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OWASP Dallas
Welcome to the Dallas chapter homepage. The chapter leaders are
Chapter Lead- Denis Sheridan
Board Member- Jeromme Lawler
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Announcements
April Meeting
When: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Happy hour at Flying Saucer in Addison. Appetizers and drinks until 8:00 PM or we run out of money, whichever comes first. :)
Who: You and other DFW OWASPers
Where: We will be on the rooftop - Flying Saucer Draught Emporium - 14999 Montfort Dr - Dallas, TX
The meeting food & drinks will be sponsored by OWASP Dallas.
Previous Meetings
March Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Tineola: Taking a Bite Out of Enterprise Blockchain
Who: Stark Riedesel is a senior consultant at Synopsys with six years of security industry experience.
Where: Needs a location
February Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Threat-modeling legacy Cloud Applications
Who: Kevin Nassery is a Senior Principal Consultant at Synopsys where he leads the Software Security Initiatives (SSI) practice
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive - Irving, TX
January Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Container and Container-Aware Security
Who:
Travis Stanfield, Senior Director of Software Engineering at Capital One
Liam Randall, President and Co-Founder of Critical Stack
Where: Capital One - 8000 Dominion Pkwy - Plano, TX
Media:OWASP_dallas_Jan_2019.zip
November Meeting
When: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Securing Containers on the High Seas
Who: Jack Mannino is the CEO of nVisium.
Where: Capital One - 8000 Dominion Pkwy - Plano, TX
September Meeting
When: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Security Shift Left! Enable, Protect, and Execute.
Who: Teddi Poehls, currently working as a Senior Sales Engineer for Signal Sciences
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX
August Meeting
When: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Tangled Web
Who: Herb has worked for State Farm for over 26 years. He is currently a member of the Security Analytics/Threat hunting team.
Where: State Farm Insurance - 3661 N. Plano Rd. Suite 1000, Richardson, TX
July Meeting
When: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Interactive Capture the Flag (CTF) Introduction
Who: Gabriel Lawrence is the General Manager of Cyber-Protection at Toyota
Where: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, TX
June Meeting
When: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Cloud Jacking
Who: Bryan McAninch is a cybersecurity professional with over twenty years experience in various disciplines including digital forensics, penetration testing, and security architecture.
Where: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - 6565 Headquarters Drive, Plano, TX
April Meeting
When: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Viewing the Nodes in the Noise: Leveraging Data Science to Discover Persistent Threats
Who: David Evenden is an experienced offensive security operator/analyst with over 10 years of active work experience inside the Intelligence Community (IC).
Where: Allstate - 8711 N. Freeport Parkway - Irving, TX
March Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: DevSecOps Unplugged
Who: Vishal Asthana, CISSP has been with Security Compass for over 4 years
Where: Akamai - 15950 Dallas Parkway - Dallas, TX
February Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Bugs in the Blockchain and “Contractual” Vulnerability
Who: Stark Riedesel is a software security consultant working for Synopsys here in the Dallas area.
Where: Alliance Data Systems - 7500 Dallas Parkway 7th Floor, Plano, TX
Materials: Media:Bugs_in_the_Blockchain.pptx
January Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 - 6:00 PM
Topic: OWASP Top 10 2017
Who: Andrew van der Stock is a Senior Principal Consultant with Synopsys.
Where: Toyota Motor North America, Inc. - 6565 Headquarters Drive · Plano
October Meeting
When: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Application Security in the DevOps World
Who: Apoorva Phadke is a Senior Security Consultant at Synopsys.
Where: Akamai - 15950 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX
September Meeting
When: Wednesday, September 13, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Automate All The Things
Who: Matt Konda, CEO of Jemurai. Jemurai is a consulting firm specializing in application security.
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX
August Meeting
When: Wednesday, August 15, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Making Vulnerability Management Less Painful with OWASP DefectDojo
Who: Greg Anderson is a security professional and creator of DefectDojo
Where: Intuit
Materials: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DnV-e6TWoH0YexZJpPQeRTD0eeHwWpmsSu-MRjMczwQ/edit?usp=sharing
July Meeting
When: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: IoT Security Landscape: Survey & Analysis
Who: Mark Szewczul, CISSP, is an IoT Security Architect at Zimperium
Where: Goldman Sachs - 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039, Dallas, TX
June Meeting
When: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: From Hot Rodding to Hacking, Securing the Modern Automobile
Who: Art Dahnert is a Managing Consultant who has over 19 years of experience in the software industry with over 8 years Application Security experience.
Where: Toyota - 5360 Legacy Drive, Building 1, 2nd Floor, Plano, TX
Materials: media:Hot_Rodding_and_Hacking_v3.pdf
May Meeting
When: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: OWASP Dallas Social
Who: OWASP Dallas
Where: Dots Hop House & Cocktail Courtyard - 2645 Commerce Street , Dallas, TX (map)
April Meeting
When: Monday, April 17, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: AWS Security: Staying on Top of the Cloud
Who: Kurtis Miller is a Principal Security Consultant for NCC Group, North America.
