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|align="center"| [[Andrew van der Stock]]||align="center"|Developer Guide||align="center"|"Recognition outside community by AusCERT, development of Dev Guide and support of other projects like Test Guide. "|
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|align="center"|[[Dave Wichers]]||align="center"|OWASP Top 10||align="center"|"Dave's work on getting the OWASP Top 10 2013 published and his very professional handling of all the BS that was thrown to it.
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And although I agree that the Aspect Logo on the doc is a bit OTT, this document is an amazing ambassador for OWASP. Remember that the OWASP Top 10 is still by far the most successful and known OWASP Project"|
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|align="center"|[[Abbas Naderi]]||align="center"|project||align="center"|I have known Abbas since last 4 months. Within this time I had the opportunity to see this person in action. He is one of the most dynamic, helpful and knowledgeable persons I know. I met him during Google Summer of Code. He is one of the mentors in this program. I have seen him help the people and the community even when things were out of reach. His breadth of knowledge in PHP is quite outstanding and his appeal to knowledge and security is quite inspiring for a lot of people including me. I wish him luck and I truly believe that this person deserves the WASPY award."
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"Abbas is doing an excellent work promoting tools and helping  the community with his knowledge and inspiration"|
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|align="center"|[[Simon Bennet]]||align="center"|Zap||align="center"|"For his work on ZAP and the constant effort he makes to improve and market the project." |
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|align="center"|Jack Mannino|| align="center"|Sweden||align="center"|Jack Mannino has brought top-notch speakers from Jim Manico, to Dan Cornell, and the Twitter appsec team as well as secured an amazing spot with LivingSocial for our meetings. Jack is fostering not only interested speaking events but hackathons and code projects. He is definitely going above and beyond. Most importantly, this chapter is consistent and 100% vendor neutral! Under his leadership, things are already on the right path and headed for even greater destinations.
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Lastly, Jack is one of the leaders of the OWASP Mobile project as well the sole developer for the OWASP project GoatDroid.
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If anyone deserves my nomination, it's him!|
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|align="center"|Tin Zaw, Richard Greenberg, Kelly FitzGerald, Stuart Schwartz, Edward Bonver|| align="center"|Los Angeles||align="center"|Tin was the leader of OWASP for the last several years. During his tenure, Tin created a formal board, solidified partnerships with ISSA, SCALE, B-Sides, .Net users groups and CSA, helped other nearby chapters and, took a leading role in the organization of the 2010 Global OWASP AppSec conference in Irvine, presented in several OWASP conferences e chapters and served as a chair in Global Chapter Committees.
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Under Tin's leadership, the chapter grew from an average attendance of ~20-30 security enthusiasts to ~60-100+ in every meetings. OWASP LA conducted meetings religiously every month and the board goes out of their way to screen and invite excellent speakers. In addition, the board does an excellent job communicating the meeting agenda on our OWASP wiki and other social networks besides taking care of the meeting logistics (quality free food, sponsorship and more). The quality of the talks is so consistent that even other security organizations in LA (informally) acknowledge that OWASP has the best technical talks about security in town!|
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|align="center"|Trenton Ivey|| align="center"|Milwaukee||align="center"|Prior to 2012 there was no OWASP chapter in the Milwaukee area.  One man, Trenton Ivey, had a vision. That vision was to establish the Milwaukee OWASP chapter.  Through his bold leadership and keen insight he worked with the national OWASP association.  His tireless work resulted in a fully functional OWASP Milwaukee Chapter. The response from Information Security professionals in the area was overwhelming.  He has provided the local Information Security community a means to learn new technologies and stay current with emerging trends. Most importantly, we have the opportunity to collaborate and share ideas with our peers. 
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His dedication to the field of information security and passion for spreading knowledge has enriched the lives of  chapter members.|
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|align="center"|[[David Hughes]]||align="center"|Austin||align="center"|"David is the current leader of the OWASP Austin Chapter and has done an amazing job over the past year and a half to continue what makes Austin the best chapter in the country.  Under his leadership, the chapter meetings have grown significantly in size, we have monthly sponsored happy hours, we do weekly study groups, and we hosted the single largest fundraiser for OWASP with 750 attendees at AppSec USA 2012.  David has expanded our leadership team to include several new members and he has set us up for success for many years to come.  OWASP Austin is the best chapter on the planet and David is the best active chapter leader hands down.  He truly deserves this award."|
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*Best Community Supporter – contributor to chapter, project or initiative
 
*Best Community Supporter – contributor to chapter, project or initiative

Revision as of 14:47, 19 August 2013

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Web Application Security People of the Year Awards 2013


Who:

Anyone in the Community


What:

WASPY Awards 2013


Where:

Call for nominees http://www.tfaforms.com/284578


When:

May 7 – Call for nominees http://www.tfaforms.com/284578

August 16 – Call for nominees closes

August 19 – Announcement of nominees per category

September 6 – Deadline for bio and profile picture to be submitted

September 30 – Paid member deadline Not sure if you are a current member? Member Directory

October 14 – October 25 – Voting process (will be included on the election ballot)

October 29 – Announcement of winners in Special Edition connector & recognition at AppSecUSA 2013


Why:

Every year a group of individuals including researchers, developers, security professionals and others work to ensure the security of web applications. Some of these individuals are featured in news stories or at conferences as recognized experts. But there are many other ‘unsung heroes’ that work every day to improve web application security and yet are rarely recognized.


