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OWASP Manchester
Welcome to the Manchester chapter homepage. This UK chapter was started in 2011, having grown out of the successful Leeds_UK chapter.
Follow @OwaspMcr on Twitter.
Participation
OWASP Foundation (Overview Slides) is a professional association of global members and is open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. Local chapters are run independently and guided by the Chapter_Leader_Handbook. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association your support and sponsorship of any meeting venue and/or refreshments is tax-deductible. Financial contributions should only be made online using the authorized online chapter donation button. To be a SPEAKER at ANY OWASP Chapter in the world simply review the speaker agreement and then contact the local chapter leader with details of what OWASP PROJECT, independent research or related software security topic you would like to present on.
Sponsorship/Membership
to this chapter or become a local chapter supporter. Or consider the value of Individual, Corporate, or Academic Supporter membership. Ready to become a member?
Date: Monday 8th September 2014
Location: PwC (@PwC_North)
Sponsors: Pentest
Registration: Eventbrite (mandatory)
This event is kindly hosted by PwC, with sponsorship for drinks and pizza from Pentest.
Doors will be open from 18:00, with talks kicking off at 18:30. Please be prompt, as access to the building may be limited after 18:30, and you may miss out on tasty drinks and pizza!
18:30 Introduction
18:45 Talk: Manipulation 101 (Social engineering)
This talk will teach you about social engineering from basic concepts to real life examples, it will discuss why it's so powerful, relevance to penetration testing, common targets in a corporate environment and how, if at all possible it can be prevented - providing a brief, yet fully scoped introduction to the art of human manipulation.
Speaker: Craig Fox
Craig started researching IT Security and programming within his early teen years and later pursued a career within these fields doing multiple courses and various relevant jobs. He setup his own software company in 2009 Dreamwalker Software and had his security tools featured on many infosec websites and Pentest magazine and has also created the OWASP URL Checker.
Several months back he joined Pentest ltd as a penetration tester which has enabled him to learn a lot and respectively put his training and experience to practice in live testing which is incredibly challenging yet fun.
19:30 Talk: When XML Attacks (XML External Entities)
Speaker: Richard Moore
Richard is CTO of Westpoint Ltd, a security testing company based in Manchester. He has been working in the security industry for many years providing services to a wide range of clients including multi-nationals and banks.
20:15 Discussion about future meetings
20:30 Decamp for informal discussion and networking at a nearby pub
OWASP is a non-commercial volunteer led organization. If you find the networking, talks or content useful, please consider whether you can help out in providing facilities, locations, talks or a donation to the cause. Thanks. If you would like to talk at future meetings, or know someone who may be interested, then please get in touch via the mailing list or one of the chapter leaders. If you have any requests or ideas for topics we would also love to hear from you.
We plan to hold quarterly events but the precise date may not be confirmed (TBC), in which case the list below gives the date of the week commencing (w/c).
- 13th May 2014
- 8th September 2014
- w/c 10th November TBC
- w/c 9th February TBC
Please get in touch if you would like to speak at a Manchester event, or can help out in providing facilities, locations, talks or a donation to the cause - we would be delighted to hear from you.
Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings.
2014 Dates
2013 Dates
2012 Dates
2011 Dates
24th August As part of the Leeds Chapter
22nd June As part of the Leeds Chapter
2010 Dates
8th December As part of the Leeds Chapter
The chapter leaders are:
- Simon Bennetts
- Simon Ward
- Andy Hornsby-Jones
- Ben Fountain
We are actively seeking more chapter leaders - please get in touch if you would like to become one!
We are looking for organizations to sponsor the Manchester chapter.
You can sponsor the chapter for one year at the following levels:
- £300 Silver
- £600 Gold
- £1200 Platinum
You can also sponsor a meeting by hosting the event or donating £100.
If you are interested in sponsoring the chapter then please get in touch with one of the chapter leaders.
Other related organizations in the Manchester area:
- BCS Manchester
- GeekUp
- MadLab
- Manchester Free Software
- Manchester Linux Users Group
- Northern UK Security Group
- North West Digital Communities (NWDC)
- North West Tester Gathering
Please get in touch with one of the chapter leaders to get your organization listed here.
And feel free to use the Manchester mailing list to publicise related events.