Press Release: OWASP Offers Free Web Application Security Book and Announces Membership Plan

["Jeff Williams" <jeff.williams () aspectsecurity com>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OWASP Offers Free Web Application Security Book and Announces Membership 
Plan

July 26, 2005 (Washington D.C.)

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) has released a free 
open-source web application security book, "The OWASP Guide to Securing Web 
Applications and Services 2.0." Software developers, project managers, and 
security professionals need this information to produce secure web 
applications.

After three years of community development, this is a major new release, 
with detailed coverage of secure software design, performing security 
reviews, handling credit cards, defeating phishing, securing web services, 
and much more. The book is platform independent and includes examples in 
Java, .NET, and PHP. All of the materials at OWASP are free and open-source. 
The 277 page book can be downloaded in both PDF and Word formats from the 
OWASP website at http://www.owasp.org.

OWASP also announced a membership program. "We strongly encourage 
organizations using our materials to support us financially by becoming an 
OWASP Member", says OWASP Chair Jeff Williams. "OWASP is a fantastic source 
of unbiased application security information. We need your support to 
continue producing great materials like the Guide."

OWASP is a 501c3 not-for-profit foundation dedicated to finding and fighting 
the causes of insecure software. Our materials are the defacto standard for 
application security worldwide and used in broad range of industries. OWASP 
has dozens of projects, over 50 chapters around the world, thousands of 
participants, and millions of hits every month. For further information, see 
our website at http://www.owasp.org.

Contact:
 Jeff Williams, OWASP Chair
 jeff.williams () owasp org

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