WASPY Awards 2015

Web Application Security People of the Year Awards 2015 Each year there are many individuals who do amazing work, dedicating countless hours to share, improve, and strengthen the OWASP mission. Some of these individuals are well known to the community while others are not.

The purpose of these awards is to bring recognition to those who "fly under the radar". These are the individuals who work everyday to improve the cyber-security world, yet seem to go unrecognized.

This year, you may nominate 1 individual per category (there are 4 categories) from each of our 7 regions. - who you feel best fits these descriptions so that, as a community, we can recognize them for their contributions. We are tying in the WASPY Awards to help identify and recognize individuals who demonstrate our core values and annual report theme of Leading - Learning - Sharing - Growing. We value your input and consideration for nominations in the categories below.

Timeline
June 19 - Call for Nominees Opens! Submit your Nominee. June 29 & July 13 - Email reminders will be sent July 26 - Paid Membership Deadline - Not Sure if You Are a Current Member? Click Here July 29 - Call for Nominees Closes Submit your Nominee. July 30 - Announcement of Nominees Per Category August 6- Deadline For Nominee Profile Picture and Bio to be Submitted Aug 11 - Voting Opens Aug 31 - Voting Closes Sept 1 - Winners are Notified Sept 1 - Announcement of Winners Sept 24-25 - Award Ceremony at AppSecUSA 2015 in San Francisco, CA

Rules
1. Board members may not be nominated 2. Employees & Contractors may not be nominated 3. You MUST be a paid or honorary member to vote. Your membership need to be on file by July 26, 2015. 4. All nominees will remain anonymous until July 30, 2015 5. Anyone can nominate an "unsung hero" who has contributed in some way to OWASP who they feel best fits each category description 6. Only one person per category may be nominated. Remember the purpose of these awards is to recognize the "unsung hero's" out there that are barely recognized for their contributions to the OWASP Foundation.

Categories
1. Open/Leading - Everything at OWASP is radically transparent – from our finances to our code. This award goes to a member of the OWASP community who has supported the OWASP mission of transparency through their influence, management, and leadership in the community. This might be a chapter or project leader or may be someone who has worked within the community. 2. Integrity/Learning - OWASP is an honest and truthful, vendor neutral, global community. This award goes to an individual who recognizes the benefits of the power of the collective community within OWASP, who challenges the status quo, and generates an excitement in the learning community. 3. Innovation/Sharing - OWASP encourages and supports innovation and experiments for solutions to software security challenges. This award goes to an individual who has inspired and encouraged others in the arena of software security with innovative and cutting edge solutions to software security challenges. 4. Global/Growing - Around the world, OWASP encourages and supports innovation and experiments for solutions to software security challenges. This award goes to an individual who truly represents the OWASP Global scope and recognizes the importance of growth. The nominee reaches out beyond the OWASP circle to raise awareness of software security in locations outside of the OWASP comfort zone.

Sponsorship Opportunities
The support from our sponsors, is what makes these awards truly successful! To learn more about how you can support these awards please see our WASPY Sponsorship Opportunities

Communication

 * June 23 - OWASP Blog, Leaders & Community email list, Leaders list, Twitter, Facebook, Google+
 * June 26 - Email to the Community, Board and Leaders lists, Twitter, Google+, OWASP Blog Facebook
 * July 24 Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Leaders, Community & Board List. OWASP Blog.
 * July 27 Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Leaders, Community & Board List OWASP Blog.
 * July 29 OWSP Blog, Email to the Leaders, Community & Board List, Facebook, Google+, Twitter