WASPY Awards 2016

Web Application Security People of the Year Awards 2016

Timeline

June 7, 2016 - Call for Nominees Opens! Submit HERE
June 20, 2016 - Paid Membership Deadline. Not sure if you are a member? Check Here
July 28, 2016 - Call for Nominees Closes
July 29, 2016 - Announcement of Nominees per Category to the Community
August 5, 2016 - Deadline for Nominee Profile Picture and Bio to be Submitted
August 8, 2016 - Voting Opens
August 24, 2016 - Voting Closes
August 25, 2016 - Winners are Notified
August 25, 2016 - Announcement of Winners to the Community
October 13/14, 2016 - Award Ceremony at AppSecUSA 2016 in Washington, DC

Purpose of the Awards

Each year there are many individuals who do amazing work, dedicating countless hours to share, improve, and strengthen the OWASP mission. Some of these individuals are well known to the community while others are not.

The purpose of these awards is to bring recognition to those who "FLY UNDER THE RADAR". These are the individuals who are passionate about OWASP, who contribute hours of their own free time to the organization to help improve the cyber-security world, yet seem to go unrecognized.

Community members are able to nominate 1 individual per category (see Categories below) who they feel best fits these descriptions so that, as a community, we can recognize these people for their contributions. We are tying in the WASPY Awards to help identify and recognize individuals who demonstrate our core values and annual report theme of Leading - Learning - Sharing - Growing. We value your input and consideration for nominations in the categories below.

Categories & The Nominees For Each Category

1. Open/Leading - Everything at OWASP is radically transparent – from our finances to our code. This award goes to a member of the OWASP community who has supported the OWASP mission of transparency through their influence, management, and leadership in the community. This might be a chapter or project leader or may be someone who has worked within the community.

2. Integrity/Learning - OWASP is an honest and truthful, vendor neutral, global community. This award goes to an individual who recognizes the benefits of the power of the collective community within OWASP, who challenges the status quo, and generates an excitement in the learning community.

3. Innovation/Sharing - OWASP encourages and supports innovation and experiments for solutions to software security challenges. This award goes to an individual who has inspired and encouraged others in the arena of software security with innovative and cutting edge solutions to software security challenges.

4. Global/Growing - Around the world, OWASP encourages and supports innovation and experiments for solutions to software security challenges. This award goes to an individual who truly represents the OWASP Global scope and recognizes the importance of growth. The nominee reaches out beyond the OWASP circle to raise awareness of software security in locations outside of the OWASP comfort zone.

Rules

Remember the purpose of these awards is to recognize the UNSUNG HEROS out there, that are barely recognized for their contributions to the OWASP Foundation.
1. Board members may not be nominated
2. Employees & Contractors may not be nominated
3. You MUST be a Paid or Honorary member to vote and your membership needs to be on file by June 20, 2016
4. All nominees will remain anonymous until July 11, 2016
5. Anyone can nominate an "unsung hero" who has contributed in some way to OWASP who they feel best fits each category
6. You may only nominate one person per category

Eligible Voters

Individuals who were members as of June 20, 2016 are eligible and are listed here. Please take a minute to verify your name is on the list. If you are NOT on the list and believe you should be, then you should contact us immediately

Sponsorship Opportunities

Coming Soon!

The support from our sponsors, is what makes these awards truly successful!

Communication

June 7, 2016 Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, OWASP Blog.

Past WASPY Awards

2015
2014
2013
2012

Name	Citation
Tony Clarke	Open/Leading Category
Jeremy Long	Open/Leading Category
John Patrick Lita	Open/Leading Category
Owen Pendlebury	Open/Leading Category
Kathy Thaxton	Open/Leading Category
Dhiraj Mishra	Open/Leading Category
Tom Brennan	Tom was also nominated for the Open/Leading Category, however since he is a current board member, he is not eligible.
Dhiraj	Integrity/Learning Category
Steve Kosten	Integrity/Learning Category
Eoin Keary	Integrity/Learning Category
Owen Pendelbury	Integrity/Learning Category
Dhiraj	Innovation/Sharing Category
Mark Major	Innovation/Sharing Category
Owen Pendelbury	Innovation/Sharing Category
Dhiraj	Global/Growing Category