Information technology has been changing our way of living, working and doing busineses. Business portals, personal websites and cyber communities are necessary components in the nowadays digital world. Web application security is a growing concern as insecure websites could be vulnerable of financial loss, loss of sensitive client data, impact of company image or communication breakdown.

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is dedicated to finding and fighting the causes of insecure software. The OWASP projects and local chapters provide free, unbiased, open-source documentation, tools and standards. WebGoat and WebScarab projects are good examples. From the perspective of information security professionals, what are the top challenges and best practices? Do join the seminar and share with our speaker.

 Topic

Seminar: Web Application Security Challenges and Defense
 Date 7-Dec-2005 (Wed)
 Time

7:00pm - 8:30pm
6:45pm - 7:00pm (Registration)

 Venue

B5-209, Academic Building, City University, Kowloon Tong

 Seats

PISA and OWASP Members Only
Limited seats. First-come-first-serve.

 Registration Use this Registration Form
Fax:2900-8338
Email to registration@pisa.org.hk
 Speaker

Mr. Anthony Lai (representing OWASP HK Chapter and PISA)
 Content Content highlights :
(i) Top 10 Web Security Vulnerabilites from OWASP
(ii) WebGoat & WebScarab: Techiques, usage and demonstrations
(iii) Google hacking
(iv) Defense and best practices

 Presentation Slides

OWASP Top 10 Web Security Vulnerabilites (1.1MB)
OWASP WebScarab and WebGoat (1.2MB)
Google hacking (0.5MB)
Photos
 Organizer

   
 Professional Information Security Association

  

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