Category:OWASP AppSec Conference Training

OWASP AppSec 2008 Training Courses - October 9-10, 2008

OWASP has arranged to have xx 2-day and xx 1-day Application Security training courses following the conference.

Three courses will be provided by a long time contributor to OWASP, Aspect Security. One course will be provided by a Pravir Chandra, Project lead of the OWASP Clasp Project. Another course will be presented by the FBI.

These courses are being offered to attendees of the OWASP conference at a significant discount to their standard commercial price. Most of the course fee will go to OWASP to support the OWASP Foundation's efforts.

Pricing

$675 for 1-Day Training Course

$1350 for 2-Day Training course

Location

At Pace University in New York. Same location as the conference.

Course Times

Each class begins at 9 AM and runs until 5 PM each day.

Registration

Registration is available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site at:

T1. Defensive Programming - 2-Day Course - Oct 9-10, 2008

Course Overview

This class will teach you how to program defensively. A must for developers, managers, testers and security professionals. Learn the latest techniques to build attack resistant code, protect from current and future vulnerabilities and how to secure an application from both implementation bugs and design flaws.

Details

Day One Understanding the platform, Language design considerations, Memory management features, Browser security model, Handling Input and Output Securely, Interfacing with a database, Understanding the control and data planes, Handling user input, Character representation and encoding, Determinism and Concurrency, Acting on resource properties, Reliable locking schemes, Shared system resources, Session Management, Random numbers and temporary files,
Day Two: Safe Error Handling and Logging, Error/exception handling, Numeric data types, Programmatic checks and assertions, Audit Logging, Debug Code, Information Leakage, Engineering for Security Features, Applying cryptography, Authentication and authorization, Managing application state, Secrets inside code, Using privileged code, Designing hardened interfaces, Software Security in Operations, Network Infrastructure, Configuration of web apps, Application Packaging, Code Signing, Managing Key Material, Reference

Registration

Registration is available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site at:

Tutorial Provider

This tutorial is provided by Pravir Chandra, a well known security expert, project lead for OWASP CLASP project and former co-founder & CTO of secure software

T2. Advanced Web Application Security Testing - 1-Day Course - Oct xx, 2008

Course Overview

Registration

Registration is available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site at:

Tutorial Provider

This tutorial is provided by longtime OWASP contributor:

T3. Web Services and XML Security

Course Overview

The movement towards Web Services and Service Oriented architecture (SOA) paradigms requires new security paradigms to deal with new risks posed by these architectures. This session takes a pragmatic approach towards identifying Web Services security risks and selecting and applying countermeasures to the application, code, web servers, databases, application, and identity servers and related software.

Many enterprises are currently developing new Web Services and/or adding and acquiring Web Services functionality into existing applications -- now is the time to build security into the system!

Details

Topics covered include understanding how web application risks (such as those in OWASP Guide and OWASP Top Ten) apply in a Web Services world, and Web Services security topics including:

• Web Services attack patterns
• Common XML attack patterns
• Data and XML security using WS-Security, SAML, XML Encryption and XML Digital Signature
• Identity services and federation with SAML and Liberty
• Hardening Web Services servers
• Input validation for Web Services
• Integrating Web Services securely with backend resources and applications using WS-Trust
• Secure Exception handling in Web Services

Registration

Registration is available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site at:

Tutorial Provider

T4. Leading the Development of Secure Applications - 1-Day Course - Oct 9, 2008

Summary

In this one-day management session you’ll get the answers to the ten key questions that most CIOs and development managers face when trying to improve security in the development process. The course provides proven techniques and valuable lessons learned that can be applied to projects at any phase of their application’s lifecycle.

Course Overview

The following important questions are answered in this course.

• Why is application security so important?
• What are the most critical vulnerability areas to focus on and how?
• What security tools and technologies do software projects need?
• How do I establish an application security initiative in my organization?
• How can I enhance my SDLC to include security activities?
• How do I measure my organization’s progress in application security?
• How can I get my developers to care about application security?
• What teams and roles should I create to address application security?
• How do I get a handle on the security of my entire application portfolio?
• What is the most effective way of securing legacy applications?

This is the right course at the right time for any executive who has decided that secure application development is a priority. The analyst community is helping CIOs understand just how critical the problem of insecure programming has become. For example the

Robert Francis Group (a well-known application development analyst group) wrote: “The lack of application security requirements and associated poor security focus in the development process can cripple business application security leading to significant revenue loss and perhaps liability claims from anyone impacted by this oversight. IT executives should review application development processes and direct development teams to build in security, rather than consider it after the application deployment.”

This course gives executives and managers the education and practical guidance they need to ensure that software projects properly address security. The course is designed to provide a firm understanding of the importance of software security, the critical security activities required within the software development lifecycle, and how to efficiently manage security issues during development and maintenance. This understanding is reinforced through industry awareness and live demonstrations of commonly found vulnerabilities in software.

Audience

The intended audience for this course is: Program Managers, Account Managers, Functional/Resource Application Managers, Technical Program/Project Managers (Chief Engineers), Executives, Directors, and Key/Technical Decision Makers

Registration

Registration is available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site at:

Tutorial Provider

This tutorial is provided by longtime OWASP contributor:

T5. Application Security Forensics- 1-Day Course - Oct 10, 2008

Course Overview

How would you respond to a application security hack? This course will provide insight into the world or forensics with a focus on Web Application Security

Registration

Registration is available via the OWASP Conference Cvent site at:

Tutorial Provider