Summit 2011/Funding/Chris Schmidt

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Please help fund the participation of OWASP Leaders and key industry players at the next OWASP Summit

This page is part of an OWASP fund-raising effort to help to bring the best talent in the world to the OWASP Summit 2011: A personal request by Chris Schmidt A personal request by Jeff Williams A personal request by Jim Manico A personal request by Tom Brennan A personal request by Carlos Serrao A personal request by Lucas C. Ferreira A personal request by Wagner Elias A personal request by Matt Chalmers If you want to create one, copy the content from this sample request and create a page with the format: Summit_2011/Funding/{YOUR_NAME} An appeal from Chris Schmidt (OWASP ESAPI Project Manager) Since getting involved with OWASP and the Enterprise Security API, I have had the opportunity to use my knowledge to help countless individuals and organizations make their web applications just a bit more secure for their users. I have had the opportunity to help make the internet just a little safer for my dad to order Christmas presents for my kids online. In the grand scheme of things, this is invaluable to a world that depends more and more on the internet with each passing year. The OWASP Summit is an opportunity for some of the most forward minds in the application security space to get together and solve the problems of tomorrow's internet, an opportunity to get ahead of the curve in a world where we are constantly playing catch-up. Whether you are a developer who has learned from OWASP materials, a tester who uses the free OWASP tools, or an end-user who just wants to be secure on the web, please consider donating whatever you can to help make the OWASP Summit a success. I personally thank you for taking the time to read my message and your consideration. Donate using Paypal <paypal>Summit 2011</paypal> Why Sponsor the Summit Participants As the face of application threats continues to grow, we need your help. This February, we begin a new era of our mission by convening at the OWASP Global Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. Many of our attendees fund their own way in order to spend a week of work, research and talks that will shape the next iteration of tools and deliverables for the global security community to share. As part of this effort, we need your financial support in order to get all of our top leaders present. This personal request is one that asks you to consider any monetary support for mobilizing our global leadership community to convene in less than a month. Please act today and you'll help to support the ongoing efforts of a growing non-profit that has given so much and is ready to give much more through its tools, research, frameworks, and much more. How Can You Help? As of January 10, 2011, after having spent much for organizing our global summit, we are still short of our goal. The current shortfall is what separates many of our top leaders/contributors from attending the Summit in February. If you are a company and would like to sponsor a leader, you can make a difference with your pledge today. Funds are used to subsidize their travel to and accommodations at the week-long working session. Our leaders and top contributors selflessly donate their time and Application Security knowledge to provide guides, tools, and other resources that benefit governments and companies all over the world. If you have benefited from the free materials at OWASP, please consider supporting our Summit today! Here are some of the leaders/contributor that need your support in order to be present at the Summit: Name and funding requirement Name Projected Cost Mateo Martinez Anurag Agarwal Talal AlBasha Vishal Garg Antonio Fontes Abraham Kang Gandhi Aryavalli Mohd Fazli Azran Steven van der Baan Mike Zusman Raul Siles Jeremy Long Ferdinand Vroom TBC Zaki Akhmad TBC Konstantinos Papapanagiotou TBC Chris Schmidt TBC Vasileios Vlachos TBC Daniel Brzozowski TBC Carlos Serrao TBC Romain Gaucher TBC Sherif Koussa TBC Donate using Paypal <paypal>Summit 2011</paypal>