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OWASP Montreal

Welcome to the Montreal chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Benoit Guérette

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

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OWASP Montreal News

2007-07-13 : Start-up of the Montreal Chapter. Welcome!

2007-08-06 : Email list installation.

2007-10-09 : First meeting preparation. (Cancelled)

2008-10-14 : First meeting preparation.

2008-11-28 : The new chapter leader is Benoit Guerette

2008-12-04 : Creation of the chapter board

2009-01-20 : Board meeting

2009-02-24 : OWASP meeting on February 24th 2009 in Montreal!

2009-02-25 : Already working for the 2nd meeting in 3 months, more details to come on this site.

2009-04-07 : Next meeting on April 7th 2009 in Montreal!

Montreal OWASP Board Members

Scope of the board is to discuss and approve local activities, meetings and plans.

• In alphabetical order:
• Board Member Philippe Blondin
• Board Member Sean Coates
• Board Member Laurent Desaulniers
• Board Member Philippe Gamache

Next meeting on April 7th 2009 in Montreal

• MAIN PRESENTER: Rafal Los, Sr. Web Security Specialist at HP (Topic: Web Application Hacking 101)
• BIO: Rafal Los is currently a Sr. Security Consultant with Hewlett-Packard’s Application Security Center (ASC). Rafal has over 13 years of experience in network and system design, security policy and process design, risk analysis, penetration testing and consulting. Over the past eight years, he has focused on Information Security and Risk Management, leading security architecture teams and managing successful enterprise security programs for General Electric and other Fortune 100 companies, as well as SMB enterprises. Previously Rafal spent three years in-house with GE Consumer Finance, leading its security programs.

• WHEN: Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 18h00
• WHERE: CN Building, 935 De la Gauchetière Street West (Downtown), Montreal , Quebec H3B 2M9, Transcontinental room (ground floor)
• REGISTRATION: owaspmontreal at gmail.com. Registration is mandatory . Please include name, company and how many attendees.
• SPONSORS: This meeting is sponsored by Gardien Virtuel and CN. Many thanks to Sergey Vlasov, main contributor of this event!
• PROGRAM:

     6:00-6:15 Food and drinks 
     6:15-6:30 Welcome 
     6:30-8:00 Main presentation
     8:00-8:30 Open discussion

First meeting on February 24th 2009 in Montreal

• MAIN PRESENTER: Rob Labbe, Microsoft (Topic: Security Development Lifecycle for IT)

• WHEN: Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 18h00

• WHERE: 111 Duke 7th floor, Montreal, QC, H3C 2M1 (room 734.1)

• REGISTRATION: owaspmontreal at gmail.com. Registration is mandatory. Please include name, company and how many attendees.

• SPONSORS: This meeting is sponsored by Microsoft, CGI and Centrale Taxes.

• PROGRAM:

     6:00-6:15 Food and drinks
     6:15-7:00 OWASP Goal and Top Ten (by Benoit Guerette, Centrale Taxes)
     7:00-8:00 Security Development Lifecycle for IT (by Rob Labbe, Microsoft)
     8:00-8:30 Open discussion

Presentations For Download

Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle for IT by Rob Labbe

First OWASP meeting presentation (french) by Benoit Guerette

First OWASP meeting presentation (english) by Benoit Guerette