OWASP Connector Newsletter - October 28, 2015

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2015 Global Board Election Results OWASP in the News 2015 WASPY Award Winners OWASP Translations: ASVS Women in AppSec: Diversity Leads to Success NEW Tool: Trello	Project Summit at AppSecUSA Latest Releases ZAP Scripting Competition Results OWASP Code Review Guide Survey NEW Initiative: OWASP Research	Global AppSec Events Local and Regional Events Partner and Promotional Events
New OWASP Chapters Chapter Transitions New Student Chapters New Academic Supporters Chapter Activities	Premier Corporate Members Contributing Corporate Members	OWASP Foundation Social Media

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	OWASP Communications
2015 Global Board Election Results https://www.owasp.org/index.php/2015_Global_Board_of_Directors_Election Turnout 855 (33.0%) of 2587 electors voted in this ballot As a % of 855 Tobias Gondrom 459 53.7% Michael Coates 414 48.4% Tom Brennan 312 36.5% Josh Sokol 304 35.6% Jonathan Carter 226 26.4% Abbas Naderi Afooshteh 178 20.8% Bil Corry 175 20.5% Milton Smith 172 20.1% Nigel Phair 125 14.6% VOTER SUMMARY Total 855 Abstain 36 4.2%
OWASP in the NEWS! OWASP Projects and activities are often the subject of webcasts and podcasts. Sit back and relax as you watch and listen to these recent episodes. Simon Bennetts - OWASP ZAP Q&A session ZAP, Xenotix XSS Exploit Framework, O-Saft and OWTF - 2015 BOSSIE Awards OWASP Top 10 - "Don't Let Your SMB Get Caught With Its Pants Down," Huffington Post Mark Miller - OWASP 24/7 Podcast Series
WASPY Award Winners The results of the OWASP WASPY Awards have been announced and posted to our website. Thanks to all who made a nomination and congratulations to the winners. Open/Leading Category European Region: Eoin Keary United States Region: Jeremiah Grossman Latin American Region: Mateo Martinez Caribbean Region: Johanna Curiel Integrity/Learning Category European Region: Antonis Manaras & Mateo Martinez (OWASP Student Chapters Program Leaders) United States Region: Pedro Peralta Asia/Pacific/Middle East Region: John Patrick Lita Caribbean Region: Johanna Curiel Innovation/Sharing Category African Region: Munir Njiru European Region: Fiona Collins Latin American Region: Diego Ademir United States Region: Jeremy Long Global/Growing African Region: Munir Njiru Asia/Pacific/Middle East Region: John Patrick Lita European Region: Jason Alexander Latin American Region: John Vargas United States Region: Jerry Hoff View the complete results and vote counts at https://www.owasp.org/index.php/WASPY_Awards_2015#Results.
OWASP Translations: ASVS OWASP ASVS — Translation Project has been added to Crowdin. Crowd In is a community translation platform. If you speak another language other than English, we would really appreciate it if you could join Crowd In, and become a member of the ASVS project page and commit some time to developing a translation into your local language.Help us translate OWASP ASVS and bring it to the world! https://crowdin.com/project/owasp-asvs.
Women in AppSec: Diversity Leads to Success Study after study has shown that diverse teams are more successful. Forbes reports that diversity is key driver of internal innovation and business growth. McKinsey & Company study showed that diverse organizations are more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians. The OWASP Women in AppSec (WIA) diversity initiative aims to increase the participation and visibility of women in the applications security field. WIA is seeking volunteers to help with projects in 2016 now! Fill out the WIA planning survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SRNLD7H and get involved today. Increasing diversity is an effort that relies on all of us to be successful, so all genders are welcome and encouraged to participate.
NEW Tool: Trello Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process. The OWASP Foundation has obtained a free premium Trello account for our community. If you are interested in having your own board for your project or chapter, please ping Fabio Cerullo at fcerullo@owasp.org. Some of the projects and chapters using the Trello board are Campinas/Sao Paulo, Delhi, CSRFGuard, ZAP as well as the global Board and the AppSecUSA Chapter Leader Workshop. Visit these boards for ideas on how to use them for collaboration in your group: https://trello.com/owaspfoundation