Categories:

  • Best Chapter Leader
Name Chapter Citation
Paul Scott Houston "Paul has taken the Houston chapter from non-existent to one of the best I've seen. Every month something is going on, whether it's a "mini-con", a hands-on workshop, or a happy hour. He is very organized and enthusiastic. This leads to having sponsors, which helps encourage attendance. I'm a former OWASP chapter leader in Kansas City and have attended OWASP chapter meetings in Houston, Denver, New York, and London."|
Jonathan Marcil Montreal "Jonathan has been really active since he has been elected as the new chapter leader in Montreal. He has been able to reach a lot of developpers that had no idea what was OWASP by simply going in event and talking to them one-o-one.

He's really dedicated to OWASP and his chapter, he spend at least 20 to 25 hours a week organizing, he also attended BlackHat and sat at the official OWASP booth to distribute and inform people about the wonderful organization that OWASP is.

I've never seen a chapter leader active like him, he definately deserve an award."|

Abbas Naderi Iran Abbas Naderi, Chapter Leader in Iran is one of the most helpful person I know. I choose him above all others because of his dedication towards pulling forward the entire security community. He demonstrated this act when he agreed to help me in Google Summer of Code Project even when he knew that he was not going to gain money or knowledge out of this. He helped my project just because he wanted everyone in security community to move forward. While working with him, I realized the vast amount of knowledge he possesses. His ideas and his dedication inspires me and I am proud to say that I have set my goal to be like him one day.|
John Wilander Sweden John has shown that he is one of the best chapter leaders of OWASP. He recently stepped down, but I believe he should be given the award regardless. |
Jack Mannino Sweden Jack Mannino has brought top-notch speakers from Jim Manico, to Dan Cornell, and the Twitter appsec team as well as secured an amazing spot with LivingSocial for our meetings. Jack is fostering not only interested speaking events but hackathons and code projects. He is definitely going above and beyond. Most importantly, this chapter is consistent and 100% vendor neutral! Under his leadership, things are already on the right path and headed for even greater destinations.

Lastly, Jack is one of the leaders of the OWASP Mobile project as well the sole developer for the OWASP project GoatDroid.

If anyone deserves my nomination, it's him!|

Tin Zaw, Richard Greenberg, Kelly FitzGerald, Stuart Schwartz, Edward Bonver Los Angeles Tin was the leader of OWASP for the last several years. During his tenure, Tin created a formal board, solidified partnerships with ISSA, SCALE, B-Sides, .Net users groups and CSA, helped other nearby chapters and, took a leading role in the organization of the 2010 Global OWASP AppSec conference in Irvine, presented in several OWASP conferences e chapters and served as a chair in Global Chapter Committees.

Under Tin's leadership, the chapter grew from an average attendance of ~20-30 security enthusiasts to ~60-100+ in every meetings. OWASP LA conducted meetings religiously every month and the board goes out of their way to screen and invite excellent speakers. In addition, the board does an excellent job communicating the meeting agenda on our OWASP wiki and other social networks besides taking care of the meeting logistics (quality free food, sponsorship and more). The quality of the talks is so consistent that even other security organizations in LA (informally) acknowledge that OWASP has the best technical talks about security in town!|

Trenton Ivey Milwaukee Prior to 2012 there was no OWASP chapter in the Milwaukee area. One man, Trenton Ivey, had a vision. That vision was to establish the Milwaukee OWASP chapter. Through his bold leadership and keen insight he worked with the national OWASP association. His tireless work resulted in a fully functional OWASP Milwaukee Chapter. The response from Information Security professionals in the area was overwhelming. He has provided the local Information Security community a means to learn new technologies and stay current with emerging trends. Most importantly, we have the opportunity to collaborate and share ideas with our peers.

His dedication to the field of information security and passion for spreading knowledge has enriched the lives of chapter members.|

David Hughes Austin "David is the current leader of the OWASP Austin Chapter and has done an amazing job over the past year and a half to continue what makes Austin the best chapter in the country. Under his leadership, the chapter meetings have grown significantly in size, we have monthly sponsored happy hours, we do weekly study groups, and we hosted the single largest fundraiser for OWASP with 750 attendees at AppSec USA 2012. David has expanded our leadership team to include several new members and he has set us up for success for many years to come. OWASP Austin is the best chapter on the planet and David is the best active chapter leader hands down. He truly deserves this award."|
  • Best Project Leader
Name Project Citation
Andrew van der Stock Developer Guide "Recognition outside community by AusCERT, development of Dev Guide and support of other projects like Test Guide. "|
Dave Wichers OWASP Top 10 "Dave's work on getting the OWASP Top 10 2013 published and his very professional handling of all the BS that was thrown to it.

