User:Oshezaf

My name is Ofer Shezaf and I am an information security practitioner specializing in real time web application security, i.e. web application firewalls. At Xiom we provide expert unbiased information about and 3rd party service to web application firewalls.

Previously I led research and later product management at Breach Security and was responsible for Breach acquisition and support of ModSecurity, an open source application firewall. Prior to joining Breach, I specialized in national information security and worked with organizations such as the Israeli National Information Security Agency, the Israeli Intelligence Forces and the Israeli Nuclear Research Center specializing in areas such as information warfare & critical infrastructure protection. I work and live in Israel.

I am also a very active member of the application security community:

• I lead the OWASP Israeli Chapter and I am a member of OWASP global chapter committee which drives OWASP succesful chapters activity around the world.
• I am an officer in the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) where Ilead the Web Hacking Incidents Database Project (WHID)
• And lastly I pariticipate in The Web Application Firewall Evaluation Crietia (WAFEC) and OWASP on the Move (OotM) projects.