OWASP Bham Chapter Meetup May 2024!

Welcome from OWASP Birmingham our first Meetup of 2024

Once again we'll be @Hays at One Colmore Square Thursday 23rd May for two great Infosec talks

5.45pm - Doors open
6.15pm - Welcome and Food
6.30pm - "Post-Quantum Cryptography"

Speaker: Charlie Anglin

Synopsis : Quantum computers are here and research is advancing every day. Boffins tell us that the rise of quantum computing will soon make our current encryption algorithms irrelevant. This talk aims to cover questions such as:

· What are the facts?
· What's being done to produce quantum-safe cryptography?
· What can we expect to happen in the next few years?
· What actions, if any, should we be taking?

Speaker Bio:
Charlie is an engineer at Capgemini. He's spent the last 8 years in a number of roles, in particular as a security engineer and as a developer across multiple languages.

7.15pm - Break
7.30pm - "Practical Security Testing for E-Commerce and Payment Applications"

Speaker: Soroush Dalili

Synopsis: This talk aims to deepen the audience's understanding of security challenges in e-commerce and payment applications and to introduce a practical testing methodology. We will detail specific vulnerabilities and demonstrate how to test for race conditions using tools like Burp Suite and Turbo Intruder. Additionally, if time permits, we will explore intriguing cases where simple arithmetic operations lead to unexpected security outcomes.

Speaker Bio:
Soroush, the founder and director of SecProject, is a distinguished expert in web application security with over 15 years of experience specialising in vulnerability discovery, security source code review, and penetration testing. Before establishing his own company, he served as a principal security consultant at MDSec and NCC Group. He has contributed numerous security advisories to industry giants such as Microsoft, Mozilla, Adobe, Yahoo, and Facebook. Soroush's expertise has been showcased through speaking engagements at security conferences and events, including AppSec EU, SteelCon, BSides Manchester, and HackPra.

8.15pm - Questions/Any Other Business
8.30pm - Close

RSVP when you get a chance so we can plan accordingly. We look forward to catching up with you all next month!