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OWASP Strategic Goals

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2017 OWASP Foundation Strategic Goal




1. Host 4 Mass Training Events

Goal

Raise awareness of OWASP and spread application security knowledge through 1-day OWASP Application Security trainings that are free for members or non-members to attend.

OWASP Foundation Objective

  1. Delivery of 4 free AppSec trainings in multiple locations around the world
  2. AppSec trainings will be delivered by professional security trainers that have been selected from a public call for proposals process that is led by the OWASP foundation with a supporting team of OWASP volunteers for CFP evaluation
  3. Attendance for the OWASP AppSec Trainings will be free with OWASP members being given the first opportunity to RSVP. After the OWASP member registration window, then non-members will be able to register, space permitting, until capacity is reached
  4. To maximize attendance and minimize RSVP no-shows, a nominal registration fee will be required (~$25 USD) that will be refunded to all RSVP individuals that show up at the event
  5. The goal for each location is for 500 attendees at the 6-8 hour security training
  6. The training deck and all materials will be branded as OWASP and will be made available on the OWASP website with open source licensing. These terms will be added to the CFP as requirements.

Technical Depth

The AppSec training course will cover application security core topics and will be targeted towards developers and entry level application security professionals. The purpose is to have the most impact and attract the most number of attendees. While more advanced talks are desired by many in the community, that is not the focus of this objective.

Budget Expectation

The budget ask for this proposal is $80,000 USD. There is no anticipated revenue from these events.

Resource Expectation

  • This program will be driven and owned by the OWASP foundation staff including selection of training cities, arrangement of training location and coordinating the RSVP process
  • OWASP volunteers will be used for the CFP trainer review
  • A worldwide OWASP volunteer team will be assembled to assist in any tasks as requested by the OWASP foundation staff

Benefits

  • Increase in OWASP membership - the priority registration and the value of OWASP will be demonstrated through this program leading towards more OWASP members
  • Increase in OWASP Awareness - this program will be paired with a PR campaign to raise awareness of the organization and our mission
  • Serving the OWASP mission - training 2000 engineers across the world is a great step towards our mission of raising security awareness

Section 2 - Additional Operating Details

The following details are provided as part of the operational plan to execute on the objective. This section is not part of the board vote.

These details should be considered subject to change and is provided to give additional background on the intent of this program.

Event Locations

  1. The 2017 Goal is to hold 4 events worldwide
  2. The priority will be to hold events in large cities that have established OWASP chapters and a large technical presence. The purpose is to start strong and eventually expand this program to more locations.
    1. Boston
    2. Delhi
    3. Israel
    4. Tokyo
  3. A proposed 2018 goal is to expand to additional cities and repeat the successful model within existing 2017 cities.

Size

For each event we should plan and drive towards 500 attendees. The goal is to make a big impact and leverage this to drive OWASP membership growth and PR for OWASP awareness worldwide.

Cost

$80,000 requested for 4 events within 2017

Total cost per event $20,000
Space Rental $5,000
AV $5,000
Trainer Cost $10,000
Food Attendees own expense
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