And although I agree that the Aspect Logo on the doc is a bit OTT, this document is an amazing ambassador for OWASP. Remember that the OWASP Top 10 is still by far the most successful and known OWASP Project"|

Abbas Naderi project I have known Abbas since last 4 months. Within this time I had the opportunity to see this person in action. He is one of the most dynamic, helpful and knowledgeable persons I know. I met him during Google Summer of Code. He is one of the mentors in this program. I have seen him help the people and the community even when things were out of reach. His breadth of knowledge in PHP is quite outstanding and his appeal to knowledge and security is quite inspiring for a lot of people including me. I wish him luck and I truly believe that this person deserves the WASPY award."

"Abbas is doing an excellent work promoting tools and helping the community with his knowledge and inspiration"|

Simon Bennet Zap "For his work on ZAP and the constant effort he makes to improve and market the project." |
Jack Mannino Sweden Jack Mannino has brought top-notch speakers from Jim Manico, to Dan Cornell, and the Twitter appsec team as well as secured an amazing spot with LivingSocial for our meetings. Jack is fostering not only interested speaking events but hackathons and code projects. He is definitely going above and beyond. Most importantly, this chapter is consistent and 100% vendor neutral! Under his leadership, things are already on the right path and headed for even greater destinations.

Lastly, Jack is one of the leaders of the OWASP Mobile project as well the sole developer for the OWASP project GoatDroid.

If anyone deserves my nomination, it's him!|

Tin Zaw, Richard Greenberg, Kelly FitzGerald, Stuart Schwartz, Edward Bonver Los Angeles Tin was the leader of OWASP for the last several years. During his tenure, Tin created a formal board, solidified partnerships with ISSA, SCALE, B-Sides, .Net users groups and CSA, helped other nearby chapters and, took a leading role in the organization of the 2010 Global OWASP AppSec conference in Irvine, presented in several OWASP conferences e chapters and served as a chair in Global Chapter Committees.

Under Tin's leadership, the chapter grew from an average attendance of ~20-30 security enthusiasts to ~60-100+ in every meetings. OWASP LA conducted meetings religiously every month and the board goes out of their way to screen and invite excellent speakers. In addition, the board does an excellent job communicating the meeting agenda on our OWASP wiki and other social networks besides taking care of the meeting logistics (quality free food, sponsorship and more). The quality of the talks is so consistent that even other security organizations in LA (informally) acknowledge that OWASP has the best technical talks about security in town!|

Trenton Ivey Milwaukee Prior to 2012 there was no OWASP chapter in the Milwaukee area. One man, Trenton Ivey, had a vision. That vision was to establish the Milwaukee OWASP chapter. Through his bold leadership and keen insight he worked with the national OWASP association. His tireless work resulted in a fully functional OWASP Milwaukee Chapter. The response from Information Security professionals in the area was overwhelming. He has provided the local Information Security community a means to learn new technologies and stay current with emerging trends. Most importantly, we have the opportunity to collaborate and share ideas with our peers.

His dedication to the field of information security and passion for spreading knowledge has enriched the lives of chapter members.|

David Hughes Austin "David is the current leader of the OWASP Austin Chapter and has done an amazing job over the past year and a half to continue what makes Austin the best chapter in the country. Under his leadership, the chapter meetings have grown significantly in size, we have monthly sponsored happy hours, we do weekly study groups, and we hosted the single largest fundraiser for OWASP with 750 attendees at AppSec USA 2012. David has expanded our leadership team to include several new members and he has set us up for success for many years to come. OWASP Austin is the best chapter on the planet and David is the best active chapter leader hands down. He truly deserves this award."|
  • Best Community Supporter – contributor to chapter, project or initiative
  • Best Mission Outreach – grow the OWASP community
  • Best Innovator – willingness to try new ideas


Rules:

1. Board members can NOT be nominated

2. Paid staff can NOT be nominated

3. Must be a paid member to vote Not sure if you are a current member? Member Directory

4. All nominees will remain anonymous until August 19, 2013

5. Anyone can nominate any individual

6. One person per category may be nominated


Sponsorship Opportunities: Please see our Sponsorship Document

These awards are funded solely by sponsors. If you or your company are interested in sponsoring this years WASPY Awards, please let us know by contacting us


Information about last years WASPY Awards including our winner Helen Gao and our sponsors Qualys and Trustwave can be found here: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/WASPY_Awards


2013 Sponsors


Platinum


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