Range technologies and how they can improve security education within organizations. Prior to joining Security Innovation Chad was a Penetration Tester, Product Manager, Security Program Manager and team lead at Cigital, Veracode and Red Hat.
Where: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. 6565 Headquarters Drive - Plano
Guests may park in the visitors parking area on Headquarters Dr. right outside main lobby in front of W1 and E1 buildings. Enter the main lobby to sign in. Meeting will be in the Corolla W1-0C-18 / Camry W1-0C-30 conference rooms.
IMPORTANT Meeting Notes:
This office is a gun-free zone. Please do not attempt to bring in any guns, holsters, ammo, etc. into their office space.
The meeting food & drinks will be sponsored by TBD.
Previous Meetings
October Meeting
When: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: The Pulse of AppSec: 2019 Trends and Insights
Who: Phil Guraedy is a Technical Consultant with Micro Focus.
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive - Irving, TX
September Meeting
When: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Bug Hunting - An adventure in free time
Who: Rich Mirch has been in IT for over 21 years; Rich is currently a member of the Red Team at State Farm.
Where: State Farm Insurance - 3661 N. Plano Rd. Suite 1000 - Richardson, TX - Map
July Meeting
When: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Cloud, the Hard Way
Who: Will Bengtson is the Director of Cloud Security, Distinguished Engineer at Capital One.
Where: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, TX
Media:Cloud_-_The_Hard_Way.pdf
June Meeting
When: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Anti-Phish Codes -- Addressing credential compromise that lead to Data breaches and Fraud
Who: Dr. Chiruvolu brings in more than two decades of expertise, insights on technology and cyber security in several market verticals such as Finance, Healthcare, Enterprise and Govt./Education.
Where: Capital Factory + The DEC - 3102 Oak Lawn Ave - Dallas, TX
Media:UberPasscodes-AntiPhishing2FA-PresArchive.pdf
May Meeting
When: Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Microservices: What Am I Securing Again?
Who: Travis Biehn is a Principal Consultant at Synopsys and consulting research lead for the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center. David Bohannon is a Senior Security Consultant at Synopsys.
Where: The Garage at Capital One - 8000 Dominion Pkwy - Plano, TX - Building with TC out front Media:Microservices_OWASP_Preso_Sanitized.pptx
March Meeting
When: Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Tineola: Taking a Bite Out of Enterprise Blockchain
Who: Stark Riedesel is a senior consultant at Synopsys with six years of security industry experience.
February Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Threat-modeling legacy Cloud Applications
Who: Kevin Nassery is a Senior Principal Consultant at Synopsys where he leads the Software Security Initiatives (SSI) practice
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive - Irving, TX
January Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Container and Container-Aware Security
Who:
Travis Stanfield, Senior Director of Software Engineering at Capital One
Liam Randall, President and Co-Founder of Critical Stack
Where: Capital One - 8000 Dominion Pkwy - Plano, TX
Media:OWASP_dallas_Jan_2019.zip
November Meeting
When: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Securing Containers on the High Seas
Who: Jack Mannino is the CEO of nVisium.
Where: Capital One - 8000 Dominion Pkwy - Plano, TX
September Meeting
When: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Security Shift Left! Enable, Protect, and Execute.
Who: Teddi Poehls, currently working as a Senior Sales Engineer for Signal Sciences
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX
August Meeting
When: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Tangled Web
Who: Herb has worked for State Farm for over 26 years. He is currently a member of the Security Analytics/Threat hunting team.
Where: State Farm Insurance - 3661 N. Plano Rd. Suite 1000, Richardson, TX
July Meeting
When: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Interactive Capture the Flag (CTF) Introduction
Who: Gabriel Lawrence is the General Manager of Cyber-Protection at Toyota
Where: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, TX
June Meeting
When: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Cloud Jacking
Who: Bryan McAninch is a cybersecurity professional with over twenty years experience in various disciplines including digital forensics, penetration testing, and security architecture.
