About The Open Web Application Security Project

Overview
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an open community dedicated to enabling organizations to conceive, develop, acquire, operate, and maintain applications that can be trusted. All of the OWASP tools, documents, forums, and chapters are free and open to anyone interested in improving application security. We advocate approaching application security as a people, process, and technology problem because the most effective approaches to application security include improvements in all of these areas. We can be found at www.owasp.org.

OWASP is a new kind of organization. Our freedom from commercial pressures allows us to provide unbiased, practical, cost-effective information about application security. OWASP is not affiliated with any technology company, although we support the informed use of commercial security technology. Similar to many open-source software projects, OWASP produces many types of materials in a collaborative, open way. The OWASP Foundation is a not-for-profit entity that ensures the project's long-term success.

Annual Report
[2009 Annual Report http://www.owasp.org/images/3/3f/2009AnnualReport.pdf]

What Does OWASP Do?
Summary of OWASP projects and purpose

Nonprofit Bylaws
OWASP ByLaws

Code of Ethics

 * Perform all professional activities and duties in accordance with all applicable laws and the highest ethical principles;
 * Promote the implementation of and promote compliance with standards, procedures, controls for application security;
 * Maintain appropriate confidentiality of proprietary or otherwise sensitive information encountered in the course of professional activities;
 * Discharge professional responsibilities with diligence and honesty;
 * Refrain from any activities which might constitute a conflict of interest or otherwise damage the reputation of employers, the information security profession, or the Association; and
 * Not intentionally injure or impugn the professional reputation of practice of colleagues, clients, or employers.

Principles

 * Free & Open
 * Governed by rough consensus & running code
 * Abide by a code of ethics (see ethics)
 * Not-for-profit
 * Not driven by commercial interests
 * Risk based approach

Structure
The OWASP Foundation is a United States based 501(c)(3) entity that provides the infrastructure for the OWASP Community.

Global Board Members
Governed by 100% volunteer members with dedicated volunteerism to ensure the mission of OWASP "to make application security visible so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about application security risks"

Jeff Williams - Board Member and Chair jeff.williams(at)owasp.org

Dinis Cruz - Board Member and Global Projects Chair dinis.cruz(at)owasp.org

Dave Wichers - Board Member and Global Conferences Chair dave.wichers(at)owasp.org

Tom Brennan - Board Member, OWASP NY/NJ Metro Chapter Lead, Global Membership & Industry Chair tomb(at)owasp.org

Sebastien Deleersnyder - Board Member, OWASP Belgium Chapter Lead, Global Chapter and Education Chair seba(at)owasp.org

Eoin Keary - Board Member, OWASP Ireland Chapter Lead, Global Industry Comittee eoin.keary(at)owasp.org

Matt Tesauro - Board Member, OWASP Live CD Project Lead, Global Projects Committee matt.tesauro(at)owasp.org

Global Committee Structure
OWASP recognized the extraordinary contribution of our most active leaders by engaging them to lead a set of six new committees. Each democratically established committee will focus on a key function or geographic region, such as OWASP projects, conferences, local chapters, membership and industry outreach.

Employees of the OWASP Foundation
Kate Hartmann - Kate's Role w/OWASP OWASP Operations Director [mailto:kate.hartmann@owasp.org Kate Hartmann] Paulo Coimbra Paulo's Role w/OWASP OWASP Project Manager [mailto:pcoimbra@owasp.org Paulo Combra]

Alison Shrader - Alison's Role w/OWASP OWASP Accounting [mailto:alison.shrader@owasp.org Alison Shrader]

Volunteer Support
Laurence Casey Director of Information Technology [mailto:larry.casey@owasp.org Larry Casey]

Board Meeting Minutes
Board meeting minutes for the record.

Licensing
All OWASP materials are available under an approved FLOSS license. For more information, please see the OWASP Licenses page.

Participation and Membership
Everyone is welcome to participate in our forums, projects, chapters, and conferences. OWASP is a fantastic place to learn about application security, to network, and even to build your reputation as an expert.

If you find the OWASP materials valuable, please consider supporting our cause by becoming an OWASP member. All monies received by the OWASP Foundation go directly into supporting OWASP projects.

For more information, please see the Membership page.

Projects
OWASP's projects cover many aspects of application security. We build documents, tools, teaching environments, guidelines, checklists, and other materials to help organizations improve their capability to produce secure code.

For details on all the OWASP projects, please see the OWASP Project page.

Privacy Policy
Given OWASP’s mission to help organizations with application security, you have the right to expect protection of any personal information that we might collect about our members.

In general, we do not require authentication or ask visitors to reveal personal information when visiting our website. We collect Internet addresses, not the e-mail addresses, of visitors solely for use in calculating various website statistics.

We may ask for certain personal information, including name and email address from persons downloading OWASP products. This information is not divulged to any third party and is used only for the purposes of:
 * Communicating urgent fixes in the OWASP Materials
 * Seeking advice and feedback about OWASP Materials
 * Inviting participation in OWASP’s consensus process and AppSec conferences

OWASP publishes a list of member organizations and individual members. Listing is purely voluntary and "opt-in." Listed members can request not to be listed at any time.

All information about you or your organization that you send us by fax or mail is physically protected. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please contact us at [mailto:owasp@owasp.org owasp@owasp.org].

For more information, please see the pages listed below:
 * Contact for names, phone numbers and roles of the OWASP Foundation
 * Contributions for details about how to make contributions
 * Advertising if you're interested in advertising on the OWASP site
 * How OWASP Works for more information about projects and governance
 * OWASP brand usage rules for information about using the OWASP brand
 * Writing services