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Welcome

We are pleased to announce that the OWASP DC chapter will host the OWASP AppSec 2009 conference in Washington, DC. The AppSec DC OWASP Conference will be a premier gathering of Information Security leaders. Executives from Fortune 500 firms along with technical thought leaders such as security architects and lead developers will be traveling to hear the cutting-edge ideas presented by Information Security’s top talent. OWASP events attract a worldwide audience interested in “what’s next”. The conference is expected to draw 600-700 technologists from Government, Financial Services, Media, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Technology, and many other verticals. AppSec DC 2009 will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW Washington, DC 20001) on November 12th and 13th 2009 and will be preceded by OWASP training opportunities on November 10th and 11th. All proceeds from sponsorship support the conference and the mission of the OWASP Foundation (501c3 Not-For-Profit). Supporting these events drives the funding for research grants, tools and documents, local chapters, and more. You can register for the conference here.

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Registration is now open!

You can register here

Current pricing reflects an "Early Bird" discount of $50 off the at the door price of $395.

OWASP membership ($50 annual membership fee) gets you a discount of $50.

$345	General Public
$295	OWASP Members
$195	Students
$1350	2-Day Training Course
$650	1-Day Training Course

Go here for details on the training courses that are available.

For student discount, attendees must present proof of enrollment when picking up your badge.

Volunteers Needed!

Get involved!

We will take all the help we can get to pull off the best Web Application Security Conference of the year!

Please contact the appropriate arch-minion to volunteer for a specific area:

• Security -- Angel Contreras
• Speakers and Trainers -- Wade Woolwine and Jeremy Long
• Vendors -- Dave Sachdev
• Facilities -- Doug Wilson and Barry Austin

More opportunities and areas will be added as time goes on.

Or, you can e-mail the organizers at mark.bristow(at)owasp.org, doug.wilson(at)owasp.org or rex.booth(at)owasp.org.

Or email appsec_us_09(at)lists.owasp.org or sign up for the mailing list!

