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• AppSec APAC 2014
  • I spent all of last week in Tokyo, Japan helping with the OWASP AppSec APAC 2014 global conference.
  • Laura Grau and I were the only two staff members that attended the event.
  • The OWASP Japan chapter put on an amazing conference this year.
  • It was excellent to see the team work so efficiently to put on the event.
  • There were a few lessons learned, but overall it was an excellent experience.
  • I primarily helped run the merchandize store at the event, and I participated in the Women in AppSec panel.

• Women in AppSec: AppSec APAC 2014
  • The Women in AppSec program at AppSec APAC 2014 was absolutely excellent.
  • I have to thank the OWASP Japan team and especially Okada-san and Dracea-san for making the panel session such a success.
  • I am taking lessons learned from this session, and I am going to apply it to other conferences if they choose to run the program.
  • Our winner was Hiromi Tsuchiya, and our runner-up was Ikue Yamanishi.

• Graphic Designer Update
  • We have finalized the last interviews for our part-time graphic design role.
  • Our final candidate has now been selected.
  • We are in the process of putting together an offer for our selected candidate.
  • We hope to have the new designer start very soon.

• 2014 Project Summit
  • I have been working on getting some ideas for summit sessions from the community for our 2014 Project Summit.
  • The summit will be taking place in Cambridge, UK this year in June.
  • I currently have one session scheduled for the summit lead by Kostas.
  • I have a few other community members interested in contributing session ideas as well.
  • I am working closely with them to hash out their ideas.
  • I will keep working on this effort.

• 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 donation questions.
  • Marketing questions.
  • Grant funding questions.
  • OWASP social media updates.
  • What's happening with projects, questions.
  • Managing Salesforce cases.

General Awards

• OWASP OWTF Project: Brucon 5x5 Award

1. Amount: €5,000.00 (Approx. $6,670.00)
2. Status: Awarded. Congratulations, Abraham Aranguren and all involved in the project, for your award.

Proposals Awarded

• 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 and payment has been received.
3. OWASP Development Guide Plan
4. OWASP Testing Guide Plan
5. OWASP Code Review Guide Plan

• 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.
4. Google Grants Usage Report

• Google Summer of Code

1. Amount: $5,500
2. Status: Awarded

• Projects breakdown:
  • 4 ZAP Projects: $2,000
  • 4 OWTF Projects: $2,000
  • 1 PHP Security Project: $500
  • 1 Hackademics Project: $500
  • 1 Modsecurity Project: $500
  • Travel Expenses: $1,896.38 (Reimbursement)
  • Note: Big thank you to Fabio Cerullo for coordinating and managing this award.

• OWASP AppSensor Grant Proposal

1. Amount: $15,000 USD
2. Status: Awarded.

• Total Funds Awarded: $172,170 USD for 2013.

Proposals Denied

• European Commission Grant Proposal

1. Amount: €250,000
2. Status: Denied.

• OWASP OpenSAMM Grant Proposal

1. Amount: $112,000 USD
2. Status: Denied

• OWASP ESAPI Grant Proposal

1. Amount: $25,000 USD
2. Status: Denied

• OWASP ModSecurity CRS Proposal

1. Amount: $30,000 USD
2. Status: Denied

• OWASP OWTF Grant Proposal

1. Amount: $55,800 USD
2. Status: Denied

Current Project Funds

• Chapter and Individual Project Funds
• Project Reboot 2012 Information
• Q1 2013: Funds Allocated to Projects
• Q2 2013: Funds Allocated to Projects
• Q3 2013: Funds Allocated to Projects
• Q4 2013: Funds Allocated to Projects

Message from Project Leader, Mark Miller

Below are the OWASP 24/7 Podcasts Published this Week:

• The OWASP Cornucopia Project with Colin Watson
• The OWASP Top Ten Proactive Controls Project with Jim Bird
• The OWASP Hacky Easter Challenge with Ivan Bütler

Webinar Opportunity for OWASP Project Leaders: March 19th Webinar Coming Up!

