I would like to invite you to the next OWASP Belgium Chapter meeting!

WHAT
The Open Web Application Security Project (www.owasp.org) Belgian Chapter organizes their next Chapter meeting.
OWASP's all-volunteer participants produce free, professional quality, open-source documentation, tools, and standards on application security. 
An example of this is the famous OWASP top ten of most critical web application security flaws.
The OWASP community facilitates conferences, local chapters, articles, and message forums.
Participation in OWASP is free and open to all, as are all the materials we produce.

WHEN
Wednesday 22nd of February 2006, 18h00 - 21h00.

Already mark your agenda's for the next chapter meetings this year:
-           Monday May 8th 2006 - Brussels
-           Thursday Sep 14th 2006 - Antwerp
-           Tuesday Nov 21 2006 - Brussels
Timing 18h-21h, updates on http://www.owasp.org/local/belgium.html

WHEREKUL sponsors the venue: Location: Auditorium N00.01, Celestijnenlaan 200A, Heverlee.
Itinerary to Dept Computer Science: http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/cs/algemene_info/plan/images/kulplan.gif
Detailed map of campus with building N: http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/cs/algemene_info/plan/campus-E.shtml
BeeWare sponsors the Pizza and Drinks!

PROGRAM

• 18h00 - 18h20: Welcome, get Pizza & Drink
• 18h20 - 18h40: Sebastien Deleersnyder, Ascure* *
      OWASP,  OWASP Membership and new OWASP Projects
• 18h40 - 19h30: Philippe Bogaerts, BeeWare
      WebScarab demonstration
• 19h30 - 20h45: Web Application Firewalls: Panel Discussion
  We will set the scene with some background information on WAFs
  Then we organize a panel discussion with people from industry, vendors and research:
  How mature are WAFs?
  What do WAFs protect you from? What not?
  Where do you position WAFs in your architecture?
  What WAF functionality do you really need?
  ...
  A panel Discussion with:
  • • To be announced: check mailing list for details!

WHO should attend
Anyone interested in Web Application Security (management, security professionals, developers, students, etc).
OWASP Belgium chapter membership is free. All meetings are free.
There are never vendor pitches or sales presentations at OWASP meetings.
Check our chapter page http://www.owasp.org/local/belgium.html on meeting details, sign up to the chapter mailing list and introduce yourself.

Please drop a mail to sdl@ascure.com if you plan to attend, so we can size the venue appropriately and keep you updated on last-minute changes.

Please forward to anyone you feel would have an interest in this event.
Thank you,
Sebastien Deleersnyder
Belgian OWASP Chapter Leader