Israel

OWASP IL mini conference, Monday, November 13th, together with IDC
We are pleased to announce that OWASP IL and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) are holding a mini conference on application security. The event marks the establishment of a new academic program on information security in the net era at IDC's Efi Arazi School of Computer Science.

The meeting will be held on November 13th, Starting at 14:30 at IDC Herzliya campus (driving directions will be added later). Participation is free and open to all, but please inform us (e-mail to ofers@breach.com) that you are coming as space is limited. Feel free to spread the word about this meeting to anyone you feel would be interested. You can also register to get the OWASP Israel mailing list and receive updates regarding chapter's meetings. For further details please contact me.

The meeting is sponsored by Breach Security and Applicure Technologies.

OWASP IL meeting, Wednesday, July 26th
Time of the next meeting of OWASP IL!

The meeting will be held on July 26th, 17:15, at Breach Security offices, 11th Bareket St. Herzliya. Participation is free and open to all, but please inform us (mail me at ofers@breach.com) that you are coming so room is limited.

Feel free to distribute information regarding this meeting to others in your organization or outside that you think may be interested in the meeting. You can also register to the OWASP Israel mailing list in order to receive updates regarding chapter's meetings. For further details please contact me.

17:15 - Gathering, Socializing and Pizzas

17:30 - Exposing cryptography for software developers

Shai Zalalichin, Head of AppSec group, Comsec

Encryption is a very important tool in the application security tool chest, but is also a very complex technology. The presentation will explore common pitfalls & countermeasures that every developer should follow when writing crypto-aware applications.

The presentation was originally given at OWASP Europe conference in May.

18:30 - Preventing Spoofing, Phishing and Spamming by Secure Usability and Cryptography

Prof. Amir Herzberg, dept. of computer science, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Spoofing, Phishing and spamming are of the worst security problems in the Internet. Amir will present vulnerabilities in the current email and web systems, causing the proliferation of such attacks. Amir will then discuss some recent proposals made by him as well as others to improve security against these threats. Some solutions involve secure usability, some use (simple) cryptographic protocols, while others involve both areas.

19:20 - Questions & Feedback