User:Brennan

http://www.owasp.org/images/d/d0/Brennan-press3.jpg Tom Brennan - - To see my wiki contributions, click here for my LinkedIn profile Click Here

Tom started with technology in 1986 when 8-bit and CP/M was cool... He has over a decade of cross-platform work in Custom Software, Infrastructure and Wireless projects for clients of Critical Infrastructure and Entertainment.

With hands-on experiences he holds industry certifications including: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP #54039), National Security Agency, INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (NSA-IAM), Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) #518267 and is a member of ISSA #602855. In addition to the vendor agnostic stuff, he also holds many product focused certifications for products and tools that he has RTFM and has hands-on experience with.

After serving on the Board of the FBI Infragard program 2002-2004, Tom established the OWASP New Jersey chapter in 2004 and grew it from 5 technical peers with pizza and beer talking about SQL injection to currently over 1300 members and now includes the NYC Metropolitan area as a single chapter see: OWASP NY/NJ Metro.

I was asked to join the OWASP Board in 2007 to assist in reaching global goals and was appointed in Nov 2007. I am tasked to drive OWASP Foundation's governance, establish a member driven election process and committees using the and open volunteer organizational culture.

OWASP accomplishments: - Redefined governance model - Establishment of Global Committees as regional voices - Defined Ethics and Principals - Assisted with Chapter Leader Handbook - OWASP APPSEC 2008, NYC primary event organizer - Led OWASP Membership committee resulting in a Membership Model redesign - Contributor to the OWASP Web Application Security Testing Guide - Speaker/Trainer for before the United Nations, FBI Infragard, Software Assurance Forum, Shmoocon, ISSA, ISACA, InfoSecurity and Infragard - Runs the OWASP LinkedIN Group join now click @ http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/36874

You can always reach Tom the human way #973-506-9303 or via email at tomb(at)owasp.org and he runs PROACTIVE RISK and works for WhiteHat Security