Where: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, TX
April Meeting
When: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Viewing the Nodes in the Noise: Leveraging Data Science to Discover Persistent Threats
Who: David Evenden is an experienced offensive security operator/analyst with over 10 years of active work experience inside the Intelligence Community (IC).
Where: Allstate - 8711 N. Freeport Parkway - Irving, TX
March Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: DevSecOps Unplugged
Who: Vishal Asthana, CISSP has been with Security Compass for over 4 years
Where: Akamai - 15950 Dallas Parkway - Dallas, TX
February Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Bugs in the Blockchain and “Contractual” Vulnerability
Who: Stark Riedesel is a software security consultant working for Synopsys here in the Dallas area.
Where: Alliance Data Systems - 7500 Dallas Parkway 7th Floor, Plano, TX
Materials: Media:Bugs_in_the_Blockchain.pptx
January Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: OWASP Top 10 2017
Who: Andrew van der Stock is a Senior Principal Consultant with Synopsys.
Where: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - 6565 Headquarters Drive · Plano
October Meeting
When: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Application Security in the DevOps World
Who: Apoorva Phadke is a Senior Security Consultant at Synopsys.
Where: Akamai - 15950 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX
September Meeting
When: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Automate All The Things
Who: Matt Konda, CEO of Jemurai. Jemurai is a consulting firm specializing in application security.
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX
August Meeting
When: Wednesday, August 15, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Making Vulnerability Management Less Painful with OWASP DefectDojo
Who: Greg Anderson is a security professional and creator of DefectDojo
Where: Intuit
Materials: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DnV-e6TWoH0YexZJpPQeRTD0eeHwWpmsSu-MRjMczwQ/edit?usp=sharing
July Meeting
When: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: IoT Security Landscape: Survey & Analysis
Who: Mark Szewczul, CISSP, is an IoT Security Architect at Zimperium
Where: Goldman Sachs - 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039, Dallas, TX
June Meeting
When: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: From Hot Rodding to Hacking, Securing the Modern Automobile
Who: Art Dahnert is a Managing Consultant who has over 19 years of experience in the software industry with over 8 years Application Security experience.
Where: Toyota - 5360 Legacy Drive, Building 1, 2nd Floor, Plano, TX
Materials: media:Hot_Rodding_and_Hacking_v3.pdf
May Meeting
When: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: OWASP Dallas Social
Who: OWASP Dallas
Where: Dots Hop House & Cocktail Courtyard - 2645 Commerce Street , Dallas, TX (map)
April Meeting
When: Monday, April 17, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: AWS Security: Staying on Top of the Cloud
Who: Kurtis Miller is a Principal Security Consultant for NCC Group, North America.
Where: Goldman Sachs - 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039, Dallas, TX
Materials: media:AWS_Security_-_Staying_on_Top_of_the_Cloud.pdf
March Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Secrets Revealed: How Your Competitors are Scaling Application Security
Who: Nishchal Bhalla, is a noted expert, speaker and a published author who has been in the information security field for two decades.
Where: Intuit, Inc. - 5601 Headquarters Dr, Plano, TX
Materials: media:2017.03_OWASP_Dallas_Presentation_v5.pdf (More Info)
February Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Secure Architecture In The Land of Microservices
Who: Jack is the CEO at nVisium and focuses on building solutions to make security and education scale in fast-paced software development organizations.
Where: 8000 Dominion Pkwy, Plano, TX - Capital One
Materials: Media:Microservice_Security.pdf
January Meeting
When: January 17 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Helping Developers Embrace Security with OWASP Tools
Who: Joseph Konieczka is a Lead Technology Solutions Specialist on the Remedy on Demand infrastructure team at BMC Software.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039, Dallas, TX - Goldman Sachs
November Meeting
When: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Privacy Preserving Big Data Analytics
Who: Hassan Takabi is Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX
October Meeting
When: Monday, October 17, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: NoSQL: "No Injections" or "No Security"?
