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Dallas
OWASP Dallas
Welcome to the Dallas chapter homepage. The chapter leaders are
Chapter Lead- Matt Parsons
Hospitality/Facilities Lead- Rik Jones
Membership Lead- Norm Smith
Speakers Lead- Peter Perfetti
Technology Lead- JD Smith
Web Lead- Jeromme Lawler
Board Member- Tim Shelton
Participation
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THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
The Dallas Chapter of OWASP would like to thank Richland College for hosting our meetings.
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Announcements
September Meeting
When: Wednesday September 11, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines for Developers
The presentation will include a brief introduction to the PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines documents. It then describes how Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) guidance, especially that of the OWASP Mobile Security Project, was referenced in the PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines for Developers document. Additionally, this discusses the state of national and international standards that may influence mobile security.
Who: Ralph Spencer Poore, Director, Emerging Standards at PCI Security Standards Council
Ralph has over 35 years of information security experience including over twenty years of applied cryptography. He has written extensively on information security and cryptography; his work is cited in academic papers, national standards, professional journals, and books. He came to PCI SSC from a small business that was a QSAC where he was a QSA. In various capacities, he designed and lead teams of developers in cryptographic system projects resulting in patents of systems based on cryptography, e.g., Patent 6,202,933 "Transaction card and methods and apparatus therefor," issued on March 20, 2001, and Patent 20050114218 “Third party privacy system,” issued on May 26, 2005. In support of classified government projects, assisted in the development of cryptanalytic tools. Ralph has extensive experience in financial services industry, national and international standards development.
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
Slides: Media:Dallas OWASP 9-11-2013.pdf
May Meeting
When: Wednesday May 8, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Implementation Patterns for Software Security Programs
Who: Dan Cornell, Principal, Denim Group
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
February Meeting
When: Wednesday February 6, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Using Webappsec Vulns to Break Censorship
Who: Robert Hansen, a.k.a. rsnake
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
November Meeting
When: Wednesday November 7, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Flame, Stuxnet, One to be Named and the Elderwood Project - Today’s Threat Landscape
Who: John R. Hill, CISSP, Principal Security Strategist Security Business Practice Symantec
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118
October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 3, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Exploitation Techniques and Mitigation
Who: James McFadyen, Information Security Engineer and Director of Customer Support at HAWK Network Defense, Inc
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118
September Meeting
When: Wednesday September 12, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: The Importance of Application Security.
Who: Peter Perfetti; Director, Security Services & Operations IMPACT Security, LLC
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118
August Meeting
When: Wednesday August 1, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Malicious Math: Recent Real-World Cryptographical and Computational Threats on the Web.
Who: Derek Soeder, founder, Ridgeway Internet Security
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118
Slides: Media:Malicious Math - Final.pptx
July Meeting
When: Wednesday July 11, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Reinventing Dynamic Testing: Real-Time Hybrid
Who: Adam Hils; Senior Product Manager HP Enterprise Security Products
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118
June Meeting
When: Wednesday June 6, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Is There An End to Testing Ourselves Secure?
Who: Rohit Sethi; Vice President, Product Development, SD Elements
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118
May Meeting
When: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Topic: OWASP and PCI DSS Requirement 6.5
OWASP and PCI DSS Requirement 6.5. Keeping current with the OWASP top 10 and how it impacts companies PCI compliance and training. Tony will discuss how McAfee complies to the requirement and how McAfee must make changes to match the current top 10 as well has making sure that developers keep up to date on training.
Who: Tony Gunn; Director of Security Operations for McAfee
Where: North Lake College (Central Campus) 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: A Room: 206
March Meeting
When: March 7, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Topic: AAA for Hybrid Cloud Environment
During this session, presented by Symplified, we will explore four areas of interest.
Web, SaaS, Mobile Application Adoption Protecting sensitive data WAM for the Public Cloud Identity Sprawl
Who: Cullen Landrum, CISSP is a Senior Systems Engineer at Symplified.
Where: North Lake College (Central Campus), 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: A Room: 206
February Meeting
When: February 1, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Topic: Web Application Vulnerability Testing with Nessus
Who: Rik A. Jones is a Senior Information Security Analyst for the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)
Where: SMU Caruth Hall Palmer Conference Center / 406 Caruth Hall 3145 Dyer Street Dallas, Texas 75205
Map (Caruth Hall is building 44 on the campus map link.)
January Meeting
When: January 11, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm
Topic: OWASP TOP 10
Power point demonstration of OWASP Top Ten Web Application Security Vulnerabilities with actual hacking examples. This presentation will cover such vulnerabilities as SQL injection, XSS and CSRF. Discussion, hands on exercise and question and answer session.
Who: Matt Parsons, VP Parsons Software Security Consulting
Where: North Lake College (Central Campus) 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: G Room: 405
Presentation Archives
November 7, 2012
Title: Internet Security Threat Report
Speaker: John R. Hill, CISSP, Principal Security Strategist Security Business Practice Symantec
Slides: Media:Symantec_ISTR_17.pdf
February 1, 2012
Title: Web Application Vulnerability Testing with Nessus
Speaker: Rik A. Jones, Senior Information Security Analyst for the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)
Slides:
Media:Web Application Vul Testing with Nessus 2012.02.01.pdf
Media:OWASP Broken Web Applications 2012.02.01.pdf
January 11, 2012
Title: OWASP TOP 10
Speaker: Matt Parsons, VP Parsons Software Security Consulting
Slides: Media:OWASPtopTen.pdf
