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OWASP Belfast

Welcome to the Belfast chapter homepage.

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

to this chapter or become a local chapter supporter. Or consider the value of Individual, Corporate, or Academic Supporter membership. Ready to become a member?

OWASP Belfast Board

The OWASP Belfast Chapter Leaders are:

• Michelle Simpson
• Philip O'Kane
• Gary Robinson

About OWASP Belfast

What is OWASP Belfast?

OWASP Belfast is just one of over 100 OWASP Chapters around the world, including 4 in Ireland and 12 in the UK, where people meet to learn about and discuss software security topics. The OWASP organization also has lots of active projects that volunteers can participate in to create code and documents for the worldwide security community. The OWASP Top 10 project is the most famous of those projects.

Who is OWASP Belfast for?

It's for programmers, testers, students, project managers, development managers and security experts to collaborate and drive discussion on application security topics. Participation in the mailing lists and attendance at the OWASP Belfast sessions are free, in fact many of the events will provide food and drinks to attendees.

Why be part of OWASP Belfast?

• The community organizes sessions where experts from across the industry (and globe) give presentations and seminars about application security topics.
• Attendance and participation in the community increases knowledge and skills, allowing people to stand out from the crowd.
• Opportunity to network with other Software Professionals and keep in touch with job opportunities in the region.

Local News

OWASP Belfast Chapter Session - March 2015

The next OWASP Belfast Chapter session will be taking place on Wednesday 18th March at the Citi building, 60 Sydenham Rd (beside the Odyssey). The event is free to attend and will have 2 great talks on the current state of the security industry, and as usual Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. There will also be the opportunity to avail of some free OWASP merchandise. This event will be held in association with ISACA Ireland.

Itinerary of events:

• 6:30pm - Mark Schloesser from Rapid7 will discuss "Modern security scalability challenges"
• 7:05pm - A representative of the PSNI Cyber Security Division will discuss upcoming Cyber Security initiatives specific to Northern Ireland
• 7:40pm - Discussion and debate over Pizza and soft drinks

You can RSVP for the event at the OWASP Belfast Meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Belfast/

Sign-up for the OWASP Belfast mailing list for more information about this session, and other security related topics, at http://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-Belfast

OWASP Belfast would like to thank InvestNI for their sponsoring of this event and the OWASP Belfast Chapter, and Citi for the use of their venue for this event.