OWASP and WASC have agreed to join forces this year to put together an incredible AppSec 2007 Conference for the application security community, Nov. 12-15 in San Jose. A huge concentration of industry leading experts will be in attendance presenting high quality web application security content. AppSec 2007 offers a unique opportunity for security professionals, software developers, and IT managers to get up to speed on the latest and greatest attack techniques, defense strategies, and industry trends in an atmosphere of peers. The conference format and venue is also perfect for networking and sharing experiences with others that are down in the trenches.
Full details on the conference are available at: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_ <http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_&_WASC_AppSec_2007_Conference> &_WASC_AppSec_2007_Conference There are many new firsts to this conference that I wanted to mention: 1) This is the first joint OWASP and WASC AppSec Conference 2) eBay is hosting this conference, which is the first conference being hosted at a company facility. (Thank you eBay) 3) Web Services Security Track: A 3rd track has been added on Day 1 for this topic, which is an important area for OWASP to get involved with (and it is) Details on this track are available at: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/7th_OWASP_AppSec_Conference_-_San_Jose_2007/A genda#Nov_14:_Track_3:_Web_Services_Security 4) Tutorials: The tutorials session has been expanded to 2 full days and we have five 2-day tutorials this time on Nov 12-13: a. Building and Testing Secure Web Applications b. Secure Coding for Java EE c. Secure Coding .NET Web Applications d. Web Services and XML Security e. Leveraging OWASP Tools and Documents to Secure Your Enterprise (Our first OWASP specific tutorial!! - Taught by our Chief Evangelist - Dinis Cruz) Tutorial details are available at: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/7th_OWASP_AppSec_Conference_-_San_Jose_2007/T raining 5) A Technology Expo has been introduced. Vendors of application security products and managed services will be demonstrating their wares for the first time at an OWASP conference on Nov 13 and Nov 14. Tech Expo info is available at: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/7th_OWASP_AppSec_Conference_-_San_Jose_2007/A genda#Tech_Expo_-_Nov_13th-14th If you are a vendor interested in participating in the expo, more details are here: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_AppSec_Conference_Sponsors 6) New Social Events! - Breach is going to again have a cocktail party. This time its Nov 13. OWASP has its dinner on Nov 14. The OWASP Band!! Is also playing on Nov 14 (Check with Dinis for details). Microsoft has now joined in and is having a closing cocktail party on Nov 15 that is being cosponsored by Aspect Security. I hope to see you there! Thanks, Dave Dave Wichers OWASP Conferences Chair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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