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Initial Brainstorming on Core Purpose
Individual Brainstorming for Core Purpose
Tom
make application security visible globally, so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about true application security risks when conducting business online
Matt
To become the knowledge base and experimentation hub around which application security problems are discovered and addressed.
Seba
To make application security visible, so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about true application security risks.
Eoin
To be a beacon of light in the world of software insecurity
To assist with combating the root-cause of web application security issues
To promote awareness & education of software security within the global development industry, both producers and consumers, and within academia
Jeff Williams
To create and sustain an ecosystem that opens and advances the security of all types of software applications.
Dave Wichers
To foster secure software by building a growing community that globally provides free and open awareness and education opportunities, knowledge, and tools; facilitates experimentation; and encourages vendors to produce secure software and consumers to demand secure software.