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Welcome to the Cambridge chapter homepage. The chapter leaders are Adrian Winckles and Steven van der Baan.

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OWASP Cambridge Chapter Meeting -Tuesday 5^th December 2017

Tuesday 5^th December 2017 17:15 – 20:30, Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB003/LAB006), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Hosted by the Cyber Security & Networking Research Group, Anglia Ruskin University, and OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Cambridge Chapter

This evening is part of a series of evening events on raising awareness for local  businesses & organisations on the issues of cyber security and cybercrime, what regulations and legislation do organisations need to be aware to protect themselves and what is considered best practice in these challenging times.

Background

OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit worldwide charitable organization focused on improving the security of application software. Their mission is to make application security visible, so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about true application security risks.

The Cyber Security and Networking (CSN) Research Group at Anglia Ruskin University has close working strategic relationships with industry, professional bodies, law enforcement, government agencies and academia in the delivery of operationally focused applied information and application security research.  We have strong international links with professional organisations such as OWASP, BCS, ISC2, IISP & the UK Cyber Security Forum amongst others.  The primary aims of CSNRG are to help the UK and partner nations to tackle cybercrime, be more resilient to cyber attacks and educate its users for a more secure cyberspace and operational business environment. These will be achieved through the investigation of threats posed to information systems and understanding the impact of attacks and creation of cyber-based warning systems which gathering threat intelligence, automate threat detection, alert users and neutralising attacks.  For network security we are researching securing the next generation of software defined infrastructures from the application API and control/data plane attacks. Other key work includes Computer forensic analysis, digital evidence crime scenes and evidence visualisation as well as Cyber educational approaches such as developing Capture the Flag (CTF) resources and application security programs. 

Speaker Biographies & Abstracts

Deepinder Singh – Principal Consultant at Verizon Consulting and Advisory Services

Deepinder (Deep) works as a Principal Consultant at Verizon Consulting and Advisory Services. He challenges, educates and engages with his audiences on many keys issues of cybersecurity and digital transformation. He encourages innovative thinking to generate actionable strategies that help business thrive in a VUCA world. He believes that poor quality decision-making skills significantly contribute towards insecure systems resulting in security breaches and compromises. He has worked with many of the worlds’ largest organisations across numerous industries. In his twenty-year business career, he has held senior leadership positions in large and medium-sized organisations.

He has addressed several conferences and events on the wide-ranging topics of Cybersecurity, GRC, GDPR, Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Deep has attended Harvard Business School and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management along with various industry qualifications including ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, CISSP, CISM, CRISC and CGEIT. He is currently pursuing Professional Doctorate at the University of East London. 

Deep actively engages in voluntary work. He is the Vice-President of ISACA London Chapter and Secretary of Verizon Reading Toastmasters Club. In the past, he has served as Secretary for BCS-IRMA Specialist Group and a judge for SC Magazine (Europe) Awards.

Abstract: “Verizon Data Breaches Investigation Report 2017"

Whether you’re a veteran reader who’s been with reading it since its initial publication back in 2008 or a newbie to Verizon’s annual report, you will find it very useful. DBIR 2017, provides insight as to how the threat landscape is changing, In this session you will discover:

1.    the changing threat landscape,

2.    who are the threat actors,

3.    what actions they take,

4.    what motivates them

5.    what threat actions actors take

6.    what assets they target

and more ....

The ultimate goal is to provide you with an overview of DBIR so that you can leverage the actionable information within it to prepare, recognise and defend against cyber threats.

Guest Speaker: Leum Dunn CISSP C|EH CISMP MBCS,

Biography: Leum Dunn

Leum specialises in endpoint security and works in the East of England.

Abstract: “The top 100 things I’d do if ever I became an evil overlord found myself in charge of cyber security.”

Provisional Agenda  

17:30  – 18:15 Registration & Refreshments (LAB006)

18:15 – 18:20 Welcome from the OWASP Cambridge Chapter Leader, Adrian Winckles, Director of Cyber Security & Networking Research Group, Anglia Ruskin University

18:20 – 19:05 “Verizon Data Breaches Investigation Report 2017" - Deepinder Singh – Principal Consultant at Verizon Consulting and Advisory Services

19:05 – 19:50 : “The top 100 things I’d do if ever I became an evil overlord found myself in charge of cyber security.”- Leum Dunn CISSP C|EH CISMP MBCS,

19:50 – 20:00 Q & A & Close

Registration

To register for this free event, please register online at

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/owasp-cambridge-chapter-christmas-evening-meeting-tuesday-5th-december-tickets-40732612340

The event will be held in the Lord Ashcroft Building, Room LAB003 (Breakout Room LAB006 for networking & refreshments).

