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OWASP Montreal

Welcome to the Montreal chapter homepage. The chapter leader is gueb(at)owasp.org

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

• 2009-09-17 : Next meeting on September 17th 2009, 6:00pm at ETS, room A-1424

2009-07-13 : We are preparing the next meeting, it will be held on September.

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

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

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

2009-01-20 : Board meeting

2008-12-04 : Creation of the chapter board

2008-11-28 : The new chapter leader is [email protected]

2008-10-14 : First meeting preparation.

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

2007-08-06 : Email list installation.

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

Montreal OWASP Board

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

• In alphabetical order:
• Chapter Leader gueb(at)owasp.org
• Board Member Philippe Blondin
• Board Member Sean Coates
• Board Member Laurent Desaulniers
• Board Member Philippe Gamache
• Board Member Jean-Marc Robert

Next meeting

Meeting on September 17th 2009 in Montreal (Crossing the Border – Javascript Exploits)

• MAIN PRESENTER: Justin Foster, CISSP - Third Brigade/Trend Micro
• SUBJECT: Crossing the Border – Javascript Exploits JavaScript-based exploits are a serious threat on the Internet today. This talk explores how the countermeasures to deal with script based attacks parallel 2200 years of Chinese border security. The speaker will cover the benefits and drawbacks of current prevention methods and introduce future techniques to keep bad scripts at bay.
• WHEN: Thursday, September 17th 2009, 18h00
• WHERE: École de technologie supérieure, 1100, rue Notre-Dame ouest, Montréal, Room: A-1424
• 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 ETS.
• PROGRAM:
• * Please note there is no lunch offered, but prizes will be offered by Gardien Virtuel (3 security books) and the Chapter will offer some OWASP gears.

    18:00-18:05 Welcome speech by Chapter Leader
    18:05-18:15 Welcome speech by sponsors
    18:15-19:00 Main presentation
    19:00-19:15 Open discussion
    19:15-...   End of the meeting at the ETS Pub

Past mettings

April 7th 2009 in Montreal (Introduction to Web Application Hacking LIVE!)

• MAIN PRESENTER: Rafal Los, Sr. Web Security Specialist at HP (Topic: Intro to Web Application Hacking LIVE!)
• 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.
• PROGRAM:

     18:00-18:15 Food and drinks 
     18:15-18:30 Welcome 
     18:30-20:00 Main presentation
     20:00-20:30 Open discussion

First meeting on February 24th 2009 in Montreal (Security Development Lifecycle for IT)

• 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:

     18:00-18:15 Food and drinks
     18:15-19:00 OWASP Goal and Top Ten (by Chapter Leader)
     19:00-20:00 Security Development Lifecycle for IT (by Rob Labbe, Microsoft)
     20:00-20:30 Open discussion

Presentations For Download

Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle for IT by Rob Labbe (Meet of 24/02/2009)

First OWASP meeting presentation (french) by Chapter Leader (Meet of 24/02/2009)

First OWASP meeting presentation (english) by Chapter Leader (Meet of 24/02/2009)

A Laugh RIAt by Rafal Los (Meet of 07/04/2009)