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Kansas City
OWASP Kansas City
Welcome to the Kansas City chapter homepage. If you have any questions about the Kansas City Chapter after reading this page, please send an email to our chapter leader Mat Caughron
Participation
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Upcoming Meetings
Date: Sept. 22, 2011
Location:
AOS Alexander Open Systems.
12851 Foster Street 2nd floor Overland Park KS
Meeting Topic:
Rob Kraft will be presenting.
Our speaker is Rob Kraft. Rob is an independent project manager,
architect and developer from Lee's Summit, MO. He was a certified
trainer on SQL Server and Visual Basic and co-authored a few books
about SQL Server and network security. He has been developing
software 25 years. He created http://www.SimpleSQL.net/ and
http://www.KansasCityUserGroups.com/ and he blogs occasionally at
http://csharpdeveloper.wordpress.com/. His company web site is
http://www.KraftSoftware.com.
Presentation Title: SQL Injection and XSS: How to and How to prevent
SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) are frequently listed as
the two top web site vulnerabilities being exploited by hackers. In
this session you will learn exactly what these exploits are, see how
hackers use tools to automate this hacking, and most importantly,
learn the steps you can take to minimize the risk of falling victim to
these exploits.
As usual, bring your questions for the speaker and about software
security topics, as it is customary to have a lively Q&A following the
talk.
Please note:
- Attendance at an OWASP chapter meeting is free and open to anyone interested in web application security
- No registration is required, although RSVPs to the chapter leader are appreciated
- Professionals with CISSPs, or other certifications, can earn CPE credits by attending
We meet at least once a quarter to discuss application security. If you have an interesting topic you'd like to present or discuss at future meetings, please send an email to caughron[at]gmail com. Or, get a discussion going by posting a message to our mailing list.
Past Meetings
Thanks to the speakers for sharing with us at our past chapter meetings. Any presentation handouts or associated documents are shared through the following meeting summaries:
- September 2011 Meeting
- August 2011 Meeting
- June 2011 Event
- February 2011 Meeting
- October 2010 Meeting
- August 2010 Meeting
- June 2010 Meeting
- April 2010 Meeting
- February 2010 Meeting
- December 2009 Meeting
- July 2009 Meeting
- November 2008 Meeting
- August 2008 Meeting
- April 2008 Meeting
- November 2007 Meeting
- September 2007 Meeting
- June 2007 meeting
- March 2007 meeting
- December 2006 meeting