OWASP is updating many of our Project Leader and Chapter Leader Handbooks as part of periodic maintenance.  We are interested in your feedback on the changes as well as hearing any changes you would like to see.  The Handbooks are a mixture of core regulations and best practices meant to guide your project or chapter to success.  

You can see the changes and suggestions to the Chapter Leader handbook in these shared Google Docs.  You can make your own contributions by signing in with your OWASP email address. This is the final request for input into the Chapter Leader handbook.  

Chapter 1   |   Chapter 2   |   Chapter 3   |   Chapter 4

Chapter 5   |   Chapter 6   |   Chapter 7   |

The Project Handbook is beginning its public review this week.  You can follow the previous link to make pull requests to include your suggested text and open conversations.  The Project Handbook repository is held under the new Operational Github organization.

Your 2017 Board has been elected!

Thank you to every one who voted in the 2017 Board of Directors election, your choice of representation matters. The OWASP Board consists of seven volunteers elected on alternating years to serve a two year term. These unpaid volunteers dedicate themselves to the organizational mission and playing a pivotal role in the software security community.  Members of the Global Board of Directors are responsible for setting the strategic direction of the organization and ensuring the financial integrity of the Foundation. 

Our thanks to everyone who stood for the board this year, your willingness to take on time consuming duties to further OWASP's mission is greatly appreciated.  OWASP is lucky to have such talented and active volunteers and we look forward to continuing to work with you. 

We are glad to announce that our new board members are:
Andrew J van der Stock                 Matt Konda                    Johanna Curiel

For more information please take a moment to read their Bios and Statements of Purpose and listen to their interviews.

Thank you to Jonathan Carter for your service on the board in this last year. 

Full Election results:

Interview with the Board Candidates Pts 1&2 of 4 ETA: All four parts are now available.

Every year as part of the OWASP Board of Directors election OWASP holds a call for questions from the community.  The top four questions are then selected to be recorded in individual interviews on the OWASP Podcast to give members insight into the candidate's priorities and philosophies.  This year the most requested questions were:

1. What kind of action plan do you have in mind to help motivate the participation of Developers into OWASP community?

2. What would you do to improve OWASP's image regarding vendor neutrality?

3. What has been the greatest accomplishment of OWASP Foundation and what is its biggest failure?

4. What is more important to you as a candidate 1) Members 2) Projects 3) Conferences 4) Chapters and why?

Each episode of the podcast will be released on our Soundcloud account and then linked on the elections page.  Parts one and two are available now, as are the can candidates' biographies and statements of intent.

Don't forget that only paid and honorary members can vote, so join before September 30, 2015!

Edited to add Parts three and four.