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OWASP Minneapolis-St. Paul (OWASP MSP)

Welcome to the Minneapolis-St. Paul (OWASP MSP) chapter homepage. The chapter president is Kuai Hinojosa, the vice president is Lorna Alamri, and the transitional president is Adam Baso.

The OWASP Minneapolis-St. Paul (OWASP MSP) chapter held an afternoon of information security presentations on August 24, 2009 at the St. Paul Student Center Auditorium/Theater on the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. Visit the conference page for a recap or watch the video at Vimeo.

Up Next: REGISTER NOW for the Monday, November 16, 2009 local chapter meeting - Matt Tesauro, Project Lead for the OWASP Live CD (room opens at 5:30 PM Central Time, speaker at 6:30 PM Central Time) - see below for details.

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.

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Platinum Sponsors

            

The OWASP MSP chapter is very thankful for

• generous financial support from Organization Supporter and Local Chapter Supporter Best Buy.
• reliable monthly meeting locations from Local Chapter Supporter Center for Strategic Information Technology and Security (MnSCU).
• sustained booth sponsorship, monthly meeting sponsorship, and more from Local Chapter Supporter Integral.

Meetings and More

Monday, November 16, 2009 - Matt Tesauro
Project Lead for the OWASP Live CD

REGISTER

Date: November 16th, 2009

Location / Venue Sponsor: UAW-Ford-MnSCU Training Center, 966 S Mississippi River Blvd, Saint Paul MN 55116

Map and Directions: Google Maps

Agenda:

5:30 PM Room opens for networking

6:00 PM Welcome: OWASP chapter updates

6:30 PM Matt Tesauro

8:00 PM - Upcoming events reminder and meeting wrap-up

Thank You: Center for Strategic IT & Security for sponsoring our meeting location. Please contact Lorna at [email protected] or 651-338-0243 if you would like to sponsor a meeting or meeting location for an upcoming OWASP meeting.

Speaker Topic:

The OWASP Live CD is a project that collects some of the best open source security projects in a single environment. Web developers, testers and security professionals can boot from this Live CD and have access to a full security testing suite. The Live CD also contains documentation and an interactive learning environment to enhance users web application security knowledge. This presentation will cover the current state of the OWASP Live CD since the Live CD has recently undergone significant updates and additions. Also, the various methods of using the OWASP Live CD will be covered including virtualized versions. Time permitting, a live demonstration of the OWASP Live CD will be conducted. The OWASP Live CD is a project of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and is free for commercial or noncommercial use. More information is available at http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Live_CD_Project.

Speaker Bio:

Matt Tesauro has worked in web application development and security since 2000. He has worn many different hats, from developer to DBA to System Administrator to Penetration Tester. Matt also taught graduate and undergraduate classes on web application development and XML at Texas A&M University. Currently, he's focused on web application security and developing a Secure SDLC for the Texas Education Agency. Outside work, he is the project lead for the OWASP Live CD, a member of the OWASP Global Tools and Projects Committee, part of the local OWASP chapter's leadership and the membership directory of ISSA of Austin, Texas. Matt Tesauro has a B.S. in Economics and a M.S in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University. He is also has the CISSP, CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer), and Linux+ certifications.

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Video/Audio/Slides/Handouts

Videos of several past meetings are available at OWASPMSP_Videos and OWASP MSP Vimeo Channel

Most Recent Content

Chris Nickerson - Red Team Testing - 5 October, 2009 (78 Minutes) Vimeo Video Direct Link

Ryan Barnett - The Web Hacking Incidents Database (WHID), Bi-Annual Report 2009 (January - June) - OWASP (MSP) - 21 September 2009 (81 minutes) Vimeo Video | PDF

OWASP Minneapolis-St. Paul 2009 Half-day Conference - 24 August 2009 - Watch the video at Vimeo

Robert Sullivan - Open This First: A job-oriented guide to software security resources - OWASP (MSP) - 27 July 2009 (68 minutes) MP3 | PDF | MP4...please right click and save | More Material

Cassio Goldschmidt - Tracking the Progress of an SDL Program: Lessons from the Gym - OWASP (MSP) - 29 June 2009 (55 minutes) Slidecast | MP3 | PPTX | MP4...please right click and save

Gunnar Peterson - OWASP Top Ten Web Services - OWASP (MSP) - 27 April 2009 (1 hour, 27 minutes) MP4...please right click and save | Slides Forthcoming

Dan Cornell - Vulnerability Management in an Application Security World - OWASP (MSP) - 16 March 2009 (1 hour, 52 minutes) Google Video | PDF

OWASP Minneapolis-St. Paul 2009 Half Day Conference - August 24, 2009

Thanks again for another year to all who joined us for an afternoon of information security presentations on August 24, 2009 at the St. Paul Student Center Auditorium/Theater on the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. Visit the conference page for a recap or watch the video at Vimeo.

OWASP & FLOSS Application Security Mini-Conference 2008 - October 21, 2008

Thanks to all who joined us on October 21, 2008 for a mini conference in October 2008 at University of Minnesota's Saint Paul campus. Our first conference was a great success, with around 150 people attending! We were fortunate to have even higher attendance in 2009.

Chapter Leaders/Contacts

President: Kuai Hinojosa

Vice President: Lorna Alamri

Transitional President: Adam Baso

Board Member and Former OWASP MSP President: Robert Sullivan

Board Member: David Bryan

Board Member: Joe T