We are still in need for Project Leaders to showcase their projects via our Webinar series. The webinars will be held every third (3) Wednesday of every month at 10am EST. Below are the dates when each webinar will be held, and you can indicate the month if you are interested:

• April 16: Cam Morris
• May 21: Jonathan Carter
• June 18
• July 16
• August 20
• September 17
• October 15
• November 19
• December 17

Please reach out to Samantha Groves ([email protected]) if you are interested in giving a 45 minute webinar on your OWASP Project.

Project Review Process Defined

Hello Leaders,

It has come to my attention that some members of our community have an issue with the assessment criteria we are using to evaluate our OWASP Projects. I would like to take this moment to clarify a few points to the community in an effort to clear up any mis-understandings about this process and how it was developed.

We are still in need of more survey results. We would like to ask that you take a bit of time to fill in a short survey that we will use to assess the Usability and Value of each project to its users and the community.

You can find the assessment survey here: Project Usability and Value Assessment

Below are the projects we are currently focusing on assessing:

• OWASP Cheat Sheets Project
• OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer Project
• Xenotix XSS Exploit Framework: Only need 5 more surveys.
• OWASP Cornucopia Project
• OWASP Java Encoder Project
• All OWASP Flagship Projects

Please note that this is only one part of the full assessment for each project. The more responses we can get for each project, the better. Please only complete the assessment if you are familiar with the project, or if you have time to familiarize yourself with the project. Thank you to those of you who have submitted your responses. Your assistance is very much appreciated.

Please reach out to me if you have any questions.

Thank you for your assistance, Leaders.

Samantha Groves, OWASP Projects Manager

"OWASP 24/7" with Mark Miller is a series of recorded broadcasts, highlighting OWASP projects and people from around the world. With over 43,000 members in 100 countries, the OWASP 24/7 channel is available on demand, at anytime, anywhere on the planet. You are welcome to embed the broadcasts on your page, download them for your personal listening or keep up to date by subscribing to the iTunes channel. Please view the Podcast Project page for a list of current interviews.

View All Available Broadcasts or choose a single episode below

• The OWASP Cornucopia Project with Colin Watson
• The OWASP Top Ten Proactive Controls Project with Jim Bird
• The OWASP Hacky Easter Challenge with Ivan Bütler
• AppSec APAC: What to Expect - Riotaro Okada & Robert Dracea
• AppSec Europe What to Expect - Adrian Winckles
• Not Making a Statement is a Statement in its Own Right - Tobias Gondrom and Eoin Keary
• AppSec APAC 2014 with Tobias Gondrom - What to Expect
• AppSec USA 2013: Larry Conklin and the Code Review Book Project
• AppSec USA 2013: Jim Manico - Life After OWASP Podcasting
• AppSec USA 2013: Zed Attack Proxy Project with Simon Bennetts
• AppSec USA 2013: Abbas Naderi and the OWASP PHP Security Project)
• AppSec USA 2013: Michael Coates on the AppSensor Project
• The OWASP Application Security CISO Guide with Marco Morana and Tobias Gondrom
• The Purpose of OWASP, an Interview with Co-Founder Dennis Groves
• Wait wait... don’t pwn me! - Full recording from AppSec USA 2013
• Sarah Baso - What does it take to support 43,000 members in 100+ countries?
• Samantha Groves - Getting the Most from OWASP Projects
• Kate Hartmann - The Future of Virtual Chapter Meetings
• Kelly Santalucia - Growing OWASP and the Outreach Programs
• Tom Brennan - What to Expect at AppSecUSA 2013

Upcoming interviews

• Kevin Wall (ESAPI)
• Andrew van der Stock (Pro-Active Controls)
• Andrew van der Stock
• Chetan Karande - Node.jsGoat
• Mark Arnold - OWASP Boston Chapter Lead
• Mike McCabe, Ken Johnson
• Rafael Gil
• Seba Deleersnyder