Ottawa

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Chapter Chair

 * Sherif Koussa: Served the Chapter for five years, trying to bring in best speakers, negotiating sponsorships all the way to ordering pizza and making everybody is comfortable during events. I would like to continue to serve as the Chapter Chair for another term. My focus would be on defining regular meeting schedule and raising the quality and diversity of talks. I believe quality and diversity of talks is the main driver behind attendance and the Chapter's awareness between developers.


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Candidate: [mailto:sergei.frankoff@owasp.com Sergei Frankoff]
Hello OWASP Ottawa,

I would like to put myself forward as a candidate for the OWASP Ottawa chapter board. I've been enjoying the fruits of OWASP for a few years now and I feel it's time to give something back.

Some of you might be wondering why you don't know me from past meetings.. this is because I didn't know there was an Ottawa chapter until recently.. something I would strive to fix if elected. I know Ottawa is full of security nerds, sysadmins, and software developers who would like to be a part of this community, we just need to get the word out.

If elected, the first idea I bring to the table is to establish an official OWASP Ottawa twitter account, I know Sharif (@skoussa) does mention OWASP events on his stream but I would like to have a centralized location where #infosecOttawa can learn of upcoming events, exchange ideas, and discuss issues that effect us.

The second idea is that we live stream our meetings, allow people to call into them (Skype, jabber, whatever). Many people in the information security community are _busy_, we travel, and when we are at home we would like to spend the time with our families. If OWASP took our meetings online, those who can not be there physically could still participate.

Help me make OWASP Ottawa a community.

Candidate: Other

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Next Meeting September 27th
Location: Shopify - 61a York St (Above Tucker's Marketplace)

Microsoft Silverlight Security - A Hacker's Perspective

Abstract

It’s not news for anyone how the internet has revolutionized all aspects of our lives. In the past few years there has been unprecedented growth in web applications and their user base. One of the core technologies driving this widespread phenomenon is Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) because it offers the same level of responsiveness & interactivity on web that is available to desktop applications. Microsoft offered its vision of RIA through Silverlight - a framework that allows web applications running in a browser to behave more like desktop applications.

One of the major enhancements in Silverlight was the incorporation of mini-CLR engine, that on one hand, adds amazing capabilities for web developers but, on the other hand, also broadens the surface area of attack by opening previously nonexistent entry points into web applications. In this presentation Angelo & Kamran will demonstrate how modern hackers can use reverse engineering techniques to take advantage of weak security implementation. They will also show some effective ways of defending against these types of attacks.

Speakers:

Angelo Chan is an experienced versatile software developer who has developed applications, middleware and low-level software for various platforms. With an initial background in Telecom, Angelo has since worked with different technologies and has discovered a passion for .NET. His interests include virtual machines, operating systems, network/application reverse engineering and security. Angelo can be reached at Angelo@WindowsDebugging.com

Kamran Bilgrami is a seasoned software developer with proven track record of transforming complex business problems into viable technical solution. He has been instrumental in orchestrating highly available, performance centric, fault-tolerant real-time systems in a wide variety of industries including Telecom, Security and Human/Health Services. His areas of expertise include .NET, CLR Internals, Patterns and Security. Kamran can be reached at Kamran@WindowsDebugging.com

May, Thursday 12th 2011
Location: Bell - 160 Elgin St, Ottawa Session 1 - Chris Pierre: Beyond Facebook: How Hackers Might Obtain Information Individual for Social Engineering attacks As the old saying goes “Know your enemy as you know yourself.” This discussion will examine several sources of publicly available information which an attacker might use to gain background information on a target for the purposes of a social engineering attack. The talk is expected to be interactive, lively and will provoke a discussion on how these systems and processes can be hardened against this type of attack.

About The Speaker Chris Pierre BA, CFE, CISSP is an Ottawa-based forensic investigation professional. Having worked with several forensic firms prior to starting Evince Services, Inc., he has experience in many types of engagements in both the private & public sectors & specializes in investigations involving the internet. Forensic engagements have included information leaks, general corporate fraud investigations, investor fraud, intellectual property cases, administrative/internal investigations, background investigations, grants & contributions fraud, corruption investigations & the provision of training on the use of the Internet as an investigative tool. Preventative engagements have included training, background due diligence & compliance consulting. Chris is an instructor at Algonquin College, the Canadian Police College, Past-President of the Ottawa Chapter of the High Tech Crime Investigators Association (HTCIA) & a member of the Ottawa Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Session 2: - David Mirza Ahmed: Introducing Vega, a New Open Source Web Vulnerability Scanner

David will be presenting Vega, a new free and open source vulnerability scanner for web applications developed by Subgraph, his Montreal-based security startup. Vega allows anyone to scan their web applications for vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting or SQL injection. Written in Java, Vega is cross-platform. It's also extensible, with a built-in Javascript interpreter and API for custom module development. Vega also includes an intercepting proxy for manual inspection of possible vulnerabilities and penetration testing.

About The Speaker David has over 10 years in the information security business. He started his professional experience as a founding member of Security Focus, which was acquired by Symantec in 2002. David also moderated the Bugtraq mailing list, a historically important forum for discussion of security vulnerabilities, for over four years. He has spoken at Black Hat, Can Sec West, AusCERT and numerous other security conferences, as well as made contributions to books, magazines and other publications. David also participated in a NIAC working group on behalf of Symantec to develop the first version of the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) model and was an editor for IEEE Security & Privacy. His current obsession is building Subgraph, his information security startup in Montréal.

March, Thursday 10th 2011
Speaker: Shan Gu - Accenture - Large enterprises are increasing their adoption of SOA at a rapid rate as interoperability standards and vendor product implementations mature and stabilize. However, moving enterprises into a loosely coupled IT paradigm introduces challenges around security and compliance. How do we address accountability, confidentiality, integrity, and trust in a large loosely couple ecosystem where consumers and providers don’t always maintain a permanent or stateful relationship? There are standards of course that help integrators and Architects design systems to communicate with each other in a secure manner, however these standards, when interpreted in their purest sense are complex and expensive to implement/maintain in large organizations. And systems that are operationally complex in terms of security are ironically the least secure.

About The Speaker Shan Gu - Manager in the Security Technologies Practice at Accenture Shan is a Security Architect from Accenture who specializes in Identity and Access Management and SOA Security. He has worked with clients in both the Public and Private sectors and in various industries spanning from Health, to Transport, to Financial Services. Shan has spent his recent years focused on helping clients adopt SOA within the enterprise and to do it in a secure and cost effective manner. Shan is a graduate from Carleton University’s Systems and Computer Engineering program, with a B.Eng and a Minor in Business.

Previous Meetings

 * September 10th, 2009 - Justin Foster - Speaker Notes: Download Here
 * April 6th, 2009 - Rafal Los - Speaker Notes: Download Here
 * July 16th, 2008 - John Linehan - Speaker Notes: Download Here
 * November 28th, 2007 - Eric Klien - Make my day