OWASP Working Session - OWASP Intra Governmental Affairs

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WORKING SESSION IDENTIFICATION
Work Session Name	OWASP Intra Governmental Affairs
Short Work Session Description	Increasing the visibility of AppSec within gov't agencies by effectively positioning OWASP resources and communicating OWASP principles to standards bodies, gov't agencies, and implementers and auditors.
Related Projects	If any, add a link.
Email Contacts & Roles	Chair David Campbell	Secretary Colin Watson , Puneet Mehta , Dhruv Soi	Mailing list Subscription Page

WORKING SESSION SPECIFICS
Objectives	Identify top reasons and driving factors to work with Government of different countries, Identify potential areas where OWASP and Government can work together, Discuss Measurable benefits, Identify possible ways on how to approach this initiative.
Venue/Date&Time/Model	Venue OWASP EU Summit Portugal 2008	Date&Time November 5 & 7, 2008 Time TBD	Discussion Model "Everybody is a Participant"

WORKING SESSION OPERATIONAL RESOURCES
Projector, also wireless connection for conferencing in remote participants. NOTE: these resources were not available and this negatively impacted the effectiveness of the group. For future Summits these resources should be coordinated more effectively.

WORKING SESSION ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Presentation prepared by Puneet and DC to seed discussion and summarize outcomes, updated with outputs of working group.	Working Session Notes	Ideas to put up for Vote Captured during Session

WORKING SESSION OUTCOMES
Statements, Initiatives or Decisions	Proposed by Working Group	Approved by OWASP Board
	Mission: To ensure that OWASP’s dealings with governmental and regulatory agencies are coherent and consistent, making effective use of resources and global perspective for the benefit of members and constituents.	After the Board Meeting - fill in here.
	Prioritized list of potential areas where OWASP can work with Government: 1) Help regulators / federal agencies define Application security controls for statutory compliance, 2) Support or oppose Legislative action relevant to InfoSec/AppSec, 3) Create mapping of standards bodies security controls to OWASP specific guidance (i.e. map FISCAM, 800-53/53A to OWASP Testing Guide), 4)Outreach & Evangelism to implementers and auditors of standards	After the Board Meeting - fill in here.
	Roadmap / Model to approach this initiative: Appoint gov't specialists to "Industry" global committee. Assign a primary point of contact for gov't interaction for each country. Establish a governance process whereby these POC's are given authority to interact with gov't officials on behalf of OWASP.	After the Board Meeting - fill in here.
	Identify Team / committee to lead this initiative. US POC: Rex Booth, UK POC: Colin Watson, India POC: Puneet Mehta, Brazil POC: Lucas Ferreira	After the Board Meeting - fill in here.
	Action items: 1) Review NIST draft special pubs relevant to AppSec and solicit comments from OWASP SME's: David Campbell. 2) Review ISO draft standards relevant to AppSec and solicit comments from OWASP SME's: Lucas Ferreira 3) Submit comments to these drafts on behalf of OWASP: OWASP Board or Industry Committee chair(?), 4) Create “Approaching Gov’t Organizations” guide: Dan Cornell, 5) Develop governance model for vetting officlal OWASP representatives, positions, and “One Voice” principle: Puneet Mehta, 6) Create SOC project for mapping standards body security controls to OWASP Body of Knowledge: TBD	After the Board Meeting - fill in here.
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Working Session Participants

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WORKING SESSION PARTICIPANTS
	Name	Company	Notes & reason for participating, issues to be discussed/addressed
1	David Campbell	OWASP Denver	Experience w/ US Govt. agencies
2	Puneet Mehta	OWASP Delhi	Experience w/ India Govt. Agencies
3	Sion Camilleri	OWASP Belgium	Experience w/ Australian, UK, NATO, and other International/EU Commission Government Agencies
4	Colin Watson	Watson Hall	Raising awareness of OWASP in government agencies
5	Rex Booth	Grant Thornton LLP	Experience with US gov. agencies
6	Lucas C. Ferreira	Brazilian Parliament	Work for Brazilian government
7	Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman	Independent	I have certain vinculations with the Argentinian government.
8	Fabio Cerullo	AIB Bank	interested in the topic
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