AppSecResearch2012



=Welcome= We are happy to announce that the OWASP Greek Chapter will be hosting the AppSec Research 2012 in Athens Greece

This conference is practically the OWASP AppSec Europe. Every two years we add “Research” in order to highlight that we invite both industry and academia to participate, share thoughts, knowledge and insight on application security.

OWASP AppSec Research is the European conference for anyone interested in application security

This year it will be hosted by the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Athens, Greece and will take place between July 10-13th.

The first OWASP AppSec Research conference was held in Stockholm in 2010.

AppSec Research Conference Website

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=Sponsorship Information=

The conference is expected to draw over 400 international attendees; all with budgets dedicated to web application security initiatives. Financial Services, Media, Pharmaceuticals, Government, Healthcare, Technology, and many other verticals will be represented.

Sponsorship Information can be downloaded here also you can find it online here

=Chapters Workshop=

=Call For Papers=

The Call For Papers Is Now Closed!!!
Download Call for Papers in PDF format

 OWASP AppSec Research 2012 July 10-13th, Athens, Greece  Aims and Scope The objective of OWASP AppSec Research 2012 is to discuss and demonstrate the importance of security risks, threats, and countermeasures in software applications. The majority of recent high-profile security breaches are mainly attributed to application-level vulnerabilities. Additionally, recent surveys indicate that government applications demonstrate increased vulnerabilities and at the same time elevated risk, as they store and process critical information such as PII, health information, national security data and furthermore operate critical systems. Traditionally, the focus of the security community has been mainly placed on the network perimeter, ignoring, to a large extent, the increased risk of insecure software. In addition, the proliferation of the use of web-based applications and services from traditional desktop-based browsers to mobile devices, or even the “cloud” has only increased the potential surface of attack and overall complexity. As a result, the challenges in the field of application security have only increased for those that build, test or defend software applications. OWASP AppSec Research focuses on new threats and vulnerabilities but also novel methodologies for testing and defending applications.  List of Topics We welcome the submission of both presentation proposals and research papers from the full spectrum of application security.

 Application security Security aspects of new/emerging web technologies/paradigms (mashups, web 2.0, offline support, etc) Security in web services, XML, REST, and service oriented architectures Security in cloud-based services Security of development frameworks (Struts, Spring, ASP.Net MVC etc) New security features in platforms or languages Next-generation browser security</li> Security for the mobile web</li> Secure application development (methods, processes etc) and secure coding practices</li> Business risks of Application Security</li> Starting and Managing Secure Development Lifecycle Programs.</li> Privacy Concerns regarding applications and Data Storage</li> Threat modeling of applications</li> Vulnerability analysis and application security testing (code review, pentest, static analysis etc)</li> Countermeasures for application vulnerabilities</li> Metrics for application security</li> Application security awareness and education</li> Securing e-government applications and services</li> Government Initiatives &amp; Case Studies</li> OWASP Tools and Projects</li> Anything else relating to OWASP and Application Security.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;"> Important Dates Submission of papers by: April 15th, 2012 Notification of acceptance: May 18th, 2012 Camera-ready version of papers: June 3rd, 2012 Conference Dates July 12-13, 2012 <p style="text-align: left;"> Submissions <p style="text-align: center;"> All papers and presentation/demo proposals should be submitted through: <p style="text-align: center;"> http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=appseceu2012 <p style="text-align: left;">We accept the following types of submissions: <p style="text-align: left;"> Presentation/Demo Proposals A presentation proposal should consist of a 2 page extended abstract representing the essential matter proposed by the speaker(s). Presentation slides and video takes will be posted on the OWASP wiki after the conference. A demo proposal should consist of a 1 page abstract summarizing the matter proposed by the speaker(s) and 1 page containing demo screenshot(s). Demos will have ordinary speaker slots but the speakers are expected to run a demo during the talk (live coding counts as a demo), not just a slideshow. Presentation slides and video takes will be posted on the OWASP wiki after the conference. Research Papers Authors are invited to submit original research papers offering novel contribution, written in English, with a very precise and concise presentation of no more than 12 pages in Springer LNCS style for "Proceedings and Other Multiauthor Volumes". Templates for preparing papers in this style for LaTeX, Word, etc can be downloaded from: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0. Full papers must be submitted in a form suitable for anonymous review: remove author names and affiliations from the title page, and avoid explicit self-referencing in the text. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper. All papers will be anonymously reviewed by at least two members of the program committee. Full papers, presentation slides and video takes will be posted on the OWASP wiki after the conference. Extended versions of the best research papers on the topic of “Security for E-Government Applications and Services” will be selected for publication on the Special Issue on “Security and Privacy of E-Government Applications and Services” of the International Journal of E-Government.

