Helsinki

OWASP Helsinki

Welcome to the Helsinki chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Mikko Saario

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Local News

Welcome to the OWASP Helsinki Chapter

The plan is to meet at least three to four times a year, each lasting 1,5-3 hours (more active "hands" means more meetings). This chapter is based in the capital area and therefore the meetings will be in or around Helsinki.

If you wish to present at one of the meetings or have any other inquiries, please contact the chapter leader.

OWASP Helsinki meeting 2007, Security Requirements, TBD

More information to follow.

Discussion regarding security requirements: How to create them, at what stage, by whom etc.

OWASP Helsinki meeting 2007, Web Application Firewalls, TBD

More information to follow.

OWASP Helsinki meeting, Tuesday, Dec 12 2006 at Ernst & Young

The Helsinki chapter had the first meeting at Ernst & Young office in Elielinaukio 5 B. The agenda for the meeting is below - presentations will be available shortly. 22 people were present i.e. all seats were taken - we were very happy to see all these people to be interested in application security issues.

18:30 Welcome. What is OWASP and why OWASP Helsinki?

Mikko Saario made a short presentation about OWASP and the objective for the local Helsinki chapter.

19:00 Analyzing Threats (Olli Wiren; olli [at] juurihoito.org)

Olli Wiren discussed application related threats and corresponding security issues.

http://www.owasp.org/images/7/7c/Owasp-olli.pdf

19:45 Open discussion regarding OWASP Helsinki; what is expected or wished; how to go ahead and so forth.

There was a lively discussion regarding what type of activities should be arranged in the future. More details will follow...