User:Owen Pendlebury

Owen graduated in 2009 from Dundalk Institute of Technology, with a degree in Computer Applications and Support and an honours degree in IT Management specialising in web application development and networking. In 2009, Owen completed an MSc in Security & Forensic Computing from Dublin City University.

He has over 4 years experience in penetration testing working as part of a global attack & penetration team for a “Big 4” professional services company. He has in-depth experience of application and network penetration testing and has worked in this area with many local and global institutions.

Owen is a member of the Irish Board of OWASP. He also lectures at the National College of Ireland in web application and network security, and secure application development.

Expertise

•Web application security; •Security source code review •Network security; •Global penetration testing; •Risk assessment; •Unix & Windows operating system security; •Firewall & web application firewall security; •VoIP security; •Mobile security; •Physical penetration testing;

Experience

• Member of the OWASP board. • Owen has participated in numerous infrastructure and application penetration testing assignments, including: -- Internal and external infrastructure -- Penetration testing in specialised technologies such as wireless networking and Android application security. -- Web application and network penetration tests for major organisations in the financial services sector, consisting of ‘black-box’, ‘white-box’ and ‘grey-box’ testing. -- Reviewed all new web applications deployed throughout a financial services organisation to ensure they conformed with security standards. -- Performed a successful physical penetration test of a large investment bank’s premises in London City. -- Provided IT Audit and control reviews for financial services clients.