OWASP NYC Chapter Meeting - Sept 28th

[peter.stern () owasp org]

We are excited to provide details of the next OWASP NYC Meeting that will
be taking place at PricewaterhouseCoopers 300 Madison Ave (BETWEEN EAST
41ST AND E. 42nd St.)on Wednesday, September 28th from 6PM - 9PM.  It
promises to be a full program with 2 experts in their fields, as well as
all of your participation.



Please RSVP to peter.stern () owasp org



PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING 2 PRESENTATIONS:
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FEISAL NANJI (Ernst & Young) will speak on the Value of the SDLC within
Application Security

Understanding security vulnerabilities within the context of the SDLC
involves a variety of assessment techniques including threat models,
design reviews, security tests, and code reviews. Since enterprise
software development is a complicated undertaking, tools that help in
automating the discovery, analysis, reporting, and remediation of security
vulnerabilities are central to security process development and security
assessment. The presentation provides a description of processes and the
necessary tools to significantly improve security while applications are being developed.
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PETER GIEN (Secure Software) will speak on Bringing Developers to the Water and Making them Drink

Regulatory and legal forces are driving coding standards and practices in
large enterprises, particularly financial institutions. Some
financial institutions are meeting this challenge by developing Control
Standards that govern the development of critical software. In addition,
security has become an important activity through all phases of the SDLC.
Finally, compliance with Control Standards is now being forced by policy
driven, automated analysis of source code. Many institutions are adopting
frameworks for authentication, authorization and role-based access
control. In these cases, we are finding that significant levels of
vulnerability exist in the frameworks themselves, no matter if they are
internally developed or based on Open Source. In this talk we will give
examples of Control Standards that can be enforced through
automated analysis, as well as some examples that still have to be done
the old-fashioned way in a code review. We will also present a summary of
the automated analysis of some popular Open Source frameworks (Java and C)

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BIOS:

PETER GIEN

Peter Gien has been engaged in helping large financial institutions
improve their SDLC through education of project teams in all matters of
security, and in particular through the strategic deployment of automated
code-scanning technology. Recently, Peter has served as a Principal
Consultant at Secure Software. Prior to this, Peter worked for Microsoft
Corporation in the National Practices as a security and PKI expert. During
his tenure at Microsoft, Peter was involved in many PKI consulting
engagements with Fortune 100 companies and government agencies. Before
Joining Microsoft, Peter was employed at Identrus, a global banking PKI
consortium where he authored the Identrus Smart Card Requirements and
Digital Signature specifications. In spite of holding a Ph.D in Aerospace
Engineering, Peter has enjoyed a technical career involving computers from
the 8088 era onwards.



FEISAL NANJI
Senior Manager, Security and Technology Solutions (STS)

Feisal has 18 years of experience in Information Technology markets,
specifically in Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, and Information
Delivery. At Ernst & Young He leads Ernst & Young’s Application Security
Advisory (ASA) service line focused on helping clients improve security
within the software development lifecycle. He is responsible for process
methodology, client delivery, and adoption of new technologies. At Ernst &
Young, Feisal has worked on numerous security assignments for global
banks, investment houses, telecommunications firms, and media companies
focusing on application security, corporate governance, and security
policy development.
Prior to Ernst & Young, he was Vice President of Business Development at
Primeon Inc, an Application Security Specialist, where he was responsible
for revenue generation targeting Wall Street and developing technology
alliances. Feisal also has extensive experience in software development as
Product Manager of Software at Berkeley Process Control, where he was
responsible for product strategy. He has also served in the role of
Director of Research at Devonshire Partners, as well as Director of
Research at Skow Inc. where he was an investment analyst focusing on
information technology.
At Skow, Inc. Feisal was instrumental in helping launch Vermeer
Technologies, creator of FrontPage software that was eventually purchased
by Microsoft Corporation for inclusion into its Office suite.

Education, Certifications and Affiliations
Feisal has a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard and is a Certified
Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

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We look forward to seeing everyone!!!