Dave Wichers

Aspect Security, Inc.

Presentations:

• (5320) Fundamental Application Security Building Blocks - The Benefits of Establishing an Enterprise Security API (ESAPI) for Your Organization

Short bio

Dave Wichers is a cofounder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Aspect 
Security, a company that specializes in application security services. Dave is 
also a member of the OWASP board, is the OWASP Conferences Chair, and is a 
coauthor of the OWASP Top Ten. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) 
(www.owasp.org) is a worldwide free and open community focused on improving the 
security of application software. Mr. Wichers has over 20 years of experience in 
the information security field, and has focused exclusively on application 
security for the past 10. At Aspect, in addition to his COO duties, he is 
Aspect's application security courseware lead, one of their chief instructors, 
and provides a wide variety of application security consulting services to 
Aspect's clients. Prior to starting Aspect, he ran the Application Security 
Services Group at Exodus Communications. Mr. Wichers has a Bachelors and Masters 
degree in Computer Science, is a CISSP, and a CISM.