Security Tools - Proving your applications are as secure as possible
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Hello & Welcome
In this session we'll be discussing various Tools used within Security.
By using these tools, your teams will be able to truly show that your products are as secure as they can be.
Please note this event will be recorded so we can put these talks on our YouTube channel afterwards. We will also be trying out our live streaming capabilities.
6:00 - Open doors
6:30 - Simon Bennetts: An Introduction to OWASP ZAP
In this talk Simon (the ZAP founder and project lead) will give you an overview of the worlds most popular web security scanner. He will also talk about the most recent changes and whats coming next
7:15 - Refreshments
8:00 - Anthony Harrison - SBOMs and why they can help make your software more secure
This talk will explain what a SBOM (Software Bill of Material) is, how and when they should be produced / some of the challenges that need to be overcome, and demonstrate how they should form part of a DevSecOPs lifecycle. I will try and supplement the talk with some demonstrations using a number of open source applications.
9:00 - Vacate venue -> to the pub for more socialising
LOCATION
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Manchester Technology Centre
Oxford House, Oxford Rd, Manchester M1 7ED
SPEAKERS
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Simon Bennetts
The OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) Founder and Project Leader, and a Distinguished Engineer at Jit.
He has talked about and demonstrated ZAP at conferences all over the world, including Blackhat, JavaOne, FOSDEM and OWASP AppSec EU, USA & AsiaPac.
Prior to making the move into security he was a developer for 25 years and strongly believes that you cannot build secure web applications without knowing how to attack them.
Anthony Harrison
An independent systems/software/cyber consultant. I am part of the SPDX community developing the forthcoming security profile, and a member of the OpenSSF SBOM Everywhere working group and SBOM Forum. I have presented on SBOMs at FOSDEM (2002 and 2023), EuroPython 2022 and will be presenting at PyCascades (Vancouver) in March.
SPONSORS (Thank you for supporting our community!!)
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Bruntwood - Venue Sponsor
Cytix - Food & Drink Sponsor
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