Dallas

OWASP Dallas

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Board Member- Rik Jones

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Announcements

May Meeting

When: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 5:30 PM

Topic: Can we do better than Passwords?

It is a widely accepted principle that humans are the weakest link in the Cyber security chain. In general, most of the hacks follow the weakest link of user authentication, typically structured around passwords and there after is often associated with elevation of user privileges in order to compromise the entire system. As such, strong user authentication is of paramount importance. Further, in today's eCommerce, monetary transactions mounting to billions of dollars, user authentication is the primary defense against online fraud. In the online user-authentication jungle, there exist a plethora of solutions addressing and impacting security, use-convenience and scalability. However, passwords remain the core front-end as first-factor authentication and have been hard to displace because of convenience and usability.

This session provides an overview of multi-factor authentication solutions spectrum and some of the industry guidelines such as FFIEC, HIPAA; looks at ways to addresses today's password vulnerabilities such as Phishing, Malware/Keylogs and several attack vectors and, presents an approach to retain-password-experience and yet bring in at least a few orders of magnitude security over passwords balancing both usability and convenience with the scalability with Single-Sign-on (SSO) technologies.

Who: Dr. Girish Chiruvolu is a CISSP, CISM and has spent several years in the security industry focusing on Finance/e-Commerce and Enterprise industries on cloud/SaaS technologies. He currently is a Director, Information security and Risk Management at Thomson Reuters, Carrollton TX. He is a regular speaker on several Security panel discussions covering various security topics as an invited speaker at Security Today, Argyle CISO conference, Dallas Digital on Cyber Security etc. He has held senior roles at Citi, Capital One, Truesigna Systems, Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent. He has co-authored over 40 referred technical papers and has over 19 patents in the areas of IT and Telecom. He holds a Ph.D in Computer Science and an MBA in Marketing and Finance.

Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.

Note: The Goldman office is a gun-free zone. Please do not attempt to bring in any guns, holsters, ammo, etc. into their office space. Also, backpacks, suitcases, and other bags larger than a small purse cannot be brought into the building by guests.

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Previous Meetings

April Meeting

When: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM

Topic: OWASP Happy Hour

Who: OWASP Dallas Members

Where: Humperdinks NW Highway - 2208 W Northwest Hwy, Dallas, TX

March Meeting

When: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 5:30 PM

Topic: Integrating Security into the Software/System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process—Myths and Facts

Who: Rick Brunner is an Assistant Faculty member at Collin College and is an active member of Collin’s Cyber Security Advisory Board.

Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX.

Materials: Media:March_2016_OWASP_-_Secure_SDLC_Presentation_and_Related_Material.zip

February Meeting

When: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 5:30 PM

Topic: DNS Attack Vectors

Who: John Devasia is a Senior Product Manager in the Cloud Security BU at Akamai Technologies.

Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.

January Meeting

When: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM

Topic: Bountiful Bugs and DRM Breakage

Who: Dave Ferguson is a Solution Architect at Qualys and has been a specialist in Application Security since 2006.

Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.

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November Meeting

When: Tuesday, November 17th, 2015 from 5:30 PM – ?:?? PM

Topic: OWASP Dallas Happy Hour

Where: Mexican Sugar at Shops at Legacy - 7501 Lone Star Drive, Suite 8150, Plano, TX

October Meeting

When: Wednesday October 7th, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic: Anatomy of a Logic Flaw

Who: Charles Henderson is the Vice President of Managed Security Testing at Trustwave.

Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039.

September Meeting

When: Thursday September 17th, 2015 from 5:30PM – 6:30 PM

Topic: Application Security Trends

Who: Stephen Pasco is a Vice President of Application Risk at Goldman Sachs

Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039.

May Meeting

When: Wednesday May 6, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic: The Future of Mobile Payments: Secure Mobile Architecture

Who: Denis M. Sheridan is a Managing Consultant at Cigital.

Where: North Lake College Central Campus, 5001 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75038, Room: A-215