OWASP Hartford

Now that I'm back in the Connecticut area, the best thing happened! James McGovern has started the Hartford OWASP chapter. First meeting is set for Thursday, February 28th with opening remarks beginning at 5:30pm. The agenda for the night is as follows:

• Opening Remarks: 5:30 - 6:00 PM James McGovern, Chapter Lead
• How Web 2.0 has changed the landscape of Application Security: 6:00 - 7:00 PM Chenxi Wang, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research
• Exploiting Online Games: 7:00 - 8:00 PM Gary McGraw, CTO of Cigital

Future meetings will feature speakers:

• Anton Chuvakin, Product Manager at LogLogic (April)
• Jack Danahy, CTO of Ounce Labs (April)
• Steven M. Christey of Mitre (September)
• Jeff Margolies of Accenture (September)
• Jim Routh, CISO of the Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC) (November)
• Nick Selby, Industry Analyst at the 451 Group (November)

We'd love to see people attend from companies in the area... such as Aetna, Gartner, General Electric, Northeast Utilities, United Technologies, Lincoln, Prudential, ESPN, Bristol Myers Squibb, IPC, Foxwoods, etc.

For more information about the chapter, see the Hartford OWASP chapter page and mailing list information.

Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 in Conferences.