Belfast

OWASP Belfast Board
The OWASP Belfast Chapter Leaders are:
 * [mailto:michelle.simpson@owasp.org Michelle Simpson]
 * [mailto:philip.okane@owasp.org Philip O'Kane]
 * [mailto:gary.robinson@owasp.org Gary Robinson]

What is OWASP Belfast?
OWASP Belfast is just one of over 100 OWASP Chapters around the world, including 4 in Ireland and 12 in the UK, where people meet to learn about and discuss software security topics. The OWASP organization also has lots of active projects that volunteers can participate in to create code and documents for the worldwide security community. The OWASP Top 10 project is the most famous of those projects.

Who is OWASP Belfast for?
It's for programmers, testers, students, project managers, development managers and security experts to collaborate and drive discussion on application security topics. Participation in the mailing lists and attendance at the OWASP Belfast sessions are free, in fact many of the events will provide food and drinks to attendees.

Why be part of OWASP Belfast?

 * The community organizes sessions where experts from across the industry (and globe) give presentations and seminars about application security topics.
 * Attendance and participation in the community increases knowledge and skills, allowing people to stand out from the crowd.
 * Opportunity to network with other Software Professionals and keep in touch with job opportunities in the region.

Local News
OWASP Belfast Chapter Session - March 2015

The next OWASP Belfast Chapter session will be taking place on Wednesday 18th March at the Citi building, 60 Sydenham Rd (beside the Odyssey). The event is free to attend and will have 2 great talks on the current state of the security industry, and as usual pizza and soft drinks will be provided. There will also be the opportunity to avail of some free OWASP merchandise. This event will be held in association with ISACA Ireland.

Itinerary of events:
 * 6:30pm - Mark Schloesser from Rapid7 will discuss "Conducting internet-wide research". Mark Schloesser (@repmovsb) is a security researcher at Rapid7, analyzing threats and developing countermeasures to help defenders understand and protect against the risks they face. He is deeply involved in developing open-source software and in his free time likes reverse engineering malware and botnets and participating in CTF competitions. He regularly speaks at industry events, most recently Black Hat USA and Black Hat Asia.
 * 7:10pm - PSNI Dective Inspector Dougie Grant will provide an update on Cyber Security Crime within Northern Ireland, the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Non-Emergency Cyber Incident Report system for businesses, and the Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CISP) Northern Ireland group
 * 7:50pm - Discussion and debate over pizza and soft drinks

You can RSVP for the event at the OWASP Belfast Meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Belfast/

Sign-up for the OWASP Belfast mailing list for more information about this session, and other security related topics, at http://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-Belfast

OWASP Belfast would like to thank InvestNI for their sponsoring of this event and the OWASP Belfast Chapter, and Citi for the use of their venue for this event.