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Our next gathering is on the 14th of Dec 2013 at 6-8pm.
Address is Make Business Hub MAP
MAKE Business Hub Al Fattan Tower - Dubai United Arab Emirates +971 4 392 9216
Our presenter Peter Dowley will give a talk on Security Architecture for Applications, titled "What's the difference between a security bug and a security flaw?"
Peter has been working in computer security for over 10 years, after another decade in other areas of IT - System & infrastructure architecture, Windows desktop & server design & management, database modelling & design, programming. He has strong expertise in security architecture (especially for banking systems) and how this relates to risk and fraud management. He is a senior security consultant with Hewlett-Packard (HP) in Dubai and has been based in the Gulf region for 5 years.
This will be our first meeting in a while. It will be an opportunity to get introduced to the other members of the OWASP UAE Chapter and discuss the type of events you'd like to see in the future.
This will be a casual meeting at a Caribou Coffee at DIFC
http://www.mealadvisors.com/uae/dubai/restaurant/map/branch_id/1294
Gathering agenda will be:
Meeting on Saturday the 9th of November 2013 at 6pm. Introductions Intro to OWASP Open discussion about Dubai chapter Networking Conclude at 8pm
IDC's IT Security Roadshow 2013 - Dubai
Date and Time : Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Venue: Mina A' Salam Hotel (Madinat Jumeirah)
Web Application Security "Think like a hacker"
Presented by : Amro Alolaqi
Reference: http://idc-cema.com/eng/events/50679-idc-s-it-security-roadshow-2013/11-speakers
Cyber Security Summit 2012- DUBAI
Date and Time : 2nd & 3rd of October 2012 - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Venue: Grand Hayat - Dubai
Web Application Critical Vulnerabilities (OWASP top ten)
Presented by: Amro AlOlaqi
http://we-initiative.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Cyber-Security-UAE-2012-EM12.pdf
ISACA UAE - ISAFE conference 2011 - Dubai
Date and Time : 18th - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Venue: The Address Hotel - Dubai Mall
Web Application Critical Vulnerabilities and Threat Modeling
Presented by: Amro AlOlaqi
http://www.isacauae.org/isafe2011/doc/isafe2011brochure.pdf
https://plus.google.com/photos/117947441088827793360/albums/5712379217298867441?banner=pwa
IT For Government 2011- DUBAI
Location: Dusit Thani Hotel - 133, Sheikh Zayed Road
Date: 4/Oct/2011
Registration 8:00 AM
NAUGURAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATION BY His Excellency Salem Khamis Al Shair Al Suwaidi Emirates e-Government Director General
OWASP's session: 11:20 PM Amro AlOlaqi ( The Ten Web Application Critical Risks )
For more information about the event, please visit http://www.fleminggulf.com/cms/uploads/conference/downloads/Postshow_report_DBTC15.pdf