CommunityUpdates/2014-08-26

= Join the Meeting - Connection Information =
 * Tuesday August 26, 2014

Those on Video

 * Michael Coates - @_mwc

Watch the live or recorded meeting
9am Pacific / 5pm London
 * [TBD Google+ link]
 * [TBD YouTube Link]
 * Last meeting's agenda
 * Community Update Overall Page

= OWASP'er Mentions =

= Upcoming Events =
 * 2014 OWASP Elections! - Candidates Announced

= Chapters =

Chapter Events

 * September 2nd, 2014, - OWASP Israel - Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya (IDC) -more info
 * August 1, 2014 - OWASP USA:Louisville - more info

Full list of worldwide chapters, OWASP Events Calendar

Chapter Info

 * Running a chapter and want your event featured in Community Update and on OWASP home page? Just add it to the OWASP events calendar
 * Instructions for chapter leaders on how to add events
 * Chapter Funds - Did you know you chapter has funds to use? https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Donation_Scoreboard
 * Tips on spending chapter funds
 * Need funding for an OWASP activity? Check out the funding page

Chapter Metrics Q2

 * Active Chapters: 235
 * Inactive Chapters: 35 (listed as not having a chapter leader)
 * New Chapters: 1
 * Restarted Chapters: 3

Chapters By Region
Total Chapters (inactive chapters)


 * Africa: 16 (3)
 * Asia Pacific: 17 (2)
 * Canada: 12 (6)
 * Europe: 56 (5)
 * Latin America: 38 (10)
 * Middle East: 38 (2)
 * United States: 86 (8)

= Conferences = Full conference calendar


 * OWASP AppSec USA - 2014 Sept. 16, 2014 - Sept. 19, 2014
 * Denver, Colorado


 * AppSecEU Videos
 * Talks online at OWASP YouTube Channel
 * OWASP 24/7 Podcast Interviews

= Projects =

= Talks & Outreach = Recent Security Talks

BlackHat Arsenal 2014
On August 6th and 7th, ZAP, PCI TOOLKIT and Dependency check were presented during the BlackHat USA Arsenal Tools in Las Vegas The sessions were a success, and OWASP had a big opportunity to present these tools. Other OWASP members were there to present their tools such as Abbas Naderi with Taintless Ryan Barnett with Modsecurity and Josh Sokol with Simple Risk

Visit https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/arsenal.html to learn more about the presentations

OWASP in the News
OWASP Internet of Things Top 10 was mentioned in the VentureBeat article The Internet of Things will be vulnerable for years, and no one is incentivized to fix it

= Activities Looking for Volunteers =

= OWASP Wiki =

Editing Tips & Tricks

 * Basic FAQ for editing the wiki

Wiki Clean Up Crew

 * Help Needed - Join mailing list to discuss
 * https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Wiki_Cleanup

Wiki-Fu
= Announcements from the Foundation =