Who: Stark Riedesel is a Security Consultant for Cigital, an industry leader in application security.
Where: Akamai - 15950 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX
September Meeting
When: Monday, September 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Web Attacker’s Toolkit: An in depth analysis of RFI in the wild
Who: Tony Lauro is a Lead Sr. Enterprise Security Architect for Akamai's Web Security division.
Where: Akamai - 15950 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX
August Meeting
When: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: OWASP Dallas August Social
Who: Dallas OWASP Community
Where: Braindead Brewing - 2625 Main St, Dallas, TX
July Meeting
When: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Pen Testing with Powershell
Who: Rajganesh Pandurangan is a Lead Managing Consultant at US Bank and the creator of Web Application Exploitation Distro (http://www.waed.info)
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039, Dallas, TX - Goldman Sachs
Materials: Media:OWASP-pentest-with-powershell.pptx
June Meeting
When: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Web App Testing Stats Compared to The OWASP Top 10
Who: Joel Scambray is a Principal at Cigital.
Where: 8000 Dominion Pkwy, Plano, TX - Capital One
Materials: Media:Cigital_Top10_DallasOWASP-062116.pdf
May Meeting
When: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Can we do better than Passwords?
Who: Dr. Girish Chiruvolu, CISSP, CISM is Director, Information security and Risk Management at Thomson Reuters, Carrollton TX.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.
Materials: Media:OWASP_May17th_Password-less-logins.pdf
April Meeting
When: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: OWASP Happy Hour
Who: OWASP Dallas Members
Where: Humperdinks NW Highway - 2208 W Northwest Hwy, Dallas, TX
March Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Integrating Security into the Software/System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process—Myths and Facts
Who: Rick Brunner is an Assistant Faculty member at Collin College and is an active member of Collin’s Cyber Security Advisory Board.
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX.
Materials: Media:March_2016_OWASP_-_Secure_SDLC_Presentation_and_Related_Material.zip
February Meeting
When: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: DNS Attack Vectors
Who: John Devasia is a Senior Product Manager in the Cloud Security BU at Akamai Technologies.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.
January Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Bountiful Bugs and DRM Breakage
Who: Dave Ferguson is a Solution Architect at Qualys and has been a specialist in Application Security since 2006.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.
November Meeting
When: Tuesday, November 17th, 2015 from 5:30 PM – ?:?? PM
Topic: OWASP Dallas Happy Hour
Where: Mexican Sugar at Shops at Legacy - 7501 Lone Star Drive, Suite 8150, Plano, TX
October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 7th, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Anatomy of a Logic Flaw
Who: Charles Henderson is the Vice President of Managed Security Testing at Trustwave.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039.
September Meeting
When: Thursday September 17th, 2015 from 5:30PM – 6:30 PM
Topic: Application Security Trends
Who: Stephen Pasco is a Vice President of Application Risk at Goldman Sachs
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039.
May Meeting
When: Wednesday May 6, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: The Future of Mobile Payments: Secure Mobile Architecture
Who: Denis M. Sheridan is a Managing Consultant at Cigital.
Where: North Lake College Central Campus, 5001 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75038, Room: A-215
October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 1, 2014 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Succeeding with Enterprise Software Security Key Performance Indicators
Who: Rafal Los, Director, Office of the CISO
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
March Meeting
When: Wednesday March 5, 2014 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: OWASP Dallas basic Python tutorial
Who: Matt Parsons, CISSP MSM
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
September Meeting
When: Wednesday September 11, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines for Developers
Who: Ralph Spencer Poore, Director, Emerging Standards at PCI Security Standards Council
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
Slides: Media:Dallas OWASP 9-11-2013.pdf
May Meeting
When: Wednesday May 8, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Implementation Patterns for Software Security Programs
Who: Dan Cornell, Principal, Denim Group
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
February Meeting
When: Wednesday February 6, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Using Webappsec Vulns to Break Censorship
Who: Robert Hansen, a.k.a. rsnake
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
