User:Owen Pendlebury

Owen graduated in 2009 from Dundalk Institute of Technology, with a degree in Computer Applications and Support and an honours degree in IT Management specialising in web application development and networking. In 2009, Owen completed an MSc in Security & Forensic Computing from Dublin City University.

Owen has been involved in the OWASP Foundation since 2009. He started out attending OWASP Dublin meetings and helping to facilitate chapter meetings and security workshops. Eventually, he took on the role of Dublin board member and led the Dublin Chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) organisation. In 2017 was elected to its Global Board of Directors where he held the role of Secretary and recently Vice-Chair of the global foundation. In 2016, Owen was awarded an OWASP Web Application Person of the Year (WASPY) award for Innovation and Sharing.

Some of the projects that Owen has been involved in include, AppSec EU 2016/2017/2018/2019 Committee/ Training/ Speaker Committee chair, DaggerCon, Cyber Startup Summit, Source Dublin, Advanced Threat Intelligence Seminars, speaking on behalf of OWASP at BlackHat USA and EU, Cyber Security Summer Camp for school kids and OWASP Women in AppSec Committee/ mentoring.

Owen has over 10 years’ experience in penetration testing and red teaming, working as part of several global Attack and Penetration Teams at “Big 4” professional service firms. He currently leads the penetration testing and red teaming teams for Deloitte Ireland and has in-depth experience of application, network, wireless and device penetration testing, having served numerous local and global institutions as clients in this area. Within Deloitte, Owen acts as vulnerability management lead for the EMEA region, setting the strategic direction, quality standards and deliverables for vulnerability management across EMEA. As part of this role, Owen has brought his colleagues from both EMEA and across the globe together to collaborate on innovative projects as well as client pitches.

He also lectures and sits on the computer science program boards at the National College of Ireland (NCI) in web application, network security, and secure application development. In 2017, Owen was approached to architect a MSc, Degree and HDip in cyber security for NCI and has been working actively in supporting the bridge between academia and industry. He is also a keen advocate of diversity in cyber security and takes an active role in supporting the OWASP Women in AppSec group through mentoring and working with those who are trying to get into the field.

Owen has also performed numerous web application, network, mobile, specialised technologies (ATM), device penetration tests for major organisations in the financial services, banking and pharmaceutical sectors, consisting of ‘black-box’, ‘white-box’ and ‘grey-box’ testing.

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John Doherty Msc Security & Forensic Computing

Owen was my lecturer for Security in NCI. His class and teaching made me seek a further interest in the cyber security field. Even after college I kept in touch with him and he gave me advice and encouraged me to do a masters in security in DCU.

Since then Owen pointed me to the OWASP mailing list which keeps me updated on chapter meetings which I regularly attend and also cyber security job postings and courses. The speakers that have attended have been very interesting and informative.

Owen is now advising/helping me with my DCU masters practicum.

‪Mark Denihan OWASP Security Shepherd Project Lead

Owen is the model chapter lead, who has been extremely active and dedicated in the Dublin Space. His enthusiasm and perseverance for OWASP is inspiring. He has made significant impacts on the Information Security community through the regular activities for the OWASP Dublin chapter he has organised and the contributions he's made to other security entities (Daggercon 2015).

Fabio Cerullo Managing Director at Cycubix

‪Owen is an active and dedicated chapter leader, who organises regular activities for the OWASP Dublin chapter and that benefit greatly the local information security community.

‪Jason flood CTO of Security Gamification at IBM

‪Owen is a fantastic example of a dedicated security professional. I have worked with Owen for more than 5 years across various projects. He is a very active member of the security community and helps to drive and improve security best practice at a Global level through his commitment to the OWASP group. Owen is an asset that helps to improve Ireland's security capabilities with a real can-do attitude.