[Owasp-leaders] Question on OWASP Demographics

Tue Oct 26 10:35:17 EDT 2010

James,

I know I'm going out on a limb, but this is my first posting to 
owasp-leaders so I figure I may as well go for all or nothing :-)

I think the "marketing-oriented types" asked the wrong question. If we 
go back to pre-electronic days, you can view OWASP as a publisher of 
various media types all focused on app security. In that model, what 
does a marketing type care about who is doing the publishing, editing, 
or writing. What a marketing type cares about is what is the 
demographics of the publications.

I think that if we sell sponsorships based on our memberships, we're 
limited to pure app security types. But if we sell sponsorship based on 
our distribution, it is entirely different.

For me, the question isn't about who OWASP members are. It is about who 
visits OWASP.org, what they look at, and what they distribute to other 
people. It is about how many people use ESAPI, read the T10, etc...

I'm not a  "marketing-oriented type" and can't even play one on TV, but 
I think this is OWASP's selling strategy, not who its members are.

I know that Aspect Security has a special relationship with OWASP, but 
look at the T10 wiki (http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10_2010) and, 
even better, the T10 presentation 
(http://owasptop10.googlecode.com/files/OWASP_Top_10_-_2010%20Presentation.pptx). 
Tell the marketing-oriented types "Imagine your logo here."

Hope this makes sense. As I said I was going for an all-or-nothing. Hope 
I scored.

Neil Smithline

On 10/25/10 15:57 , James McGovern wrote:
>
> Had the opportunity to hang out with a few marketing-oriented types 
> and to pick their brain regarding tactics to encourage OWASP 
> sponsorship. For companies that sell security products, the value 
> proposition is more obvious than say those who sell general consulting 
> services. They inquired as to the demographics of OWASP members in 
> which I couldn’t readily answer (names, representative titles, 
> decision-making authority, etc).
>
> Has anyone else faced the demographic question and was able to provide 
> such answers?
>
> *James McGovern
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> Virtusa was recently ranked and featured in 2010 Global Services 100, IAOP's 2010 Global Outsourcing 100 sub-list, 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and 2009 Dataquest-IDC Best Employers Survey among others.
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