Rochester

Welcome to the OWASP Rochester Local Chapter
Welcome to the local Rochester chapter homepage. The chapter leader is [mailto:rd@rd1.net Ralf Durkee]

Participation
OWASP chapter meetings are free and open to anyone interested in application security. We encourage members to give presentations on specific topics and to contribute to the local chapter by sharing their knowledge with others. Prior to participating with OWASP please review the Chapter Rules.

The Rochester chapter has two mailing lists: one for announcements and one for general discussion. The announce list is for official communications (e.g meeting announcements, web site updates, etc). The discussion list is for general participation and everyone is encouraged to post. The announce mailing list can be found here. The discussion mailing list can be found here. You can also review the announce and discussion e-mail archives to see what folks have been talking about. Please make sure you are subscribed to announce to receive any last minute meeting info.

Local Officers
 
 * President: [mailto:rd@rd1.net Ralf Durkee]
 * Vice President: Chris Karr
 * Secretary and Treasurer: Steve Buck
 * Web and Communications: [mailto:andreac@dollos.it Andrea Cogliati]

Meeting Dates & Location
Dates: The third Monday of every month, starting at 6:00 PM.

Types of events: Formal meeting (featuring a presentation) in odd numbered months, informal event (open forum with beer and wings) in even numbered months

Locations:


 * Formal meetings at 1225 Jefferson Rd, Rochester, NY 14623 (near I-390) Google Maps
 * Beer and wings at Mac Gregor's Grill & Tap Room, 300 Jefferson Rd, NY 14623 Google Maps

Formal meeting space is graciously offered by Bryant & Stratton College Enter the Frontier Commons plaza, near the Post Office. Towards the right, rear of the plaza is the PSC (Professional Skills Center) door, which is to the left of the main Bryant & Stratton entrance door. There will be a sign on the door indicating the room in which we will meet.

Please note that for informal meetings at Mac Gregor's, everybody needs to pay for their own food and drinks.

May Meeting Details

May meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 19th at 6pm.

Presenter: Ralph Durkee

Topic: Protecting Information with Database Encryption

After briefly defining common cryptographic terms, we'll look at a variety of threat vectors that may expose our sensitive information. For each threat vector, we'll examine which database encryption and key management architectures are best suited to protect sensitive information processed in applications. We'll discuss the Payment Card Industry PCI-DSS standard and how to meet it's requirements for protecting card holder information. We'll discuss alternatives and best practice for when, and how to perform encryption with specific technologies provided by Oracle and MS SQL Server. We'll recommend encryption algorithms and specific programmer API's and techniques for best practice.

Past Events

 * Oct 3-4 2007 - Rochester OWASP & Web App Secc Presentations at Rochester Security Summit 2007


 * The Rochester OWASP chapter in partnership with other Rochester institutions organized the second annual Rochester Security Summit Oct 3-4 during National Cyber Security Awareness Month. We had an awesome lineup of nationally recognized technical speakers.


 * This year included several OWASP and Web App Sec presentations:


 * Rohyt Belani of Intrepidus Group - Phishing 2.0: Beyond Identity Theft
 * Andrea Cogliati - Security in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
 * Ralph Durkee - 2007 OWASP Top 10 & Live Web Application Attacks
 * James Kist - Cross Site Scripting Attacks and Defenses

Visit Rochester Security Summit Site for details.

Past Presentations
January 2008 SQL Injection and Dynamic SQL, by Andrea Cogliati [[Media:MoreSQL.zip|ZIP]]

September 2007 2007 OWASP Top 10 Most Critical Web Application Security Vulnerabilities, by Ralph Durkee [[Media:OWASP_Top_10_2007_v6.ppt|PowerPoint]]

October 2006 The first of the OWASP top ten: unvalidated input, by Steve Buck. PowerPoint

April 2006 PGP: Encryption for e-mail and web applications, by Ralph Durkee PDF

February 2006 Identity Theft, Phishing and Pharming, by Danny Allan PDF

February 2006 Secure e-mail, by Thomas Bullinger PDF

January 2006 PCI Compliance, by Pat Massey, Ralf Durkee, Maureen Baran PDF

September 2005 Two Factor Authentication for Java Applications with Client Certificates, by Ralf Durkee PDF Open Office

April 2005 Avoiding Backend Exploitation of Mail Forms, by Max Kessler PowerPoint Open Office

March 2005 Bringing Two-Factor Authentication to Web Applications, by Michael Starks PowerPoint Open Office

February 2005 Insecure Storage, by Chris Karr PowerPoint

January 2005 Access Control and Session Mgmnt, by Steve Buck PowerPoint Open Office

November 2004 Intro to OWASP by Ralf Durkee. Demonstration of SQL Injection attack and prevention, by Paul Cupo PowerPoint