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==  OWASP Newsletter #17 (12-August-2008) ==
Welcome to the 17th edition of the OWASP Newsletter, featuring [[OWASP_NYC_AppSec_2008_Conference|The New York City AppSec Conference]] .

As always, if you have any content to add to the next edition, please feel free to add it directly to its WIKI page [[OWASP Newsletter 18]].

Kate Hartmann - OWASP Operations Director - Tel: 301-575-0197 - eMail: Kate.Hartmann@owasp.org

== Featured Item: OWASP NYC 2008 ==
OWASP NYC AppSec 2008 Conference Schedule – Sept 24th - Sept 25th [http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_NYC_AppSec_2008_Conference Full details] In association with: WASC, NYM InfraGard, AITGlobal, NYC PHP, NYCBUG, ISACA, ISSA and Pace University your invited to (2) days of Seminars and Technology Pavilion from the world's best application security technology minds, (2) days of hardcore hands-on training, all held at Pace University, located in downtown New York City at One Pace Plaza New York, NY 10038. Event Fees: $350 for 2 days of seminars, $675 for 1-day training classes and $1,350 for 2-day courses. With capacity of 1000 folks from around the world, don't miss this event!

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== Featured Item: India Conference ==
[https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_AppSec_India_Conference_2008 OWASP AppSec India Conference 2008]

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== Featured Item: Israel Conference ==
[https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Israel_2008_Conference OWASP AppSec Israel Conference 2008]

= OWASP AppSec India Conference 2008 - August 20th-21st 2008 =

== Featured Projects ==

* Four new projects have been set up, namely:
** [[:Category:OWASP EnDe|'''OWASP EnDe Project''']] - This tool is an encoder, decoder, converter, transformer, calculator, for various codings used in the wild wide web. Achim Hoffmann is the project leader.
** [[:Category:OWASP Google Hacking Project|'''OWASP Google Hacking Project''']] - This is a Google SOAP Search API with Perl. Christian Heinrich is the project leader.
** [[:Category:OWASP NetBouncer Project|'''OWASP NetBouncer Project''']] - This is secure by default centralised input/output validation library which combines security rules and business rules as well as escaping in the output level. Ferruh Mavituna is the project leader.
** [[:Category:OWASP Open Review Project|'''OWASP Open Review Project''']] - A project to openly check open source libraries and software that are vital to most commercial and non-commercial apps around. Mario de Boer is the project leader.
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* The [[OWASP Summer of Code 2008|'''OWASP Summer of Code 2008''']] is doing its way up the ladder.
** 34 SoC’s projects pages, the [[:Category:OWASP_Project#Current_Season_of_Code_Projects |Current Season of Code Projects]], have been set up. 
** [[:OWASP_Summer_of_Code_2008_Projects_Authors_Status_Target_and_Reviewers|70 reviewers were matched with 34 SoC’s projects]].
** Having reached the stage of 50% completion, 7 project have already been reviewed, namely:
*** [[:OWASP Internationalization|OWASP Internationalization Guidelines Project]]'''
*** [[:OWASP Spanish|OWASP Spanish Project]]
*** [[:Category:OWASP Ruby on Rails Security Guide V2|OWASP Ruby on Rails Security Guide v2]]
*** [[:Category:OWASP Source Code Review OWASP Projects Project|OWASP Source Code Review OWASP Projects]]
*** [[:Category:GTK plus GUI for w3af Project|GTK+ GUI for w3af project]]
*** [[:Category:OWASP Live CD 2008 Project|OWASP Live CD 2008 Project]]
*** [[:Category:OWASP Python Static Analysis Project|OWASP Python Static Analysis]]

== Latest additions to the WIKI ==


==== New Pages====

* [https://www.owasp.org/index.php?title=Front_Range_OWASP_Conference&rcid=31984 Front Range OWASP Conference in Denver]

* [http://www.owasp.org/index.php/How_to_Host_a_Conference How to Host a Conference]

== Chapter News ==


===New Chapter Pages===

[[Iran|Iran]]

[[Vietnam|Vietnam]]

[[Nigeria|Nigeria]]

[[Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]]

[[Alabama|Alabama]]

[[Croatia|Croatia]]

[[Hawaii|Hawaii]]




====Updated Pages====

* TBD

====Updated chapter pages:====

* TBD



== OWASP references in the Media==

[http://www.net-security.org/dl/insecure/INSECURE-Mag-16.pdf OWASP Featured Article: Producing Producing Secure Software With Software Security Enhanced Processes, In-secure Magazine, Page 57-67]

NSA:
http://www.nsa.gov/snac/downloads_all.cfm?doc=%22Web%20Application%20Securit
y%20Overview.pdf%22 

FFIEC: http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/bulletin/2008-16.html 

FTC: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/security.shtm 


NIST: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html 

DHS:
https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/swa/downloads/SwA_in_Acquisition.pdf

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