Manchester

OWASP Manchester

Welcome to the Manchester chapter homepage. This is a new chapter, having grown out of the successful Leeds_UK chapter.

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

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Next Meeting

Date: Wednesday November 16th in Manchester

Location: TBA

Registration: TBA

Schedule:

Talk: Policy is the best honesty

Technology is rapidly emerging and maturing to enable connectivity and interoperability of a panoply of devices. The right investment relies on addressing workable, realistic policies first. Daniel will tell you about what NCC members are doing to allow staff to 'BYOD' and build pragmatic iPolicies.

Speaker: Dr Daniel Dresner, Head of Information Assurance Practice, National Computing Centre

Please get in touch if you would like to speak at this event.

Everyone is welcome to join us at our chapter meetings.

Upcoming Events

November 16th 2011

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.

Past Events

Although we have yet to have our first meeting as OWASP Manchester, there have already been 2 events held in Manchester as part of the Leeds_UK chapter:

2011 Dates

24th August

22nd June

2010 Dates

8th December

Chapter Leaders

The chapter leaders are:

• Simon Bennetts
• Simon Ward
• Andy Hornsby-Jones

We are actively seeking more chapter leaders - please get in touch if you would like to become one!

Local Organisations

Other related organisations in the Manchester area:

• BCS Manchester
• GeekUp
• MadLab
• Manchester Free Software
• Manchester Linux Users Group
• North West Digital Communities (NWDC)

Please get in touch with one of the chapter leaders to get your organisation listed here.

And feel free to use the Manchester mailing list to publicise related events.