Virginia

Last Month
In April we had two good talks/discussions:

- SANS Software security institute and the GSSP certification. Ed Tracy is an Associate of Booz Allen. Ed has been very involved with the SANS software security activities and the creation of the GSSP-J certification which is the first of its kind. We had a great discussion about what SANS is doing and some of the challenges in putting together this exam.

- "Building Usable Security" by Zed Abbadi. Zed believes that one of the main reasons why application security violations continue to rise is the fact that many deployed security mechanism are not user friendly, limiting their effectiveness. He had some good examples.

I mentioned a useful Web site one of the participants recent stood up to help those in the NoVA area be aware of local infosec events. Here is the link:

http://www.novainfosecportal.com/

Next Meeting
Our next meeting will be on 10 April from 6-8pm at the Booz Allen Herndon facility. Talks will include:

- SANS Software security institute and the GSSP certification. Ed Tracy is an Associate of Booz Allen. Ed has been very involved with the SANS software security activities and the creation of the GSSP certification which is the first of its kind. He is also very involved with OWASP, especially the Washington DC chapter. It will be great to have him join our chapter meeting.

- "Building Usable Security" by Zed Abbadi. Zed believes that one of the main reasons why application security violations continue to rise is the fact that many deployed security mechanism are not user friendly, limiting their effectiveness. Unless security engineers start thinking more about how to make security more usable, progress in securing systems will be limited. Zed, a long time participant of our chapter, is a Senior Security Engineer with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). He has over 15 years of experience in software and security engineering. His experience ranges from providing security consulting services to building large-scale software systems. In his current role he is responsible for the security of all software applications that run on PCAOB’s infrastructure.

Pizza will be available for a small fee. If you plan on attending, RSVP so I can get you badge processing started.

Directions
To Booz Allen's One Dulles facility:

13200 Woodland Park Road Herndon, VA 20171

From Tyson's Corner:

1. Take LEESBURG PIKE / VA-7 WEST 2. Merge onto VA-267 WEST / DULLES TOLL ROAD (Portions Toll) 3. Take the VA-657 Exit (Exit Number 10 towards Herndon / Chantilly) 4. Take the ramp toward CHANTILLY 5. Turn Left onto CENTERVILLE ROAD (at end of ramp) 6. Turn Left onto WOODLAND PARK ROAD (less than 1⁄2 mile) 7. End at 13200 WOODLAND PARK ROAD