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Leeds UK
OWASP Leeds UK
Welcome to the Leeds UK chapter homepage. This is a new chapter and we are looking for enthusiatic new members to make this one of the best OWASP chapters. We are hoping to accumalate a good proportion of subject matter experts who will in turn be able to provide guidance and presentations for the benefit of all chapter members. So please join the mailing list and contribute.
Details of your chapter Board members can be found here Leeds_UK_chapter_leaders
The chapter email address is [email protected]
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2011 Planned Meetings
March
June
September
December
Next Meeting
Date: Wednesday 8th December in Manchester
Location: To be announced
Schedule: 18:00 for 18:15 start
18:20 - 18:30
OWASP Chapter introduction. OWASP values and membership. Chapter information.
Jason Alexander - OWASP Leeds/Northern Chapter Board Member
18:30 - 19:15
upSploit - Vulnerability Advisory Solution
Thomas Mackenzie
Over the past year a lot of vulnerabilities have been released out into the wild and a lot of discussion has been had on what ethical disclosure is. upSploit is an online web application / tool that can be used by researchers to release vulnerabilities as ethically as possible.
The talk consists of a number of parts including: Information on vulnerability disclosure before upSploit was around, the creation / idea of upSploit and how it has helped and is helping the community at the moment.
Speaker Bio
Tom studies a BSc (Hons) in Ethical Hacking for Computer Security at Northumbria University in Newcastle and worked part time for Wetherby based company RandomStorm conducting Web Penetration testing, External Penetration testing and building wireless analysis solutions. Tom found a vulnerability in WordPress back in February 2010 which helped him kickstart his career in infosec whilst still studying. Previously the Co-host of popular UK student podcast Disaster Protocol Tom now spend all the time away from that on the upSploit project making sure his team get stuff done!
19:15 - 20:00
Avoiding the CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors
Jason Steer - Solution Architect at Veracode
The CWE/SANS list of the Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors is becoming the standard for developing secure applications in large enterprises. Even the State of New York and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plan to implement procurement contracts that include language mandating application security. Whether you manage internal development activities, work with third party developers or are developing commercial-of-the-shelf (COTS) applications for enterprises, your mandate is clear- safeguard your code and avoid the CWE/SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors.
During this presentation, Jason will discuss:
Prevalence of attacks using vulnerabilities listed in the CWE/SANS Top 25
CWE categories illustrated with code snippets in .NET, Java, and other languages
Impact of attacks on your application and your customers
Methods to identify, track and remediate these vulnerabilities
Session attendees will leave armed with the necessary steps to ensure that they’re building secure applications.
20:00 - 20:45
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