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Local Chapter Information
The chapter shipping/mailing address is:

OWASP Boston 35 Wachusett Dr Lexington, MA. 02421

Reviews
Reviews of security podcasts

Chapter Meetings
We meet the FIRST WEDNESDAY of EVERY MONTH (Unless a speaker can only present another night), 6:30 to 9 pm.

Everyone is welcome to come to any meeting, there is no signup or joining criteria, just come if it sounds interesting. Feel free to sign up to the OWASP Boston mailing list. This list is very low volume (2 - 3 emails/month); it is used to remind people about each monthly meeting, inform about local application security events and special chapter offers.

Information for meeting updates about this and other Boston area user groups can also be found at BostonUserGroups.

Location
The Boston OWASP Chapter meets the FIRST WEDNESDAY of every month ( Unless a speaker can only present another night), 6:30 pm at the Microsoft offices at the Waltham Weston Corporate Center, 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor Waltham, MA.

From Rt. 128 North take exit 26 toward Waltham, East up the hill on Rt. 20. From Rt 128 South take exit 26 but go around the rotary to get to 20 East to Waltham. Follow signs for Rt. 117 (left at the second light). When you get to 117 turn left (West). You will cross back over Rt. 128. Jones Rd. (look for the Waltham Weston Corporate Center sign) is the second left, at a blinking yellow light, on Rt. 117 going west about 0.1 miles from Rt. 128 (I95). The office building is at the bottom of Jones Rd. Best parking is to turn right just before the building and park in the back. Knock on the door to get the security guard to open it. The room is MPR C.

Next Meeting   Wednesdat Oct. 7,  Microsoft Waltham
Main Presentation -  From Rivals to BFF: WAF & VA Unite

For years there was a debate in the Web application and data security world about which approaches are best - black box, white box, SDLC, VA services/software, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), etc. While it is true that with a limited budget anything can become competitive – a new copy machine versus a new coffee machine, the core value propositions of WAF and VA are distinct and complementary. This presentation will illustrate how integrating these solutions can enable more secure Web application development and operations.

Speaker -- Paul Schofield, Senior Security Engineer, Imperva Paul Schofield has over twelve years of experience in Information Security and Risk Management. He is currently a Senior Security Engineer with Imperva. Paul has broad business and technical experience ranging from mergers and acquisitions to incident response and investigations. He is a frequent public speaker, a member of several professional organizations, and because of his diverse background he brings insightful perspectives to security and risk management discussions.  

Past Meeting Notes
May 2009

Joey Peloquin, Fishnet Security, Secure SDLC: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly presentation pdf

March 2009

Sabha Kazerooni, Security Compass - Exploit Me tools; Framework Level Threat Analysis

ExploitMe Document

Framework Level Threat Analysis document

Meeting Pizza Sponsor - Arcot

Arcot is a leader in online fraud prevention, strong authentication and eDocument security. Arcot's solutions are easily deployed, low-cost and extremely scalable, allowing organizations to transparently protect their users from fraud without changing user behavior or requiring expensive hardware.

Arcot can be contacted thru Michael Kreppein, michael.kreppein@arcot.com, 617-467-5200, www.arcot.com

December 2008 Main Speaker - Brian Holyfield, Gothem Digital Science

Tamper Proofing Web Applications http://www.gdssecurity.com/l/b/2008/12/04/

June 2008 Main Speaker - Jeremiah Grossman; Founder and CTO, Whitehat Security

Appetizer - Hacking Intranets from the Outside (Just when you thought your network was safe) Port scanning with JavaScript

Main Topic - Business Logic Flaws: How they put your Websites at Risk

March 2008 Chris Eng; Senior Director, Security Research, Veracode

Description – Attacking crypto in web applications

December 2007 Scott Matsumoto; Principal Consultant, Cigital

Description – You Say Tomayto and I Say Tomahto – Talking to Developers about Application Security

Cigital Presentation

November 2007 Tom Mulvehill Ounce Labs

Description – Tom will share his knowledge and expertise on implementing security into the software development life cycle. This presentation will cover how to bring practicality into secure software development. Several integration models will be explored as well as solutions for potential obstacles

Ounce presentation

October 2007

George Johnson, Principal Software Engineer EMC; CISSP

An Introduction to Threat Modeling.

Feb 2005

Application Security Inc. PowerPoint slides for the Anatomy of a Database Attack.

March 2005

Joe Stagner: Microsoft Let's talk about Application Security

April 2005

Jonathan Levin - Of Random Numbers

Jothy Rosenberg, Founder and CTO: Service Integrity - Web Services Security

May 2005

Patrick Hynds, CTO: Critical Sites - Passwords - Keys to the Kingdom

June 2005

Arian Evans, National Practice Lead, Senior Security Engineer: Fishnet Security Overview of Application Security Tools

July 2005

Mark O'Neill, CTO: Vordel - [http://www.owasp.org/docroot/owasp/misc/MarkOneill.pdf Giving SOAP a REST? A look at the intersection of Web Application Security and Web Services Security]

September 2005

Dr. Herbert Thompson, Chief Security Strategist: SecurityInnovation - How to Break Software Security

October 2005

Prateek Mishra, Ph.D. Director, Security Standards and Strategy: Oracle Corp Chaiman of the OASIS Security Services (SAML) Technical Committee - Identity Federation : Prospects and Challenges

Ryan Shorter, Sr. System Engineer: Netcontinuum - Application Security Gateways

November 2005

Robert Hurlbut, Independent Consultant Threat Modeling for web applications

December 2005

Paul Galwas, Product Manager: nCipher Enigma variations: Key Management controlled

January 2006

David Low, Senior Field Engineer: RSA Practical Encryption

February 2006

Ron Ben Natan; Guardium CTO Database Security: Protecting Identity Information at the Source

March 2006

Mateo Meucci; OWASP Italy Anatomy of 2 web attacks

Tom Stracener; Cenzic Web Application Vulnerabilities

April 2006

Dennis Hurst; SPI Dynamics: A study of AJAX Hacking

Jim Weiler; OWASP Boston: Using Paros HTTP proxy, part 1. first meeting with all demos, no powerpoints!

May 2006

June 2006 Imperva - Application and Database Vulnerabilities and Intrusion Prevention

Jim Weiler - Using Paros Proxy Server as a Web Application Vulnerability tool

September 2006 Mike Gavin, Forrester Research:   Web Application Firewalls

November 2006

January 2007 Dave Low, RSA the Security Division of EMC:   encryption case studies

March 2007 Jeremiah Grossman,  CTO Whitehat Security:   Top 10 Web Application Hacks of 2006

June 2007 Tool Talk - Jim Weiler - WebGoat and Crosssite Request Forgeries

Danny Allan; Director, Security Research, Watchfire

Topic: Exploitation of the OWASP Top 10: Attacks and Strategies

September 2007

Day of Worldwide OWASP 1 day conferences on the topic "Privacy in the 21st Century"

Jim Weiler CISSP

Web Application Security and PCI compliance.

Boston OWASP Chapter Leaders
President

[mailto:jim.weiler@starwoodhotels.com Jim Weiler] 781 356 0067

Program Committee

Mark Arnold

[mailto:jim.weiler@starwoodhotels.com Jim Weiler] 781 356 0067