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Rochester
Welcome to the OWASP Rochester Local Chapter
Welcome to the local Rochester chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Ralf Durkee
Participation
OWASP chapter meetings are free and open to anyone interested in application security. We encourage members to give presentations on specific topics and to contribute to the local chapter by sharing their knowledge with others. Prior to participating with OWASP please review the Chapter Rules.
The Rochester chapter has two mailing lists: one for announcements and one for general discussion. The announce list is for official communications (e.g meeting announcements, web site upates, etc). The discussion list is for general participation and everyone is encouraged to post. The announce mailing list can be found here. The discussion mailing list can be found here. You can also review the announce and discussion e-mail archives to see what folks have been talking about. Please make sure you are subscribed to announce to receive any last minute meeting info.
Local Officers
- President: Ralf Durkee
- Vice President: Chris Karr
- Secretary and Treasurer: Steve Buck
- Web and Communications: Andrea Cogliati
Meeting Dates & Location
Dates: The third Monday of every month, starting at 6:00 PM.
Types of events: Formal meeting (featuring a presentation) in odd numbered months, informal event (open forum with beer and wings) in even numbered months
Locations:
- Formal meetings at 1225 Jefferson Rd, Rochester, NY 14623 (near I-390) Google Maps
- Beer and wings at Mac Gregor's Grill & Tap Room, 300 Jefferson Rd, NY 14623 Google Maps
Formal meeting space is graciously offered by Bryant & Stratton College Enter the Frontier Commons plaza, near the Post Office. Towards the right, rear of the plaza is the PSC (Professional Skills Center) door, which is to the left of the main Bryant & Stratton entrance door. There will be a sign on the door indicating the room in which we will meet.
October Meeting Details
October meeting will be held on Monday October 15th 6pm at Mac Gregor's Grill & Tap Room. Starting topic for the discussion is "Hacker Safe-like certifications: good value or vapor-security?" RSVP by October 12th to Andrea Cogliati.
Rochester Security Summit
- The Rochester OWASP chapter in partnership with other Rochester organizations is proud to announce the second annual Rochester Security Summit Oct 3-4 during National Cyber Security Awareness Month. We have an awesome lineup of nationally recognized technical speakers.
- This year includes several OWASP and Web App Sec presentations:
- Rohyt Belani of Intrepidus Group - Phishing 2.0: Beyond Identity Theft
- Andrea Cogliati - Security in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Ralph Durkee - 2007 OWASP Top 10 & Live Web Application Attacks
- James Kist - Cross Site Scripting Attacks and Defenses
- Wed Oct 3rd - Thur Oct 4th 8:30am - 5:30pm
Visit Rochester Security Summit Site for details.
Digital Rochester's Get Connected!
We've been invited by Digital Rochester to be part of their October 2nd networking event. Get Connected! is Digital Rochester's annual event that gathers a select group of networking and service organizations from around the region in order to make connections that can benefit the greater Rochester community. Some are hard-core techies, others more social, many have a mission that could inspire you to get involved! Come to learn more about the organizations and to meet some of Rochester's most interesting professionals as we all Get Connected!
- Tue Oct 2nd 5:30pm - 8:00 pm at Village Gate, 2nd floor atrium, 274 North Goodman St (Google Map)
Eighteen (or more!) groups will be there to share information about their organizations and the ways in which people can get involved with some of their activities. We'll have a table, but as you mix with the crowd, be sure to help us spread the word about OWASP!
For more info visit Get Connected! web site.
Past Presentations
September 2007 2007 OWASP Top 10 Most Critical Web Application Security Vulnerabilities, by Ralph Durkee PowerPoint
October 2006 The first of the OWASP top ten: unvalidated input, by Steve Buck. PowerPoint
April 2006 PGP: Encryption for e-mail and web applications, by Ralph Durkee PDF
February 2006 Identity Theft, Phishing and Pharming, by Danny Allan PDF
February 2006 Secure e-mail, by Thomas Bullinger PDF
January 2006 PCI Compliance, by Pat Massey, Ralf Durkee, Maureen Baran PDF
September 2005 Two Factor Authentication for Java Applications with Client Certificates, by Ralf Durkee PDF Open Office
April 2005 Avoiding Backend Exploitation of Mail Forms, by Max Kessler PowerPoint Open Office
March 2005 Bringing Two-Factor Authentication to Web Applications, by Michael Starks PowerPoint Open Office
February 2005 Insecure Storage, by Chris Karr PowerPoint
January 2005 Access Control and Session Mgmnt, by Steve Buck PowerPoint Open Office
November 2004 Intro to OWASP by Ralf Durkee. Demonstration of SQL Injection attack and prevention, by Paul Cupo PowerPoint
