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OWASP Hartford tomorrow

Tomorrow, February 28th, is the first ever meeting for the brand new Hartford Owasp chapter. James McGovern, the chapter lead has been putting some effort into starting it off with a bang, so I hope everyone in the NY/CT/Mass area can make it. Agenda for the night is as follows:

The meeting will be held in the Atrium Conference Room at the Tower Building in Hartford Plaza, Hartford, CT 06115. From East (via Route 84):

  1. Approaching Hartford, follow Route 84 West to Exit 48 (Asylum Ave. Exit)
  2. At light, take a right onto Asylum Avenue
  3. Turn into entrance on right near Home Office
  4. Proceed to the Ramp Garage and park
  5. Enter the Tower Building using the West Entrance

From West (via Route 84):

  1. Approaching downtown Hartford, follow Route 84 East to Exit 48A (Asylum Ave. Exit)
  2. At light, take a left onto Asylum Avenue
  3. Turn into entrance on right near Home Office
  4. Proceed to the Ramp Garage and park
  5. Enter the Tower Building using the West Entrance

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a worldwide free and open community focused on improving the security of application software. Our mission is to make application security "visible," so that people and organizations can make informed decisions about application security risks. Everyone is free to participate in OWASP and all of our materials are available under an open source license. The OWASP Foundation is a 501c3 not-for-profit charitable organization that ensures the ongoing availability and support for our work.

Chenxi Wang, Ph.D., Principal Analyst, Forrester

Dr. Wang is a member of Forrester's Security and Risk Management research team. Her primary coverage areas include network security, content security, application security, and vulnerability management.

Prior to joining Forrester, Chenxi was the Chief Scientist for KSR, Inc, a risk management service provider start up in the Silicon Valley. Prior to that, Chenxi was an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. She taught and researched Computer Science and Computer security from 2001 to 2005. She was an instrumental faculty member behind the inception of CMU's Cylab. At CMU, Chenxi led a number of high profile research projects, including multi-million dollar projects from the Department of Defense and National Science Foundation. Chenxi was a consultant to HP Labs, Emerson, Lucent, and a number of Venture Capital companies.

Chenxi is a frequent speaker in research conferences. She delivered invited talks at Stanford, University of Cambridge, HP Labs, and many other academic institutions. She has served as a special investigative consultant for the Federal Trade Commission. Chenxi's background lends her the technical depth and analytical skills to create insightful research and advisories. At Forrester, she has delivered webinars and keynote speeches at vendor events, and in-depth advisory sessions at Microsoft, TrendMicro, JP Morgan, and other companies.

Chenxi holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. Her Ph.D. research received ACM's Samuel L. Alexander outstanding doctoral research award.

Gary McGraw, Ph.D., CTO, Cigital

Gary McGraw is the CTO of Cigital, Inc., a software security and quality consulting firm with headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area. He is a globally recognized authority on software security and the author of six best selling books on this topic. The latest, Exploiting Online Games was released in 2007. His other titles include Java Security, Building Secure Software, Exploiting Software, and Software Security; and he is editor of the Addison-Wesley Software Security series. Dr. McGraw has also written over 90 peer-reviewed scientific publications, authors a monthly security column for darkreading.com, and is frequently quoted in the press. Besides serving as a strategic counselor for top business and IT executives, Gary is on the Advisory Boards of Fortify Software and Raven White. His dual PhD is in Cognitive Science and Computer Science from Indiana University where he serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the School of Informatics. Gary is an IEEE Computer Society Board of Governors member and produces the monthly Silver Bullet Security Podcast for IEEE Security & Privacy magazine.

Posted by Marcin on Thursday, February 28, 2008 in Conferences, People and Security.

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