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THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: The Dallas Chapter of OWASP would like to thank Richland College for hosting our monthly meetings.

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The Dallas OWASP chapter is proud to announce several new ways to keep in touch with the leadership and other members of the chapter and greater organization.

In addition to our Mailing List we also have a Dallas OWASP Twitter Feed a Dallas OWASP Facebook Page and a Dallas OWASP Linkedin Group. We invite you to join or follow whichever groups suit you, get involved with your fellow Dallas OWASP Chapter members, and we'll keep them all up to date with the latest official news and announcements from the chapter leadership.

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May Meeting
When: Wednesday May 8, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Implementation Patterns for Software Security Programs

Most organizations have finally realized that the software applications they are developing and deploying exposes them to significant risks. Organizations that are serious about this issue have started rolling out software security programs to address these risks in a structured manner. The challenge for these organizations is to determine what measures to put in place and how to implement those measures to best reduce their exposure. Efforts such as BISMM, OpenSAMM and Microsoft¹s SDL have shown that there are a number of components of software security programs that are reasonably standard, but there are different ways of implementing tools and deploying processes so what was successful for one organization does not guarantee success in others. Matching implementation strategies to the specific capabilities, limitations, strengths and weaknesses of the organizations is critical to a successful program roll-out.

This presentation relates several example case studies for organizations rolling out different portions of their software security programs. Although every organization is different, looking across multiple program implementations allows patterns to emerge and these patterns can provide guidance to other organizations looking to organize plans for their software security programs.

Several aspects of program rollout and the associated program are covered. Firstly, the presentation provides a discussion of selecting the organizational "owner" of the software security program. Although many parts of the organization must be involved, one group must be ultimately responsible for the security state of software developed and deployed. Then the presentation looks into three specific software security activities: static code analysis, dynamic application testing and developer security education. Several implementation patterns for each of these activity rollouts are outlined along with factors organizations can use to decide if a particular approach is well suited to their needs. These patterns help to provide templates that minimize the requirement of an organization to experiment and break new, risky ground by allowing them to benefit from lessons learned from previous efforts.

The presentation is vendor-neutral and based on experiences working with several organizations creating software security programs.

Who:: Dan Cornell, Principal, Denim Group

Dan Cornell has over twelve years of experience architecting and developing web-based software systems. He leads Denim Group's security research team in investigating the application of secure coding and development techniques to improve web-based software development methodologies.

Dan was the founding coordinator and chairman for the Java Users Group of San Antonio (JUGSA) and currently serves as the OWASP San Antonio chapter leader, member of the OWASP Global Membership Committee and co-lead of the OWASP Open Review Project. Dan has spoken at such international conferences as ROOTs in Norway and OWASP EU Summit in Portugal.

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117 (Please Note Room)

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February Meeting
When: Wednesday February 6, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Using Webappsec Vulns to Break Censorship

Who:: Robert Hansen, a.k.a. rsnake

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117 (Please Note Room Change)

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January Meeting
No Dallas OWASP meeting in Jan.

December Meeting
No Dallas OWASP meeting in Dec.

November Meeting
When: Wednesday November 7, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Flame, Stuxnet, One to be Named and the Elderwood Project - Today’s Threat Landscape

Who: John R. Hill, CISSP, Principal Security Strategist Security Business Practice Symantec

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 3, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Exploitation Techniques and Mitigation

Who: James McFadyen, Information Security Engineer and Director of Customer Support at HAWK Network Defense, Inc

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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September Meeting
When: Wednesday September 12, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  The Importance of Application Security.

Who: Peter Perfetti; Director, Security Services & Operations IMPACT Security, LLC

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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August Meeting
When: Wednesday August 1, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Malicious Math: Recent Real-World Cryptographical and Computational Threats on the Web.

Who: Derek Soeder, founder, Ridgeway Internet Security

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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Slides: [[Media:Malicious Math - Final.pptx‎]]

July Meeting
When: Wednesday July 11, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Reinventing Dynamic Testing: Real-Time Hybrid

Who: Adam Hils; Senior Product Manager HP Enterprise Security Products

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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June Meeting
When: Wednesday June 6, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Is There An End to Testing Ourselves Secure?

Who: Rohit Sethi; Vice President, Product Development, SD Elements

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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May Meeting
When: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Topic:  OWASP and PCI DSS Requirement 6.5

OWASP and PCI DSS Requirement 6.5. Keeping current with the OWASP top 10 and how it impacts companies PCI compliance and training. Tony will discuss how McAfee complies to the requirement and how McAfee must make changes to match the current top 10 as well has making sure that developers keep up to date on training. Who: Tony Gunn; Director of Security Operations for McAfee Where: North Lake College (Central Campus) 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: A Room: 206

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March Meeting
When: March 7, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm

Topic:  AAA for Hybrid Cloud Environment

During this session, presented by Symplified, we will explore four areas of interest.

Web, SaaS, Mobile Application Adoption Protecting sensitive data WAM for the Public Cloud Identity Sprawl

Who: Cullen Landrum, CISSP is a Senior Systems Engineer at Symplified.

Where: North Lake College (Central Campus), 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: A Room: 206

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February Meeting
When: February 1, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm

Topic:  Web Application Vulnerability Testing with Nessus

Who: Rik A. Jones is a Senior Information Security Analyst for the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)

Where: SMU Caruth Hall Palmer Conference Center / 406 Caruth Hall 3145 Dyer Street Dallas, Texas 75205

Map (Caruth Hall is building 44 on the campus map link.)

January Meeting
When: January 11, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm

Topic:  OWASP TOP 10

Power point demonstration of OWASP Top Ten Web Application Security Vulnerabilities with actual hacking examples. This presentation will cover such vulnerabilities as SQL injection, XSS and CSRF. Discussion, hands on exercise and question and answer session.

Who: Matt Parsons, VP Parsons Software Security Consulting

Where: North Lake College (Central Campus) 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: G Room: 405

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November 7, 2012
Title:  Internet Security Threat Report

Speaker: John R. Hill, CISSP, Principal Security Strategist Security Business Practice Symantec

Slides: [[Media:Symantec_ISTR_17.pdf‎]]

February 1, 2012
Title: Web Application Vulnerability Testing with Nessus

Speaker: Rik A. Jones, Senior Information Security Analyst for the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)

Slides: [[Media:Web Application Vul Testing with Nessus 2012.02.01.pdf‎]] [[Media:OWASP Broken Web Applications 2012.02.01.pdf‎]]

January 11, 2012
Title: OWASP TOP 10

Speaker: Matt Parsons, VP Parsons Software Security Consulting

Slides: [[Media:OWASPtopTen.pdf‎]]