OWASP AppSec Research 2012 Co-Chairs Konstantinos Papapanagiotou, OWASP, Greece (Konstantinos@owasp.org) Vasileios Vlachos, TEI of Larissa, Greece (vsvlachos@gmail.com)

OWASP AppSec Research 2012 Program Committee Yiorgos Adamopoulos, TEE, Greece Andreas Fuchsberger, Royal Holloway, UK Panagiotis Georgiadis, University of Athens, Greece Giles Hogben, ENISA, EU Christos Ilioudis, TEI of Thessaliniki, Greece Vassilis Katos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Emmanouel Kellinis, UK Angelos Keromytis, Columbia University, USA Athanasios Kostopoulos, independent researcher, Greece Harry Manifavas, TEI of Crete, Greece Dimitris Mitropoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Alex Papanikolaou, TEI of Larissa, Greece Carlos Serrao, ISCTE, Portugal Stelios Tigkas, FortConsult, Denmark Costas Vassilakis, University of Peloponnese, Greece John Wilander, OWASP, Sweden

=Call For Trainers=

OWASP is currently soliciting training providers for the OWASP AppSec Research 2012 conference that will take place at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Greece on July 10th through 13th of 2012. There will be training courses on July 10th and 11th followed by plenary sessions on the 12th and 13th.

The following conditions apply for people or organizations that want to provide training at the conference:

Training provider should provide class syllabus / training materials. Proceeds will be split 60/40 (OWASP/Trainer) for the training class. OWASP will provide the Venue, Marketing with Conference materials, Registration and basic AV   Trainers will cover travel and accommodations for the instructor(s) and all course materials for students OWASP will reserve up to 2 training slots at no cost and the trainer may reserve up to one slot at no cost Price per attendee: 2-Day Class €990 / 1-Day Class €495. Trainers can brand training materials to increase their exposure Classes are to be focused around Application Security but are in no way limited to web application security. We will look favorably on laboration-based/hands-on training.

Submit proposals using the CFT template directly to training@appsecresearch.org before March 30th 2012 to be considered. All trainers will be required to submit a Training Instructor Agreement in order to have their class scheduled.

Please forward to all interested practitioners and colleagues.

=Keynotes= For information on keynotes please visit our site we will update this page as soon as all keynotes are booked

=Venue and Travel info= The conference will take place at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Greece.

The Department of Informatics and Telecommunications is located in the University of Athens main campus, just a 15' walk from the Evangelismos metro station.

Additional travel information will be posted soon.

= About Us =



Organizing Committee

 * Konstantinos Papapanagiotou (General Chair)
 * Panagiotis Georgiads (co-host)
 * Vasileios Vlachos (Vice-Chair)
 * Spyros Gasteratos
 * Emmanuel Kellinis
 * Stelios Tigkas

CFP Program Committee

 * Yiorgos Adamopoulos, TEE, Greece
 * Andreas Fuschberger, Royal Holloway, UK
 * Giles Hogben, ENISA, EU
 * Christos Ilioudis, TEI of Thessaliniki, Greece
 * Vassilis Katos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
 * Emmanouel Kellinis, UK
 * Angelos Keromytis, Columbia University, USA
 * Athanasios Kostopoulos, independent researcher
 * Harry Manifavas, TEI of Crete, Greece
 * Dimitris Mitropoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
 * Alex Papanikolaou, TEI of Larissa, Greece
 * Carlos Serrao, ISCTE, Portugal
 * Stelios Tigkas, FortConsult, Denmark
 * Costas Vassilakis, University of Peloponnese, Greece
 * Vasileios Vlachos, TEI of Larissa, Greece
 * John Wilander, OWASP, Sweden

Contributions
The AppSec Research Conference Website's artwork was made by [mailto:8aleia.mariaATgmail.com Mis Thaleia V.] Mis Marianna Preen is the person who designed the icons