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September Meeting
When: Thursday September 17th, 2015 from 5:30PM – 6:30 PM

Topic:  Application Security Trends

Securing web applications and their supporting services is a challenging task. According to the 2015 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), the top three industries affected were the same as the previous years: Public, Information and Financial Services. City-data.com states, these are also major economic sectors in the Dallas area. The DBIR also concludes, in 60% of cases, attackers were able to compromise an organization within minutes. Ultimately, more can be done to safeguard applications.

There are several techniques one can implement to protect applications that consume inbound data. Some defensive strategies have been around for some time, whereas others are emerging. This talk will take a look at current and emerging standards and trends that software development teams can use. Today, it is not always clear how a team should proceed to secure the code responsible for handling inbound data. You'll get a better idea of what works, what's promising and what's missing.

Who: Stephen Pasco is a Vice President of Application Risk at Goldman Sachs based in Irving where he is currently focused on vulnerability testing. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Stephen was employed at Disney on the Security and Compliance Team where he performed security/application vulnerability assessments. He also architected and developed security tools, wrote policies, and managed software security fixes. One aspect of that job was to frequently visit Disneyland parks searching for WiFi vulnerabilities.

Where: 6011 Connection Drive, Irving, TX 75039. Volunteers will be onsite to escort you from the lobby to the meeting room.

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October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 7th, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Anatomy of a Logic Flaw

Traditional vulnerabilities like SQL Injection, buffer overflows, etc, have well established techniques for discovery and prevention. On the other hand, logic flaws are incredibly diverse and often unique to the specific application or business organization. Because of this, logic flaws have taken on a near mythical status. In the myth, logic flaws are nearly impossible to find until the elite of the elite hackers launch an attack to completely own the application.

The reality is far different; logic flaws are not the complex nightmare that many have made them out to be. This presentation will use real-world examples to show how logic flaws are typically introduced into an application, how they can be consistently detected during testing, and how they can be prevented during development. Instead of hoping for magic, repeatable processes will be outlined for each of those items. This will prove beneficial to anyone responsible for application security: programmers, architects, managers, and pen testers.

Who: Charles Henderson is the Vice President of Managed Security Testing at Trustwave. He has been in the information security industry for over twenty years. Over that time, he and his teams have specialized in network penetration testing, application penetration testing, physical security testing, and incident response. His team's clients range from the largest on the Fortune lists to small and midsized companies interested in improving their security posture. Henderson routinely speaks at various conferences (including Black Hat, DEF CON, RSA, SOURCE, OWASP AppSec USA and Europe, FROC, and Merchant Risk Council) around the world on various subject matters relating to security testing and incident response.

Where: North Lake College Central Campus, 5001 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75038, Room: A-215

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May Meeting
When: Wednesday May 6, 2015 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  The Future of Mobile Payments: Secure Mobile Architecture

Who: Denis M. Sheridan is a Managing Consultant at Cigital.

Where: North Lake College Central Campus, 5001 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75038, Room: A-215

October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 1, 2014 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic: Succeeding with Enterprise Software Security Key Performance Indicators

Who: Rafal Los, Director, Office of the CISO

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117

March Meeting
When: Wednesday March 5, 2014 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  OWASP Dallas basic Python tutorial

Who: Matt Parsons, CISSP MSM

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117

September Meeting
When: Wednesday September 11, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  PCI Mobile Payment Acceptance Security Guidelines for Developers

Who: Ralph Spencer Poore, Director, Emerging Standards at PCI Security Standards Council

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117

Slides: [[Media:Dallas OWASP 9-11-2013.pdf]]

May Meeting
When: Wednesday May 8, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Implementation Patterns for Software Security Programs

Who: Dan Cornell, Principal, Denim Group

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117

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February Meeting
When: Wednesday February 6, 2013 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Using Webappsec Vulns to Break Censorship

Who: Robert Hansen, a.k.a. rsnake

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH117

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November Meeting
When: Wednesday November 7, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Flame, Stuxnet, One to be Named and the Elderwood Project - Today’s Threat Landscape

Who: John R. Hill, CISSP, Principal Security Strategist Security Business Practice Symantec

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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October Meeting
When: Wednesday October 3, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Exploitation Techniques and Mitigation

Who: James McFadyen, Information Security Engineer and Director of Customer Support at HAWK Network Defense, Inc

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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September Meeting
When: Wednesday September 12, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  The Importance of Application Security.

Who: Peter Perfetti; Director, Security Services & Operations IMPACT Security, LLC

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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August Meeting
When: Wednesday August 1, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Malicious Math: Recent Real-World Cryptographical and Computational Threats on the Web.

Who: Derek Soeder, founder, Ridgeway Internet Security

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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Slides: [[Media:Malicious Math - Final.pptx‎]]

July Meeting
When: Wednesday July 11, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Reinventing Dynamic Testing: Real-Time Hybrid

Who: Adam Hils; Senior Product Manager HP Enterprise Security Products

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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June Meeting
When: Wednesday June 6, 2012 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Topic:  Is There An End to Testing Ourselves Secure?

Who: Rohit Sethi; Vice President, Product Development, SD Elements

Where: Richland College, 12800 Abrams Road, Dallas, TX 75243, Room: Sabine Hall: SH118

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May Meeting
When: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM

Topic:  OWASP and PCI DSS Requirement 6.5

OWASP and PCI DSS Requirement 6.5. Keeping current with the OWASP top 10 and how it impacts companies PCI compliance and training. Tony will discuss how McAfee complies to the requirement and how McAfee must make changes to match the current top 10 as well has making sure that developers keep up to date on training. Who: Tony Gunn; Director of Security Operations for McAfee Where: North Lake College (Central Campus) 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: A Room: 206

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March Meeting
When: March 7, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm

Topic:  AAA for Hybrid Cloud Environment

During this session, presented by Symplified, we will explore four areas of interest.

Web, SaaS, Mobile Application Adoption Protecting sensitive data WAM for the Public Cloud Identity Sprawl

Who: Cullen Landrum, CISSP is a Senior Systems Engineer at Symplified.

Where: North Lake College (Central Campus), 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: A Room: 206

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February Meeting
When: February 1, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm

Topic:  Web Application Vulnerability Testing with Nessus

Who: Rik A. Jones is a Senior Information Security Analyst for the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)

Where: SMU Caruth Hall Palmer Conference Center / 406 Caruth Hall 3145 Dyer Street Dallas, Texas 75205

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January Meeting
When: January 11, 2012, 11:30am - 1:00pm

Topic:  OWASP TOP 10

Power point demonstration of OWASP Top Ten Web Application Security Vulnerabilities with actual hacking examples. This presentation will cover such vulnerabilities as SQL injection, XSS and CSRF. Discussion, hands on exercise and question and answer session.

Who: Matt Parsons, VP Parsons Software Security Consulting

Where: North Lake College (Central Campus) 5001 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Phone: 972-273-3000 Building: G Room: 405

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November 7, 2012
Title:  Internet Security Threat Report

Speaker: John R. Hill, CISSP, Principal Security Strategist Security Business Practice Symantec

Slides: [[Media:Symantec_ISTR_17.pdf‎]]

February 1, 2012
Title: Web Application Vulnerability Testing with Nessus

Speaker: Rik A. Jones, Senior Information Security Analyst for the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)

Slides: [[Media:Web Application Vul Testing with Nessus 2012.02.01.pdf‎]] [[Media:OWASP Broken Web Applications 2012.02.01.pdf‎]]

January 11, 2012
Title: OWASP TOP 10

Speaker: Matt Parsons, VP Parsons Software Security Consulting

Slides: [[Media:OWASPtopTen.pdf‎]]