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Manchester
OWASP Manchester
Welcome to the Manchester chapter homepage. This UK chapter was started in 2011, having grown out of the successful Leeds_UK chapter.
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Participation
OWASP Foundation (Overview Slides) is a professional association of global members and is open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. Local chapters are run independently and guided by the Chapter_Leader_Handbook. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association your support and sponsorship of any meeting venue and/or refreshments is tax-deductible. Financial contributions should only be made online using the authorized online chapter donation button. To be a SPEAKER at ANY OWASP Chapter in the world simply review the speaker agreement and then contact the local chapter leader with details of what OWASP PROJECT, independent research or related software security topic you would like to present on.
Sponsorship/Membership
to this chapter or become a local chapter supporter.
Or consider the value of Individual, Corporate, or Academic Supporter membership. Ready to become a member? 
Date: Thursday 27th February, 2014
Location: KPMG
Sponsors: This event is sponsored by KPMG and Pentest
Registration: Via Eventbrite
18:00 Pizza and beer Get here early or you'll miss out ;)
18:30 Introduction Simon Bennetts
Talk: Hacking Eye-Fi Cards
Eye-Fi cards ingeniously embed a WiFi transmitter within an SD card. They are very convenient for transferring pictures from your camera to your computer. But are there hidden security risks?
Speaker: Paul Johnston
Paul is a security consultant and software engineer at Pentest. He has particular interests in: web application security, static code analysis, and the design of secure end user environments. He is the lead engineer on Source Patrol.
Talk: OWASP Cornucopia
Microsoft's Escalation of Privilege (EoP) threat modelling card game has been refreshed into a new version more suitable for common web applications, and aligned with OWASP advice and guides. "OWASP Cornucopia - Ecommerce Web Application Edition" will be presented and used to demonstrate how it can help software architects and developers identify security requirements from the OWASP Secure Coding Practices - Quick Reference Guide. He will also provide a brief introduction about how to contribute ideas and content to OWASP projects, and how to start a project.
Speaker: Colin Watson
Colin is an application security consultant, working for Blackfoot, based in London. He was a member of the former OWASP Global Industry Committee, and is currently project leader for the OWASP Codes of Conduct and OWASP Cornucopia projects, co-leader for the OWASP AppSensor project, and wrote the Application Logging Cheat sheet. He is now working on the new AppSensor Guide which is due for publication in 2014.
If you would like to talk at future meetings then please get in touch via the mailing list or one of the chapter leaders.
Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings.
TBA
Please get in touch if you would like to speak at a Manchester event - we would be delighted to hear from you.
Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings.
2013 Dates
2012 Dates
2011 Dates
24th August As part of the Leeds Chapter
22nd June As part of the Leeds Chapter
2010 Dates
8th December As part of the Leeds Chapter
The chapter leaders are:
- Simon Bennetts
- Simon Ward
- Andy Hornsby-Jones
- Ben Fountain
We are actively seeking more chapter leaders - please get in touch if you would like to become one!
We are looking for organizations to sponsor the Manchester chapter.
You can sponsor the chapter for one year at the following levels:
- £300 Silver
- £600 Gold
- £1200 Platinum
You can also sponsor a meeting by hosting the event or donating £100.
If you are interested in sponsoring the chapter then please get in touch with one of the chapter leaders.
Other related organizations in the Manchester area:
- BCS Manchester
- GeekUp
- MadLab
- Manchester Free Software
- Manchester Linux Users Group
- Northern UK Security Group
- North West Digital Communities (NWDC)
- North West Tester Gathering
Please get in touch with one of the chapter leaders to get your organization listed here.
And feel free to use the Manchester mailing list to publicise related events.
