Revision as of 21:05, 28 June 2013

OWASP Global Projects Report

• Project Numbers
  • Active Projects: 161
  • Inactive Projects: 67

• Project Applications
  • Unmaskme Project

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

Currently Working On

• Projects at Conferences
  • The team has now finalized the copy for our sponsorship document, and our AppSec USA designer has sent us back a branded flyer.
  • Women in Security Sponsorship Document: AppSec USA 2013
  • The plan is to reach out to different organizations for sponsorship.
  • We have also asked our program volunteers to seek funding internally.
  • You can find more information on the AppSec USA website.
  • 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.

• Women in Security: AppSec USA 2013
  • The team has now finalized the copy for our sponsorship document, and our AppSec USA designer has sent us back a branded flyer.
  • Women in Security Sponsorship Document: AppSec USA 2013
  • The plan is to reach out to different organizations for sponsorship.
  • We have also asked our program volunteers to seek funding internally.
  • You can find more information on the AppSec USA website.
  • 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.

• Technical Project Advisory Roles
  • I am at the second stage of the interview process for each candidate.
  • I have created job descriptions for each role, and I had those roles posted for over a month.
  • I 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.
  • 10 candidates responded to these questions.
  • I went ahead and scheduled interviews with 7 candidates for this week, and I have 2 more interviews scheduled for the week of the 24th.
  • I interviewed 7 candidates this week.

• Marketing Phase 3 Update
  • We are at the final stages of our copywriting work with Sisterworks Publishing.
  • Design Foundry has now started designing their first drafts of our remaining marketing collateral.
  • We will work with both companies to finalize these designs for community review.
  • We will ask for community feedback once we get a more finalized version of each design.
  • Phase 1 Deliverable
  • Phase 2 Deliverable
  • SEO Content Audit
    • 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.

• Event Manager Interviews
  • I have started putting together a project page dedicated to the different event modules/activities we offer at our AppSec Conferences.
  • The page is meant to be an informative piece that gives conference and event planners some basic guidelines.
  • Currently, the structure and the outline of the page are complete.
  • I still have to finish writing the copy for each section.
  • I hope to have this complete by the end of June.

• 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.
  • Additionally, I am going to take a week long course next week 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.
  • I will be away from Monday, June 17th - Saturday, June 22nd 2013.

• 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.

Grants Updates

• OWASP Guidebooks Proposal

1. Amount: $25,000 USD
2. Status: Awarded. The first payment has been allocated to our project budgets.
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. We continue to test different solutions to increase our engagement using this grant award. Currently, we are testing on the AppSec USA 2013 conference website.
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.

• Total Grant Funds Awarded: $145,000 USD for 2013.