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OWASP Projects

Project Summit at AppSecUSA Several OWASP Projects participated in the AppSecUSA Project Summit. A lot of good feedback, Github updates and new documentation served to level up all participating projects. Visit the project pages for updates or contact the leaders to find out how you can get involved: OWASP Security Shepherd Project Mark Denihan, Pol McCana, Philip Payne, Ryan Foushee Updated Github Wiki Created new levels New Specifications made in version 3 Created new level templates Project up for review to Flagship phase Eliminated issues that were blocking the progress of the docker file. OWASP Code Review Gary Robinson, Larry Coklin Editing doc for Release Gained a new contributor Prepared Community Survey: “OWASP is interested in the ownership perception of security controls effectiveness”. Results will be posted on the next board meeting. OWASP Cheatsheet Series & Proactive Controls Jim Manico & Andrew Van Der Stock Open Discussion and collaboration Great discusssions and was much needed OWASP Python Security Enrico Branca Received Feedback from the other project leaders and attendees. Found how to share technical documents and how to organize issues by using ASVS/SKF. Gained valuable information to move the project forward. OWASP Security Knowledge Framework Glenn Tate Cate Shared knowledge, got some some feedback. Helping review ASVS Project Checking with Python Security Project OWASP WAFEC Tony Turner, Rafael Chiles Restart the Project Updating the wiki content and Github Great was a great experience as this was my first Project Summit OWASP O2 Platform Michael Hidalgo Restart the Project Updating the wiki content and Github Great was a great experience and enjoyed the open forum OWASP PodCasts created by Mark Miller offer a great forum for getting an update on projects. Listen to interviews with project leaders at https://soundcloud.com/owasp-podcast. Latest Releases OWASP Security Shepherd Project Mark Denihan Download: https://github.com/OWASP/SecurityShepherd/releases/tag/v3.0 Project Page: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Security_Shepherd Just a heads up that the Security Shepherd Team have dotted the i's and crossed the t's on our latest version. Please share, tweet, blog, smoke signal the milestone and check out the latest release yourself. OWASP Application Security Verification Standard Jim Manico, Andrew Van der Stock, Daniel Cutbert Project Page: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Application_Security_Verification_Standard_Project#Version_3_.282015.29 I'm really proud to announce that the latest Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) 3.0 is ready. OWASP Mobile Security Project Milan Singh Thakur, Jonathan Carter Project Page: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Mobile_Security_Project#tab=Guide_Development_Project Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxOPagp1jPHWczhwYjRQNzZIekU/view?usp=sharing The APPSEC Approach - Download OWASP-Mobile Security Testing Guide BETA OWASP Seraphimdroid v.2 Nikola Milosevec Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.owasp.seraphimdroid Project Page: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_SeraphimDroid_Project OWASP Seraphimdroid V2 has been released as a result of OWASP Summer Code Sprint. The mission of OWASP Seraphimdroid is to create, as a community, an open platform for education and protection of Android users against privacy and security threats. OWASP Searaphimdroid is an Android privacy and security protection application with secondary aim to make mobile security, threats and risks visible to users. ZAP Scripting Competition Results ZAP Scripting Competition results are now available at https://www.owasp.org/index.php/2015-08-ZAP-ScriptingCompetition. For more information about OWASP Projects, please visit the Project Wiki Page OWASP Code Review Guide Survey The OWASP Code Review Guide team surveyed attendees at AppSec USA to find out how attendees rated the effectiveness of various security tools/reviews at finding issues, such as business logic problems, or each of the OWASP Top 10. Our intention was to evaluate if Secure Code Review (the topic of our guide) is seen as an effective security process in an organizations SDLC. The Survey results will be included in the next version of the guide. New Initiative: OWASP Research OWASP Research is an initiative to start developing OWASP projects in the field of innovative research,specifically new ways to protect web applications by applying out of the box concepts and technological developments. Contact Johanna Curiel for details or visit http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Global Initiatives#Research.

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	OWASP Events
Global AppSec Events
	Mark your Calendar! AppSECEU 2016 is coming to Rome, Italy on 27 June to 1 July 2016! The Call for Trainings is Now Available! Deadline for proposals: 31 December, 2015. The Call For Papers is open until January 15, 2016. Submit yours soon.
Regional and Local Events AppSec Rio de la Plata 2015, December 1, 2015 - December 3, 2015, Montevideo, Uruguay German OWASP Day, December 1, 2015 - December 3, 2015 OWASP Gothenburg Day, December 8, 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden AppSec Cali 2016, Jan. 25, 2016 - Jan. 27, 2016, Santa Monica, CA New Zealand Day 2016, February 3, 2016 - February 4, 2016, Auckland, New Zealand Conference Videos AppSecUSA Videos from 21 of our sessions and keynotes are now available on YouTube. Look for more uploads to come featuring keynotes, special panels and talks. Videos from our OWASP Eastern European Conference are also available on YouTube. Stay tuned for videos from last week's LASCON (Lonestar Application Security Conference) event in Austin, TX, USA. Partner and Promotional Events OSCON Amsterdam, October 26 - October 28, 2015 Amsterdam, The Netherlands SecureWorld Expo - Bay Area, November 4, 2015, San Jose Marriott, CA, USA 4th Annual CISO ASIA Summit & Roundtable, November 2, 2015 - November 4, 2015 Harbour Grand Kowloon, Hong Kong Blackhat Europe 2015, November 10, 2015 - November 13, 2015 Amsterdam, The Netherlands SC Congress Boston, November 12, 2015 Metro Metting Centers Boston, MA, USA SC Congress Chicago, November 17, 2015 Revel @ Fulton Market Chicago, IL, USA SANS CyberTalent Fair, November 19, 2015, Virtual On-line CyberSecure December 15 - 16, 2015 The Sheraton Times Square New York, NY, USA CodeMash January 5 - 8, 2016 Sandusky, Ohio, USA BSides Lagos January 22, 2016 Nigeria SC Congress London, February 10, 2016 ILEC Conference Centre London, UK SC Congress Toronto, June 1, 2016 - June 2, 2016 Metro Convention Center Toronto, CN