Schedule

Day 1 - Nov 12th 2009
	OWASP	Tools	SDLC	Web 2.0
07:30-09:00	Registration
08:45-09:00	Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-10:00	Keynote: Joe Jarzombek
10:30-10:30	Coffee Break & Room Change
10:30-11:30	OWASP ESAPI Jeff Williams	Manipulating Web Application Interfaces, a new approach to input validation Felipe Moreno-Strauch	Development Issues Within AJAX Applications: How to Divert Threats Lars Ewe	Understanding the Implications of Cloud Computing on Application Security Dennis Hurst
11:30-12:30	Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM) Pravir Chandra	The Case of Promiscuous Parameters and Other Ongoing Capers in Web Security Jacob West	Enterprise Application Security - GE's approach to solving root cause and establishing a Center of Excellence Darren Challey	Transparent Proxy Abuse Robert Auger
12:30-13:30	DISA's Application Security and Development STIG: How OWASP Can Help You Jason Li	OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set Project Ryan C. Barnett	The essential role of infosec in secure software development Kenneth R. van Wyk	Fracturing Flex For Fun- An Alliterative Attackers Approach Jon Rose/Kevin Stadmeyer
13:30-14:30	Lunch
15:30-16:30	Defend Yourself: Integrating Real Time Defenses into Online Applications Michael Coates	Finding the Hotspots: Web-security testing with the Watcher tool Chris Weber	SDLC Panel	Social Zombies: Your Friends Want to Eat Your Brains Tom Eston/Kevin Johnson
16:30-17:30	The ESAPI Web Application Firewall Arshan Dabirsiaghi	One Click Ownage Ferruh Mavituna		Cloudy with a chance of 0-day Jon Rose/Tom Leavey
		Web Application Security Scanner Evaluation Criteria Brian Shura
17:30-17:30	OWASP Live CD: An open environment for Web Application Security Matt Tesauro / Brad Causey	Learning by Breaking: A New Project Insecure Web Apps Chuck Willis	Vulnerability Management in an Application Security World Dan Cornell	Attacking WCF Web Services Brian Holyfield
		Synergy! - A world where the tools communicate Josh Abraham
18:30-19:30	The Entrepreneur's Guide to Career Management Lee Kushner	Advanced SSL: The good, the bad, and the ugly Michael Coats	Threat Modeling John Steven	When Web 2.0 Attacks - Understanding Security Implications of AJAX, Flash and "Highly Interactive" Technologies Rafal Los
		User input piercing for Cross Site Scripting Attacks Matias Blanco
19:30-????	Reception Talks at AppSec DC Tom Eston and Kevin Johnson: Social Zombies: Your Friends Want to Eat Your Brains Lars Ewe: Dev Issues Within AJAX Apps Joe McCray: Advanced SQL Injection Matt Fisher: The Big Picture: Web Risks and Assessments Beyond Scanning Chris Wysopal: AppSec Metrics Jeff Williams: OWASP ESAPI Ed Bellis: SCAP Tom Brennan: Application Security Statistics Robert Auger: Transparent Proxy Abuse John Steven: Threat Modeling Cory Scott: Improving App sec after an incident Training We are also offering 1-Day and 2-Day Application Security Training Courses. The details on the training courses are available here. Training There are a total of five classrooms over two days or 10 training days available at the conference. Two classrooms hold 30 students and the other three have a capacity of 24 students. The cost for two day training is $1350 USD and the cost for one day training is $650 USD. 2 Day Training: November 10 and November 11 Assessing and Exploiting Web Applications with the open source Samurai Web Testing Framework This course will focus on using open source tools to perform web application assessments. The course will take attendees through the process of application assessment using the open source tools included in the Samurai Web Testing Framework Live CD (Samurai-WTF). Day one will take students through the steps and open source tools used to assess applications for vulnerabilities. Day two will focus on the exploitation of web app vulnerabilities, spending half the day on server side attacks and the other half of the day on client side attacks. The latest tools and techniques will be use throughout the course, including several tools developed by the trainers themselves. Instructor: Justin Searle: Justin Searle, a Senior Security Analyst with InGuardians, specializes in penetration testing and security architecture. Previously, Justin served as JetBlue Airway’s IT Security Architect and has provided top-tier support for the largest supercomputers in the world. In his rapidly dwindling spare time, Justin co-leads prominent open source projects including The Middler, Samurai Web Testing Framework, BASE, and the social networking pentest tools: Yokoso! and Laudnum. Java EE Secure Code Review The gut of any application lies in its source code. With the ever-emerging landscape of threats and attack vectors facing today’s applications, the need for secure source code has never been greater. In this course, students will be working with actual web application source code samples and discover how to pinpoint weaknesses, identify common security flaws, and discuss corrective coding controls. Major application security domains will be covered, including common authentication and access control coding errors, session management vulnerabilities, identifying injection flaws, and more. For anyone looking to learn how to identify common security weaknesses in a code base, this course is a must. Instructor: Sahba Kazerooni: Sahba Kazerooni is Practice Lead of Software Security Services. He has a strong background in Java EE architecture and development. At Security Compass, Sahba leads the Software Security Services practice which performs penetration testing, source code review, and Threat Modeling of client applications. He also plays a critical role in the development of curriculum for and delivery of Security Compass training services. He has developed and taught courses on various topics such as Secure Coding in Java EE, Exploiting and Defending Web Applications, and Application Security Awareness. Mr. Kazerooni is also an internationally-renowned speaker on security topics. He has presented at conferences around the world including BlackHat Security Conference in Amsterdam, Security Opus in San Francisco, and IDC WebSec in Mexico City. Sahba delivers Java secure coding training at the SANS Institute, the largest source for information security training and certification, and has also provided numerous presentations through ISC2 to their elite network of certified information security professionals. 