Re: [Owasp-london] Next Owasp-london meeting on Web Application Firewalls

[martin () sandren se]

> I am thinking that it would be a good idea to do the next Owasp-London
> meeting at the same time of the InfoSecurity conference in London (25th
> to 27th of April) on the topic "Web Application Firewalls: Where do they
> add value and who should be using them'

Excellent idea. 

> The format would be to have one or several vendors come in and do a 15m
> presentation about their product (probably using it to defend against
> SiteGenerator) followed by a panel discussion about them.
>
> My main objective for the night will be to highlight the areas where Web
> Application Firewalls are very effective (and deliver real value), and
> the areas where they are useless.

A couple of months ago I was at a OWASP Boston meeting with a similar topic. It was very interesting and I learned a 
lot. Netcontinuum (http://www.netcontinuum.com/) did the presentation and they or one of their distributors might be 
intrested in speaking in London as well.

Perhaps you should consider giving the vendor a bit more time to explain the concepts and ideas behind application 
firewalls. In Boston I think the talk was 60 minutes.

If Netcontinuum looks interesting I can ask them if they are interested in speaking.

Best regards
/M



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