OWASP Global Projects Report

Project Applications
- VCR Project
- Windows Binary Executable Files Security Checks
- Wordpress Security Checklist
- Simple Host Base Incidence Detection System
- Chat Application
- Supporting Legacy Web Applications in the Current Environment

Projects Under Review
- OWASP Cheat Sheets Project
- OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer Project
- Xenotix XSS Exploit Framework
- Project reviews are on hold until we can fill the Technical Project Advisor volunteer roles.

Currently Working On

OWASP Projects at AppSec Conferences 2013
- Planning continues for the project event modules for AppSec USA 2013.
- I continue to work with our project summit participating leaders to work out costs and logistics for their attendance.
- I am in the process of putting together our project leader workshop materials.
- The workshop will be a 45 - 50 minute interactive presentation for current and potential OWASP Project Leaders.
- It will take place at the AppSec USA 2013 conference in New York.
- I will continue to provide support to the local event planning team for AppSec EU, as needed.

Women in Security: AppSec USA 2013
- The team has finished a first draft of the Sponsorship Document.
- The plan is to reach out to different organizations for sponsorship.
- You can find more information on the AppSec USA website.
- We are currently attempting to raise $3,000.00 for each winner.
- We plan on having 2 winners for 2013.
- The total amount we are requesting is $6,000.00 to cover conference fee, training fee, travel and accommodation for both winners.
- We are working hard to make this a possibility for our 2 potential winners.

Determining Active Project Status
- This is a status update on this initiative.
- I am reaching out to each leader individually to confirm these pieces of data for all 154 projects.
- Flagship projects are completed.
- Labs are completed.
- Incubator projects are now in the 3rd phase of 4 phases.

Technical Project Advisory Roles
- I am currently on the 1st stage of the interview process for each candidate.
- I have created job descriptions for each role, and I have had those roles posted for over a month.
- We have had a good amount of candidates apply for each role.
- I have sent out e-mails asking each candidate to answer 3 questions regarding their interest in these roles.
- I will reach out to those individuals that responded to my request by next week.

Marketing Phase 3 Update
- The marketing deliverables are going smoothly.
- There is quite a bit of work to be done during this phase as this is where the back and forth approval process takes place.
- The Ops Team is diligently working on this phase with Sisterworks Publishing and Design Foundry.
- At the moment, we are working on finalizing the copy for several pieces of collateral that are scheduled to be designed.
- Phase 1 Deliverable
- Phase 2 Deliverable
  - Note: Phase 2 Deliverable has recommendations made by Sisterworks and Design Foundry based on their research.
  - We are not necessarily moving forward with these recommendations towards implementation.
  - Sisterworks and Design Foundry are helping with our brand consistency and collateral design.

Strategic Goals Presentation
- Ludovic petit has requested that we put together a presentation that the community can use to communicate our 2013 Strategic Goals.
- Sarah and I have put together a first draft of the deck.
- We plan to add to it over the coming weeks to make certain we encompass the thinking behind each goals for this year.
- 2013 Strategic Goals draft

Personal Development
- I am currently reading Board Member Orientation: The Concise and Complete Guide to Non-Profit Board Service by Michael E. Batts.
- I am still taking my online course from Coursera.
- The course topic is Information Security and Risk Management in Context.
- I am currently in week 6 of the course.
- Additionally, I am going to take a week long course in late June in the UK.
- The course topic is Intellectual Property Strategy.
- I will write a report on my learnings for the community after the course ends.

Daily Project based queries and requests
- This has not changed much since I began the post: questions are very similar in nature.
- Global AppSec questions.
- Funding queries.
- Travel availability.
- Project based administrative help.
- Project status information.
- Several project donations questions.
- Marketing questions.
- Grant funding questions.
- OWASP Social Media Updates.
- What's happening with projects, questions.

Amount: $120,000 USD in Adwords Funds
Status: We now have a better idea of the initiatives and tasks we must undertake to better leverage this award. We will discuss possible solutions during our Mid-Term (6-12 month) marketing planning.
Note: There is no link to show the proposal for this grant. There was a form that was submitted to Google, and we did not receive a record of this form.