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OWASP Chapters

We had a lot of activity in our chapters since our April 21 Connector: 18 New Chapters (red), 13 Leadership Transitions (pink), two New Student Chapters (blue) and six new Academic Supporters (light blue). Click on the map to see our newest chapters. New Chapters Atlantic Canada: Leader, Scott Deveaux, scott.deveaux@owasp.org Bhopal, India: Leader, Akshay Sharma, akshay.sharma@owasp.org Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Trevor Sibanda leader, trevor.sibanda@owasp.org Cagayan Valley, Philippines: Leader, Charmagne Cumigad,charmagne.cumigad@owasp.org Cape Town, South Africa: Leader, Timo Goosen, timo.goosen@owasp.org Colorado Springs: Leader, Mike Forgione, mike.forgione@owasp.org Cotonou, Benin: Leader, Apollin Moyo, apollin.moyo@owasp.org Columbia, SC, USA: Leader, Frank Catucci, frank.catucci@owasp.org El Salvador: Leader, Nelson Chacon, nelson.chacon@owasp.org Gwalior, India: Sumit Ojha leader,sumit.ojha@owasp.org Kern County, CA, USA: John Stampfli leader, john.stampfli@owasp.org Madurai, India: Leader, M.S. Siva Kumar Odessa, Ukraine: Leader, Vladimir Garbuz, vladimir.garbuz@owasp.org Panay, Philippines: Francis AI Victoriano leader,francis.victoriano@owasp.org Southern New Hampshire, USA: Leaders, James Burroughs, Edmond Holohan and Garrett Klok Spotsylvania, VA, USA: Leader Arnold Webster arnold.webster@owasp.org Stamford, CT, USA: Maria Sette leader,maria.sette@owasp.org Taguig, Philippines: Gil Tario II leader, gil.tario@owasp.org Trinidad and Tobago: Laura Bigram leader, laura.bigram@owasp.org Chapter Transitions Bhopal, India: New Leader added Nandan Yadav, Nandan.Yadav@owasp.org Bristol, UK: Katy Anton and Sash Rigby, katy.anton@owasp.org,sash.rigby@owasp.org Brooklyn, NY, USA: Added leaders Emily Wicki and Nicole Becher,emily.wicki@owasp.org,nicole.becher@owasp.org; Loren Davie is stepping down. Charlotte, NC, USA: New leader Rob Taylor rob.taylor@owasp.org Cyprus: New leaders, Christos Papadopoulos,christos.papadopoulos@owasp.org and Yiannis Ioannides,yiannis.ioannides@owasp.org Iceland: New Leaders, Þröstur Spörri Jónasson, Sigmundur Jónsson, Thorlaug Agustsdóttir, Sverrir Davíðsson, Theodor Gíslason,throstur.sporri.jonasson@owasp.org,sigmundur.jonsson@owasp.org,thorlaug.agustsdottir@owasp.org, ,sverrir.davidsson@owasp.org,theodor.gislason@owasp.org Khartoum, Sudan: New leaders added, Ahmed Abbas ahmed.abbas@owasp.org, Asim Jaweesh asim.jaweesh@owasp.org, and Obay Albadri obay.albadri@owasp.org Kenya/Nairobi: The inactive Nairobi chapter will merge with Kenya. Kenya team is incorporating historical info on past Nairobi meetings on their page. Nairobi leaders have been invited to join Kenya leadership team. Kolkata, India: Added leader Dibyendu Sikdar, dibyendu.sikdar@owasp.org Manila, Philippines: Jan Jancosin (jan.jancosin@owasp.org) added to leadership team Orange County, CA, USA: New leader, Haral Tsitsivas, haral.tsitsivas@owasp.org Pune, India: New leader, Ashwini Paranjpe, ashwini.paranjpe@owasp.org New Zealand: New leader added in Wellington, Kirk Jacksonkirk.jackson@owasp.org New Student Chapters IIT Kanpur Student Chapter, Kanpur, India University Lucian Blaga of Sitiu, Romania New Academic Supporters Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK De La Salle University, Philippines Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya Philippine Institute of Cyber Security Professionals, Manila, Philippines Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rottterdam, Netherlands Universiti Tecknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Chapter Activities On October 12 2015, OWASP Panay chapter leader Francis Victoriano presented OWASP Top 10 at Aklan State University and at Filamer Christian University, a future academic supporter, on October 21. Almost 300 students attended the latter event, and they are planning to invite OWASP Panay next year. On October 7, OWASP Kerala hosted sessions at PRS College with an amazing turn out of more than 150 students from various semesters of Computer Science and Electronics Department - organized in multiple sessions throughout the day with back to back non stop sessions. It was a great event and was so exciting to interact with the students. The engineering schools in Kerala, India under the Kerala State University system have signed on as OWASP Academic Supporters. We at the OWASP Global Foundation are looking forward to hearing about more such events in future. Share your chapter's successes! Submit your stories here

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