OWASP Comprises 30% of ToolsWatch.org Top Ten Security Tools for 2016

The OWASP Community produces a lot of amazing things. This month we are glad to share that three OWASP Projects have taken spots in 2016 Top Security Tools as voted by ToolsWatch.org Readers. Congratulations and many thanks to the project leaders and many contributors to these projects! 

OWASP Zed Attack Proxy Project (ZAP), a penetration testing tool that combines automatic scanning and manual tools, was voted the 2nd most popular tool of 2016.  You can join Simon Bennetts and the ZAP team by visiting the ZAP GitHub or taking this survey.





OWASP VBScan Project, the black box vulnerability scanner which detects and analyses VBulletin CMS vulnerabilities in perl, was voted 3rd most popular tool of 2016.  You watch demonstrations on the wiki page or help by following up with Mohammad Reza Espargham on GitHub.





OWASP ZSC Tool Project placed 6th in the top ten for 2016.  The project generates customized shellcodes and convert scripts to an obfuscated script. You can contribute Ali Razmjoo and Johanna Curiel's python project on their GitHub.


Thank you for your votes!!
Congratulations OWASP Project Leaders!

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ISSA Names OWASP the Security Organization of the Year

ISSA has named OWASP their Organization of the Year for 2016.  We humbly thank our incredible volunteers for making this possible through all of their hard work on OWASP Projects and in OWASP Chapters.  With such great people helping us create a more secure world we can't go wrong!

Congratulations to all of the other amazing winners, some of whom are also wonderful OWASP volunteers:

Chapter of the Year (100-200 Members):  ISSA Minnesota Chapter

Chapter of the Year (200+ Members): ISSA Capitol of Texas Chapter

Honor Roll: Richard Greenberg & Joel Weise

Organization of the Year: OWASP

Security Professional of the Year: Albert Marcella

Volunteer of the Year: Constance Matthews & Colleen Murphy

Hall of Fame: Gerald Combs & Jim Reavis

President’s Award for Public Service: Howard Schmidt

We cannot wait to see you in November at the Awards Luncheon  and ISSA Conference in Dallas. 

If you are interested in joining our thriving global community to drive visibility and evolution in the safety and security of the world’s software become a member and check out our projects or find your local chapter.

Results of the 2016 WASPY Awards

Thank you to everyone who voted in the 2016 WASPY Awards!  The voting for the 2016 WASPY Awards has closed. The winners have been notified, and the results are posted here. 

Congratulations to all of the individuals who were nominated, and a special Congratulations to our winners: 

Jeremy Long Open/Leading Category

Eoin Keary Integrity/Learning Category

Owen Pendlebury Innovation/Sharing Category

Kathy Thaxton Global/Growing Category

The award ceremony will be held at the AppSecUSA 2016 conference in Washington, DC. More specific details will be posted to the conference site, so please check back frequently. 

As always, thank you for your support!