Where: Goldman Sachs - 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039, Dallas, TX
Materials: media:AWS_Security_-_Staying_on_Top_of_the_Cloud.pdf
March Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Secrets Revealed: How Your Competitors are Scaling Application Security
Who: Nishchal Bhalla, is a noted expert, speaker and a published author who has been in the information security field for two decades.
Where: Intuit, Inc. - 5601 Headquarters Dr, Plano, TX
Materials: media:2017.03_OWASP_Dallas_Presentation_v5.pdf (More Info)
February Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Secure Architecture In The Land of Microservices
Who: Jack is the CEO at nVisium and focuses on building solutions to make security and education scale in fast-paced software development organizations.
Where: 8000 Dominion Pkwy, Plano, TX - Capital One
Materials: Media:Microservice_Security.pdf
January Meeting
When: January 17 - 6:00 PM
Topic: Helping Developers Embrace Security with OWASP Tools
Who: Joseph Konieczka is a Lead Technology Solutions Specialist on the Remedy on Demand infrastructure team at BMC Software.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039, Dallas, TX - Goldman Sachs
November Meeting
When: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Privacy Preserving Big Data Analytics
Who: Hassan Takabi is Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA.
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX
October Meeting
When: Monday, October 17, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: NoSQL: "No Injections" or "No Security"?
Who: Stark Riedesel is a Security Consultant for Cigital, an industry leader in application security.
Where: Akamai - 15950 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX
September Meeting
When: Monday, September 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Web Attacker’s Toolkit: An in depth analysis of RFI in the wild
Who: Tony Lauro is a Lead Sr. Enterprise Security Architect for Akamai's Web Security division.
Where: Akamai - 15950 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX
August Meeting
When: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: OWASP Dallas August Social
Who: Dallas OWASP Community
Where: Braindead Brewing - 2625 Main St, Dallas, TX
July Meeting
When: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Pen Testing with Powershell
Who: Rajganesh Pandurangan is a Lead Managing Consultant at US Bank and the creator of Web Application Exploitation Distro (http://www.waed.info)
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039, Dallas, TX - Goldman Sachs
Materials: Media:OWASP-pentest-with-powershell.pptx
June Meeting
When: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Web App Testing Stats Compared to The OWASP Top 10
Who: Joel Scambray is a Principal at Cigital.
Where: 8000 Dominion Pkwy, Plano, TX - Capital One
Materials: Media:Cigital_Top10_DallasOWASP-062116.pdf
May Meeting
When: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Can we do better than Passwords?
Who: Dr. Girish Chiruvolu, CISSP, CISM is Director, Information security and Risk Management at Thomson Reuters, Carrollton TX.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.
Materials: Media:OWASP_May17th_Password-less-logins.pdf
April Meeting
When: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: OWASP Happy Hour
Who: OWASP Dallas Members
Where: Humperdinks NW Highway - 2208 W Northwest Hwy, Dallas, TX
March Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Integrating Security into the Software/System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process—Myths and Facts
Who: Rick Brunner is an Assistant Faculty member at Collin College and is an active member of Collin’s Cyber Security Advisory Board.
Where: Epsilon - 6021 Connection Drive, Irving, TX.
Materials: Media:March_2016_OWASP_-_Secure_SDLC_Presentation_and_Related_Material.zip
February Meeting
When: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: DNS Attack Vectors
Who: John Devasia is a Senior Product Manager in the Cloud Security BU at Akamai Technologies.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.
January Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 5:30 PM
Topic: Bountiful Bugs and DRM Breakage
Who: Dave Ferguson is a Solution Architect at Qualys and has been a specialist in Application Security since 2006.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039 - Goldman Sachs.
November Meeting
When: Tuesday, November 17th, 2015 from 5:30 PM – ?:?? PM
Topic: OWASP Dallas Happy Hour
Where: Mexican Sugar at Shops at Legacy - 7501 Lone Star Drive, Suite 8150, Plano, TX
October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 7th, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Anatomy of a Logic Flaw
Who: Charles Henderson is the Vice President of Managed Security Testing at Trustwave.
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039.
September Meeting
When: Thursday September 17th, 2015 from 5:30PM – 6:30 PM
Topic: Application Security Trends
Who: Stephen Pasco is a Vice President of Application Risk at Goldman Sachs
Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039.
May Meeting
When: Wednesday May 6, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: The Future of Mobile Payments: Secure Mobile Architecture
Who: Denis M. Sheridan is a Managing Consultant at Cigital.
Where: North Lake College Central Campus, 5001 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75038, Room: A-215
October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 1, 2014 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: Succeeding with Enterprise Software Security Key Performance Indicators
Who: Rafal Los, Director, Office of the CISO
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
March Meeting
When: Wednesday March 5, 2014 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: OWASP Dallas basic Python tutorial
Who: Matt Parsons, CISSP MSM
Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117
September Meeting
When: Wednesday September 11, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic: PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines for Developers
Who: Ralph Spencer Poore, Director, Emerging Standards at PCI Security Standards Council
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
