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We are working on the schedule for 2008 and preparing for the EU 08 AppSec conference in Brussels. Stay tuned!

We also rescheduled the first Luxembourg chapter meeting to February 19 in Luxembourg. See the program below!

Chapter Board
The BeLux Chapter is now supported by an active board: Our goal is to professionalize the local OWASP functioning, provide in a bigger footprint to detect OWASP opportunities such as speakers/topics/sponsors/… and set a 5 year target on: Target audiences, Different events and Interactions of OWASP global – local projects.
 * Erwin Geirnaert, Zion Security
 * Philippe Bogaerts, NetAppSec
 * André Mariën, Inno.com
 * Lieven Desmet, K.U.Leuven
 * Joël Quinet, Telindus
 * Sebastien Deleersnyder, Telindus

Structural Sponsors 2008
OWASP BeLux would like to thank the following organizations for sponsoring this chapter. If you are interested in sponsoring the BeLux chapter please contact seba 'at' deleersnyder.eu.

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WHEN
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 (16pm-19pm) - To be confirmed

WHERE
Verizon Business sponsors the venue and catering.

Location: Verizon Business Security Solutions Offices, 18 rue Robert Stümper - L2557 Luxembourg - Luxembourg.

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PROGRAM
The agenda looks as follows:


 * 18h00 - 18h30: Welcome & Sandwiches
 * 18h30 - 19h00: OWASP Introduction (by Sebastien Deleersnyder, OWASP BeLux)
 * 19h00 - 20h00: How to break Web Applications  (by Philippe Bogaerts, NetAppSec)
 * Presentation + discussion:Web applications are riddled with vulnerabilities. Philippe will provide an overview of the most common web application security problems and how to exploit them.
 * Philippe Bogaerts is an independent consultant specialized in network and application security testing, web application and XML firewalls.


 * 20h00 - 20h15: break
 * 20h15 - 21h15: How to secure Web Applications (the OWASP Way): (by Sebastien Deleersnyder, Telindus)
 * Presentation + discussion: There is no silver bullet when it comes to securing web applications. This problem has to be addressed from different angles, covering the involved actors, processes (development as well as deployment) and Technologies.
 * Sebastien Deleersnyder is responsible for the Telindus Application Security solutions. Sebastien has 5 years of development and 7 years of information security experience and is now specialized in application security. He started the Belgian OWASP Chapter and performed several public presentations on Web Application and Web Services Security.

REGISTRATION
Please send a mail to luxembourg 'at' owasp.org if you plan to attend, so we can size the venue appropriately and keep you updated on last-minute changes.

Past Events

 * Events held in 2007
 * Events held in 2006
 * Events held in 2005