1 Day Training November 10 Threat Modeling Express The benefits of threat modeling at the design stage are well-documented, yet few organizations are able to perform this analysis technique due to time constraints. Based on our experience in real world situations, Security Compass has developed a one day approach to threat modeling . In this class, students learn how to create a “quick and dirty” application threat model using an organization’s most valuable resource: its people. Students learn about the basics of web application security, as well as learn about and perform a real hands-on Express Threat Model. A deliverable template and list of steps will be provided as takeaways for students. Instructor: Krishna Rajs: Krishna Raja is an Application Security Consultant with an extensive background in J2EE application development. He has performed comprehensive security assessments for various clients, which involves threat analysis, source code inspection and runtime penetration testing. Mr. Raja has also been instrumental in the development and delivery of Security Compass’ training curriculum. He has developed and taught courses in Exploiting and Defending Web Applications, Application Security Awareness and Advanced Application Attacks to architects, project managers and developers across Canada and the United States. Krishna is an emerging speaker at information security conferences, and last year spoke at Source Boston 2008 and ISSA Secure SD Symposium. Web 2.0 Security - SOA, Web Services, and XML Secure Coding for .Net This highly practical, interactive course will focus on secure coding techniques and methodologies that can be immediately applied in your applications. The class uses real-world examples, walking through real code samples, using live, feature-rich applications, and showing how to hunt down, debug, and mitigate these flaws through better coding practices. Instructor: Whitehat 1 Day Training November 11 WebAppSec.php: Developing Secure Web Applications Web applications are the new frontier of wide‐spread security breaches. This tutorial will guide through development practices to ensure the security and integrity of web applications, in turn protecting user data and the infrastructure the application runs on. Several attack types will be reviewed, along with how the proper development practices can mitigate their damage. Although the tutorial targets the security of PHP‐based applications, much of the content is applicable to other programming languages as well. Instructor: Robert Zakon: Robert Zakon is a technology consultant and developer who has been programming web applications since the Web's infancy, over 15 years ago. In addition to developing web applications for web sites receiving millions of daily hits, he works with organizations in an interim CTO capacity, and advises corporations, non‐profits and government agencies on technology, information, and security architectures and infrastructures. He has presented at numerous conferences and taught a handful of courses and tutorials. Robert is a former Principal Engineer with MITRE's Information Security Center, CTO of an Internet consumer portal and application service provider, and Director of a university research lab. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and holds BS & MS degrees from Case Western Reserve University in Computer Engineering & Science with concentrations in Philosophy & Psychology. His interests are diverse and can be explored at www.Zakon.org where a full vitae is available. Applying the OWASP Testing Guide with the OWASP Live CD The OWASP Live CD provides the necessary tools to test web applications. The OWASP Testing Guide provides a testing framework. You're testing web applications currently, now what? Time to take your testing to the next level. This class will offer information on how to use the OWASP Live CD tools together for greater accuracy and speed, how to feed the results of one tool into another, and how to automate the more tedious aspects of web application testing. The training is focused not on what or how to test, but how to get more out of the testing time you have. Lets face it, testing time frames are always shorter then they should be, so how can you squeeze the most into the engagement time you have. After attending this training, you'll have some tricks in your bag to optimize your testing. Instructor: Matt Tesauro: Leader and Manager Training - Leading the Development of Secure Applications Managing a project to create a secure application takes the right combination of activities, teams, and supporting technology. This engaging course leads you through a set of proven, practical activities that result in demonstrable security. Instructor: Dave Wichers: Aspect's instructors are professional software developers who have dedicated their career to application security. Our instructors spend the majority of their time working with clients to secure critical web applications using a wide variety of web application technology. This practical experience allows our instructors to have interesting discussions about real-world problems that drive home the lessons being taught. Venue Walter E. Washington Convention Center AppSec DC 2009 will be taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington DC. The convention center is located over the Mount Vernon Square/Convention Center Metro stop on the Green and Yellow lines of the DC Metro, and only a few blocks from our convention hotel, the Grand Hyatt Washington (reserve rooms here). Hotel Grand Hyatt Washington DC We've partnered with the Grand Hyatt Washington to bring you luxury accommodations at a reasonable price for your stay during our conference. The Grand Hyatt is only a few blocks from the DC Convention Center and adjacent to a wide variety of restaurants and night life in downtown DC. Our convention rate for reservations can also be applied shortly before or after the conference, if you wish to stay longer and enjoy the Washington DC Metropolitan Area. You can register for a room at our convention rate of $209/night here. The Grand Hyatt Washington is one block from the Metro Center metro station, and three blocks from the Gallery Place/Chinatown metro station. Sponsors Sponsors We are currently soliciting sponsors for the AppSec DC Conference. Please refer to our sponsorship opportunities for details. Slots are going fast so contact us to sponsor today! Sponsorships will be announced soon. Travel Traveling to the DC Metro Area The Washington DC Area is serviced by three airports -- Reagan National (DCA), Dulles (IAD), and Thurgood Marshall Baltimore/Washington International (BWI). All currently have available transportation to downtown DC via public transportation, shuttles, or cab. Washington DC is also serviced by Amtrak, VRE, and MARC train lines, which arrive in Union Station, a few metro stops or a short cab ride away from the convention center and the Grand Hyatt. If you live in the DC Metropolitan area, we suggest taking Metro to the event. The convention center is located over the Mount Vernon Square/Convention Center Metro stop on the Green and Yellow lines of the DC Metro.