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OWASP Projects Manager Report

Work accomplished since July 08, 2013

• Project Numbers
  • Active Projects: 168
  • Inactive Projects: 67

• New OWASP Projects
  • OWASP WebSandBox Project
  • OWASP HA Vulnerability Scanner Project
  • OWASP Dependency Track Project
  • OWASP Security Principles Project

• Project Applications
  • SecLists Project

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

Project Manager Q2 2013 Objectives

1. Identify and target 5-7 specific grants to pursue for 2013.
2. Develop Brand Usage Guidelines for Projects.
3. Need for consistent documentation of guidelines (similar to How To Host a Conference) that can apply to various events and venues.
4. Volunteer Management - identification of skills and supervision required to engage volunteers productively.

• Ongoing Objectives for 2013
  • Work with Project leaders to reach grant required milestones - ONGOING
  • Develop a project charter outlining appropriate grant revenue spending and grant required milestones. - DUE IN SEPTEMBER - ONGOING
  • Oversight of Marketing and Graphic Design deliverables (Phase 3) provided by 3rd party contractor - ONGOING

Currently Working On

• Determining Active Project Status
  • This is a status update on this initiative.
  • I have completed the first round of requests for all Flagship, Labs, and Incubator projects.
  • I am now going through the list, and e-mailing the non-responsive Leaders once again.
  • I have gone ahead and re-sent my request for a 3rd time to un-responsive Labs Project Leaders.
  • The deadline to reply back to my request was today, Friday, 26th of July.
  • Those Leaders who did not respond to my e-mails will now have their projects archived.
  • The same process will be used for the un-responsive Leaders of Incubator projects.

• Grants & Fundraising Intern
  • I have put together role and qualification criteria for the Fundraising Internship Opportunity.
  • The internship opportunity was made live on Monday of this week.
  • There has been one applicant for the position, so far.
  • I hope to get more applications in the coming weeks.
  • Grants & Fundraising Internship
  • I am looking for a student or recent graduate to help with grant research, writing, and volunteer coordination.

• Project Summit: AppSec USA 2013
  • I continue to plan the logistics for the project summit taking place at AppSec USA this year.
  • I continue to gather estimates, flight, and roadmap details from Leaders.
  • I am now closer to finalizing the travel arrangements for each project leader.
  • Moreover, we are in the process of organizing the schedule of project talks for the conference days.

• Women in AppSec: AppSec USA 2013
  • The team has now completed their fundraising activities.
  • We are happy to report that we have now raised $6,000.00 for the program.
  • The OWASP MSP Chapter kindly donated the remaining funds needed to reach our goal for the program this year.
  • The call for entries is now live, as well.
  • Women in AppSec Application Form.
  • The application deadline is Monday, September 09, 2013 at 5pm GMT.

• OWASP Marketing
  • I continue to work with Design Foundry and the OWASP Ops Team to finalize Phase 3 of our Marketing Project.
  • We are in the final stages of development and design.
  • Patrick, Design Foundry's graphic designer, is working hard to get our work completed.
  • We hope to have all of our designs finalized by mid-August.

• OWASP at Black Hat & Defcon
  • I continue to work with Design Foundry and the OWASP Ops Team to finalize Phase 3 of our Marketing Project.
  • We are in the final stages of development and design.
  • Patrick, Design Foundry's graphic designer, is working hard to get our work completed.
  • We hope to have all of our designs finalized by mid-August.

• Personal Development
  • I have finished 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 was able to take a week long, personal development course this month in the UK.
  • The program topic was Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy, and the material focused on the development and management of international IP systems for micro, SME, and multinational enterprises.
  • The course material was eye opening, and I truly enjoyed the experience.
  • My primary objective was to become familiar with the different types of IP options that exist on an international level.
  • I felt it would help me manage this aspect of our OWASP Projects since most of the material created is IP related even if it is under a Commons license.
  • Intellectual Property Strategy Report.

Grants Updates

• OWASP OpenSAMM Grant Proposal

1. Amount: TBD
2. Status: This proposal is still in the planning and writing phase.

• OWASP Guidebooks Proposal

1. Amount: $25,000 USD
2. Status: Awarded. The first payment has been allocated to our project budgets. The second invoice has now been sent to Georgia Tech for payment.
3. OWASP Development Guide Plan
4. OWASP Testing Guide Plan
5. OWASP Code Review Guide Plan

• OWASP ESAPI Grant Proposal

1. Amount: $25,000 USD
2. Status: The ESAPI proposal is still being reviewed.

• OWASP ModSecurity CRS Proposal

1. Amount: $30,000 USD
2. Status: The ModSecurity proposal is still being reviewed.

• Google Grants Proposal

1. Amount: $120,000 USD in Adwords Funds
2. Status: Awarded.
3. 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.

• European Commission Grant Proposal

1. Amount: €250,000
2. Status: This proposal has been completed and submitted.

• Google Summer of Code

1. Amount: $5,500.00
2. Status: Awarded

• Projects breakdown:
  • 4 ZAP Projects: $2,000.00
  • 4 OWTF Projects: $2,000.00
  • 1 PHP Security Project: $500
  • 1 Hackademics Project: $500
  • 1 Modsecurity Project: $500
  • Note: Big thank you to Fabio Cerullo for coordinating and managing this award.

• Total Grant Funds Awarded: $150,500 USD for 2013.

OWASP Projects Manager Weekly Reports

1. Project Manager Report: July 05 2013
2. Project Manager Report: July 12 2013
3. Project Manager Report: July 19 2013
4. Project Manager Report: July 26 2013
5. Project Manager Report: August 02 2013 - No Report this week. PM was away at Black Hat & DEFCON 2013.