OWASP Project Manager Activity Reports/September 09 2013

Work accomplished since July 08, 2013

 * Project Numbers
 * Active Projects: 168
 * Inactive Projects: 67


 * New OWASP Projects
 * OWASP WebSandBox Project
 * OWASP HA Vulnerability Scanner Project
 * OWASP Dependency Track Project
 * OWASP Security Principles Project


 * Project Applications
 * SecLists Project


 * Projects Under Review
 * OWASP Cheat Sheets Project
 * OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer Project
 * Xenotix XSS Exploit Framework
 * OWASP Cornucopia Project
 * OWASP Java Encoder Project
 * Project reviews are on hold until new assessment criteria is developed.

Project Manager Q3 2013 Objectives

 * 1) Marketing: Work with Sarah to solicit feedback from community on Marketing deliverables and finalize relationship with Patrick and Denita.
 * 2) Project Review Process - Work with new Technical Project advisors to finalize project review criteria and process.
 * 3) Grants: Develop a grant strategy for rest of 2013 and 2014, utilizing fundraising intern(s) as part of this strategy.


 * Ongoing Objectives for 2013
 * Work with Project leaders to reach grant required milestones - ONGOING
 * Develop a project charter outlining appropriate grant revenue spending and grant required milestones. - DUE IN SEPTEMBER - ONGOING
 * Oversight of Marketing and Graphic Design deliverables (Phase 2/Phase 3) provided by 3rd party contractor

Currently Working On

 * Determining Active Project Status
 * This is a status update on this initiative.
 * I have completed the first round of requests for all Flagship, Labs, and Incubator projects.
 * I am now going through the list, and e-mailing the non-responsive Leaders once again.
 * I have gone ahead and re-sent my request for a 3rd time to un-responsive Labs Project Leaders.
 * The deadline to reply back to my request was, Friday, 26th of July.
 * Those Leaders who did not respond to my e-mails will now have their projects archived.
 * The same process will be used for the un-responsive Leaders of Incubator projects.


 * Grants & Fundraising Intern
 * I have put together role and qualification criteria for the Fundraising Internship Opportunity.
 * The internship opportunity was made live two weeks ago.
 * There have been three applicants for the role, so far.
 * I hope to get more applications in the coming weeks.
 * Grants & Fundraising Internship
 * I am looking for a student or recent graduate to help with grant research, writing, and volunteer coordination.


 * Project Summit: AppSec USA 2013
 * I continue to plan the logistics for the project summit taking place at AppSec USA this year.
 * I continue to gather estimates, flight, and roadmap details from Leaders.
 * I am now closer to finalizing the travel arrangements for each project leader.
 * Moreover, we are in the process of organizing the schedule of project talks for the conference days.


 * Women in AppSec: AppSec USA 2013
 * The team has now completed their fundraising activities.
 * We are happy to report that we have now raised $6,500.00 for the program.
 * The OWASP MSP Chapter kindly donated the remaining funds needed to reach our goal for the program this year.
 * The University of Washington has donated $500.00 today, as well.
 * The call for entries is now live, as well.
 * Women in AppSec Application Form.
 * The application deadline is Monday, September 09, 2013 at 5pm GMT.


 * OWASP Marketing
 * I continue to work with Design Foundry and the OWASP Ops Team to finalize Phase 3 of our Marketing Project.
 * We are in the final stages of development and design.
 * Patrick, Design Foundry's graphic designer, is working hard to get our work completed.
 * We hope to have all of our designs finalized by mid-August.
 * We are also seeking community feedback on several key design pieces.
 * Marketing Community Feedback Wiki Page


 * OWASP at Black Hat
 * I have just come back from Las Vegas where I attended Black Hat and DEF CON.
 * I helped with the OWASP Booth at Black Hat, and met with quite a few people that had questions about our programs.
 * Overall, it was a very productive time.
 * We made many great connections that I am following up with, this week.

Grants Updates

 * OWASP OpenSAMM Grant Proposal
 * 1) Amount: TBD
 * 2) Status: This proposal is still in the planning and writing phase.


 * OWASP Guidebooks Proposal
 * 1) Amount: $25,000 USD
 * 2) Status: Awarded. The first payment has been allocated to our project budgets. The second invoice has now been sent to Georgia Tech for payment.
 * 3) OWASP Development Guide Plan
 * 4) OWASP Testing Guide Plan
 * 5) OWASP Code Review Guide Plan


 * OWASP ESAPI Grant Proposal
 * 1) Amount: $25,000 USD
 * 2) Status: The ESAPI proposal is still being reviewed.


 * OWASP ModSecurity CRS Proposal
 * 1) Amount: $30,000 USD
 * 2) Status: The ModSecurity proposal is still being reviewed.


 * Google Grants Proposal
 * 1) Amount: $120,000 USD in Adwords Funds
 * 2) Status: Awarded.
 * 3) Note: There is no link to show the proposal for this grant. There was a form that was submitted to Google, and we did not receive a record of this form.


 * European Commission Grant Proposal
 * 1) Amount: €250,000
 * 2) Status: This proposal has been completed and submitted.


 * Google Summer of Code
 * 1) Amount: $5,500.00
 * 2) Status: Awarded


 * Projects breakdown:
 * 4 ZAP Projects: $2,000.00
 * 4 OWTF Projects: $2,000.00
 * 1 PHP Security Project: $500
 * 1 Hackademics Project: $500
 * 1 Modsecurity Project: $500
 * Note: Big thank you to Fabio Cerullo for coordinating and managing this award.


 * Total Grant Funds Awarded: $150,500 USD for 2013.

OWASP Projects Manager Weekly Reports

 * 1) Project Manager Report: July 05 2013
 * 2) Project Manager Report: July 12 2013
 * 3) Project Manager Report: July 19 2013
 * 4) Project Manager Report: July 26 2013
 * 5) Project Manager Report: August 02 2013 - No Report this week. PM was away at Black Hat & DEFCON 2013.