Please enter through the Helmore Building and ask at reception.

Anglia Ruskin University

Cambridge Campus

East Road

Cambridge

CB1 1PT

Please note that there is no parking on campus.
Get further information on travelling to the university.

http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/your_university/anglia_ruskin_campuses/ca mbridge_campus/find_cambridge.html

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Planned dates for upcoming events

Cambridge_OWASP Event 20170927 - Secure Coding Challenge	11/09/2017
Cambridge_OWASP/BCS Cybercrime Forensics & Social Media Forensics Day Event	11/10/2017
Cambridge_OWASP & BCS East Anglia Event - GDPR Evening	07/11/2017
Cambridge_OWASP & UK Cyber Security Forum GDPR Event 20171115	15/11/2017
Cambridge_OWASP Event 20171205	05/12/2017
Cambridge_OWASP & BCS Cybercrime Forensics/IoT Forensics Security Day 20180110/11	10/01/2018 or 11/01/2018
Cambridge_OWASP & UK Cyber Security Forum Cyber Machine Learning Day 20180118/19	18/01/2018,
Cambridge_OWASP Event	13/02/2018
Cambridge_OWASP Event	13/03/2018
Cambridge_OWASP Event	10/04/2018
Cambridge_OWASP Event	08/05/2018

Date	Name / Title	Link
5 December 2017	Deepinder Singh
5 December 2017	Leum Dunn	presentation
7 November 2017	Dr Reza Alavi	presentation
11 October 2017	Dr Char Sample	presentation
11 October 2017	Dennis Ivory & Dr Diane Gan	presentation
12 September 2017	John Fitzgerald - Secure Code Warrior	presentation
4 April 2017	Leum Dunn - Redacted	presentation
7 March 2017	Andrew Thompson - Checkmarx	presentation
7 March 2017	John Haine IoT Security Foundation (Chair)	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Nick Alston CBE / PIER Chair	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Mark Pearce/ 7Safe/PA Consulting	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Martin Cassey / Nascenta	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Paul Rowley FBCS / Havebury Housing Association	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Laurence Kaleman / Legal Director, Olswang	presentation
25 Jan 2017	Tony Drewitt / Head of Consultancy - IT Governance	presentation
19 Jan 2017	Tony Drewitt / Head of Consultancy - IT Governance	presentation
19 Jan 2017	Peter Yapp / NCSC Deputy Director - Incident Response	presentation
19 Jan 2017	Martin Cassey / Nascenta	presentation
10 Nov 2016	Graham Rymer / University of Cambridge
10 Nov 2016	Mark Wickenden
12 05 2016	Phil Cobley / Modern Policing & the Fight Against Cyber Crime	presentation
12 05 2016	Jules Pagna Disso / Building a resilient ICS	presentation
08 03 2016	Andrew Lee-Thorp / So you want to use a WebView? Android WebView: Attack and Defence
10 11 2015	Steve Lord / Trying (and failing) to secure the Internet of Things
	John Mersh / Software and System Security: a life vest in the IoT ocean
10 Oct 2015	Sumit "sid" Siddharth / Some neat, new and ridiculous hacks from our vault
10 Feb 2015	Steven van der Baan / Web Application Security Testing with Burp Suite
2 December 2014	Colin Watson / OWASP Cornucopia
21 October 2014	Eireann Leverett	presentation
1st April 2014	Ian Glover (CREST) / Overview of the CREST activities to professionalise the industry.
	Yiannis Chrysanthou (KPMG) / Modern Password Cracking
	Damien King (KPMG) / Filename Enumeration with TildeTool
12th November 2013	Paul Cain / Tracking Data using Forensics
12th November 2013	James Forshaw/ The Forger's Art: Exploiting XML Digital Signature Implementations	presentation
5th March 2013	Sarantis Makoudis / Android (in)Security	presentation
5th March 2013	Nikhil Sreekumar / Power On, Powershell	presentation