Belfast

OWASP Belfast

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OWASP Belfast Board

The OWASP Belfast Chapter Leaders are:

• Michelle Simpson
• Philip O'Kane
• Gary Robinson
• Johnathan Kuskos

About OWASP Belfast

What is OWASP Belfast?

OWASP Belfast is just one of over 100 OWASP Chapters around the world, including 4 in Ireland and 12 in the UK, where people meet to learn about and discuss software security topics. The OWASP organization also has lots of active projects that volunteers can participate in to create code and documents for the worldwide security community. The OWASP Top 10 project is the most famous of those projects.

Who is OWASP Belfast for?

It's for programmers, testers, students, project managers, development managers and security experts to collaborate and drive discussion on application security topics. Participation in the mailing lists and attendance at the OWASP Belfast sessions are free, in fact many of the events will provide food and drinks to attendees.

Why be part of OWASP Belfast?

• The community organizes sessions where experts from across the industry (and globe) give presentations and seminars about application security topics.
• Attendance and participation in the community increases knowledge and skills, allowing people to stand out from the crowd.
• Opportunity to network with other Software Professionals and keep in touch with job opportunities in the region.

Local News

OWASP Belfast Chapter Session - Wednesday November 25th

Hands on Hacking with OWASP Security Shepherd

OWASP Belfast's November session will be a presentation and hands on hacking experience with the OWASP Security Shepherd team.

We are excited to have Mark and Paul, the creators of Security Shepherd, joining us for the night to talk us through the web site hacking tool that educates the user while allowing them to hack their specialized site.

We will be meeting in the large lecture theatre in Queen's Ashby Building for the night. Participants should bring their laptops along as Mark and Paul talk us through the Security Shepherd tool and allow us to hack our way through it. No previous experience of hacking web sites is required (in fact the tool starts the user from basic hacks up to the most advanced).

Participants without laptops can still attend and learn about the tool and hacking techniques involved. Participants can also form teams to share their laptops and hack the site faster. The session is expected to run from 6:30pm to around 8pm.

Unfortunately there will not be any pizza at this session, however there will be an opportunity to socialize with Mark, Paul and the other attendees afterwards.

Note: To prepare your laptop for the session, please install the Firefox browser (or Google Chrome) and a proxy such as OWASP ZAP (free) or Burp.

You can RSVP for the event at the OWASP Belfast Meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Belfast/events/226561409/

Sign-up for the OWASP Belfast mailing list for more information about this session, and other security related topics, at http://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-Belfast