Atlanta Georgia

OWASP Atlanta

Welcome to the Atlanta chapter homepage. The chapter leaders are: Tony UcedaVelez, Matt McKeen, Charles Burke, and Dean Saxe

Participation

OWASP Foundation (Overview Slides) is a professional association of global members and is open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. Local chapters are run independently and guided by the Chapter_Leader_Handbook. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit professional association your support and sponsorship of any meeting venue and/or refreshments is tax-deductible. Financial contributions should only be made online using the authorized online chapter donation button. To be a SPEAKER at ANY OWASP Chapter in the world simply review the speaker agreement and then contact the local chapter leader with details of what OWASP PROJECT, independent research or related software security topic you would like to present on.

Sponsorship/Membership

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Local News

Latest News

Our first meeting came and went and we had a strong turnout. Meeting slides for this meeting revolved around some getting acquainted with OWASP and the many products of collaborative effort that have worked upon by a growing international community of security leaders. You can gain a copy of the meeting slides here [[1]] or by going to the link (under Chapter Meetings and going to the page for the 4/2 event). We are looking to grow from this meeting and provide greater and better content each time. Keep tabs on the Local Chapter events using the tabs below in order to see what meetings have taken place and what meetings are forth coming.

Until our next meeting, spread the word on OWASP and get involved. Get online on our own IRC channel (#owasp-atlanta on EfNet) and stay in touch with leaders and other members for a free for all discussion on mostly security related topics, but OT topics have been known to be introduced. Last, if you have a job and your employer is looking to be a financial contributor to an organization that can benefit the greater Atlanta security community as well as their own security efforts, please let us know.

To contribute to OWASP-Atlanta, go here: <paypal>Atlanta Georgia</paypal> --VerSprite 19:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Call for Case Studies

As many of you know, we are steering OWASP-Atlanta to crank out some meaningful case studies with metrics. As part of the planning that goes into this, we have spoken to a few organizations that have expressed interest in gaining our expertise on an array of security topics that revolve around web application security. On our part, we need to formalize our A-Team in order to see who would be available for which types of case-study genres. If you are interested in partaking on this team, please let me know. You can reach me at tonyuv [at] versprite [dot] com. --VerSprite 19:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Staying in Touch

New IRC channel on EFnet called #owasp-atlanta Join us, everyday, all-day in our IRC channel for questions, answers, and discussions.

OWASP Atlanta Member Survey The Atlanta OWASP Member Survey has come and gone. Thanks to all those that responded. A subset of the results is shown below in the form of top ranking security topics that members wish to see in 2009. More detailed results will be provided and discussed briefly during our first meeting, April 2nd, 2009.

New OWASP Atlanta Linkedin Group. For those addicted to LinkedIn, we have a group you can further feed your addiction. The OWASP Atlanta Chapter. http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1811960&trk=anet_ug_hm

Chapter Meetings

Future Meetings

FILTER EVASION TECHNIQUES

WHEN: Saturday - April 25th 2009, 1pm to 3:30pm

WHERE: GA Tech, Klaus Bldg, Classroom 1456 (for directions, please check out http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/directions.html)

WHO: ALL are welcomed; RSVP at http://tr.im/owasp_meeting

FORMAT: Workshop presented by Rob Ragan

WHAT: Hands on workshop on how to evade signature based IPS devices will be conducted through the use of filter evasion techniques.

COST: Nothing, however we ask that you make a charitable donation for the "food" to be provided in the form of (a) cash donations at the door OR by becoming a SUPPORTING MEMBER (only $50!). Well worth the network and growing list of projects, tools, and frameworks that are provided.

OWASP LIVE CD Workshop

WHEN: Wednesday - June 3rd 2009, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

WHERE: TBD

WHO: ALL are welcomed;

FORMAT: Workshop presented by Dean Saxe

WHAT: Hands on workshop on how to best leverage the OWASP Live CD. Key areas to be covered includes the WebGoat, WebScarab, and CAL9000.

COST: No costs, but all donations will be accepted as it helps pay for meeting related materials and provisions. In this workshop, we ask that you go to the OWASP Projects page and download the OWASP Live CD as a virtual machine or as an ISO to burn as a CD.