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OWASP Austin

Welcome to the Austin chapter homepage. The chapter leadership includes: Kyle Smith, President, James Wickett, Conference Chair,Josh Sokol, Board Member


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OWASP Austin March Chapter Meeting - April 28th

When: Tuesday, April 28th @ 11:45 - 1PM

Title: Using OpenSAMM for Benchmarking and Software Security Improvement

We all know that behind every breach story in the press is an organization that probably should have done more to build secure software. Yet, organizations struggle mightily to focus resources on building software securely from the outset and, as a result, software security remains an after the fact “nice to do” and not a “have to do” activity in many organizations. How can organizations determine the right sets of activities or appropriate resource allocation levels that it should undertake to adequately address software risk? Organizations can make these determinations by benchmarking via OWASP’s Open Software Assurance Maturity Model (OpenSAMM) framework.

A coalition of leading application security industry vendors recently contributed benchmarking data in order to enhance OpenSAMM and its assessment framework. These efforts will enable organizations to step up their software security game and identify hurdles by using OpenSAMM as a powerful benchmarking tool. John will provide details on an ongoing industry effort to improve OpenSAMM by providing more comparative data to encourage broader use throughout industry.

Speaker: John Dickson

John Dickson is an internationally recognized security leader, entrepreneur and Principal at Denim Group, Ltd. He has nearly 20 years hands-on experience in intrusion detection, network security and application security in the commercial, public and military sectors. As a Denim Group Principal, he helps executives and Chief Security Officers (CSO’s) of Fortune 500 companies and government organizations launch and expand their critical application security initiatives. His leadership has been instrumental in Denim Group being honored by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the industry for five years in a row.

A former U.S. Air Force officer, Dickson served in the Air Force Information Warfare Center (AFIWC) and was a member of the Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team (AFCERT). Since his transition to the commercial arena, he has played significant client-facing roles with companies such as Trident Data Systems, KPMG and SecureLogix Corporation.

Dickson is a popular speaker on security at industry venues including the RSA Security Conference, the SANS Institute, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and at other international security conferences. He is a sought-after security expert and regularly contributes to Dark Reading and other security publications. He also regularly contributes to the Denim Group blog where he writes about key security industry issues such as software security and cyber security policy. A Distinguished Fellow of the International Systems Security Association, he has been a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 1998.

Dickson is currently the Chairman of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Cyber Security Committee where economic development, workforce and advocacy issues involving San Antonio’s growing cyber security industry are coordinated. Dickson is also a member of the prestigious Texas Business Leadership Council, the only statewide CEO-based public policy organization that serves as a united voice for the state’s senior executives to participate in the legislative and regulatory process. Most recently, he was the past Chairman of the Texas Lyceum, a leadership group that prepares leaders for the State of Texas and served as Chairman of the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. He also served as the local President of the Information Systems Security Association and was an honorary commander of the 67th Cyber Space Wing which organizes, trains and equips cyberspace forces to conduct network defense, attack and exploitation.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, a Master of Science degree from Trinity University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Texas in Austin. Dickson resides in San Antonio, Texas where he is married with two children.

Food: It will be a surprise! Please RSVP so we'll be sure to have enough for all!

Only those who RSVP will be eligible for any drawings/giveaways that may take place!

Location: National Instruments, 11500 N. Mopac.Building C

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Austin Security Professionals Happy Hour sponsored by iSEC Partners, May 14th

When: Thursday, May 14th, 5-7PM

Where: Sherlocks Street Pub and Grill 9012 Research Blvd

Sponsor: iSEC Partners

iSEC Partners is an expert full-service information security firm.

Our security assessments leverage our extensive knowledge of current security vulnerabilities, penetration techniques and software development best practices to enable customers to secure their applications against ever-present threats on the Internet. Primary emphasis is placed upon helping software developers build safe, reliable code.

iSEC Partners also provide extensive research in many information security areas such as; application attack & defense, web services, operating system security, privacy, storage network security and malicious application analysis.

iSEC Partners has been part of information assurance company, NCC Group plc, since October 2010.

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Recent Meetings and Events

  • April 9th, 2015 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Sherlocks @ 183 and Burnet - Austin Security Professionals Happy Hour sponsored by iSec Partners
  • March 31st, 2015 - 11:30am to 1:00pm - National Instruments - OWASP Chapter Meeting - "Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2014" by Matt Johansen
  • March 11th, 2015 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Wyndam by Wingate - Austin Security Professionals Happy Hour sponsored by Alert Logic
  • February 24th, 2015 - 11:30am to 1:00pm - National Instruments - OWASP Chapter Meeting - "Static Analysis: Beyond the Basics" by Andy Earle
  • February 19th, 2015 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Sherlocks @ 183 and Burnet - Austin Security Professionals Happy Hour sponsored by Qualys
  • January 27th, 2015 - 11:30am to 1:00pm - National Instruments - OWASP Chapter Meeting - 'CryptoParty!' with various speakers
  • January 9th, 2015 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Sherlocks @ 183 and Burnet - Austin Security Professionals Happy Hour sponsored by Fishnet Security
  • October 21st - 24th, 2014 - Lonestar Application Conference 2014
  • September 30th, 2014 - 11:30am to 1:00pm - National Instruments - OWASP Chapter Meeting - 'Account Entrapment' by Ben Broussard
  • September 11th, 2014 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Sherlocks @ 183 and Burnet - Austin Security Professionals Happy Hour sponsored by Set Solutions Inc.
  • August 26th, 2014 - 11:30am to 1:00pm - National Instruments - OWASP Chapter Meeting - 'Identifying Web Attacks via Data Analysis' by Mike Sconzo
  • August 14th, 2014 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Sherlocks @ 183 and Burnet - Austin Security Professionals Happy Hour sponsored by Trustwave
  • July 29th, 2014 - 11:30am to 1:00pm - National Instruments - OWASP Chapter Meeting - 'Railsgoat' by Ken Johnson
  • July 10th, 2014 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm - Sherlocks @ 183 and Burnet - Austin Security Professionals Happy Hour sponsored by iSEC Partners

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