18th edition
09:30 AM
Registration Starts
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Why Security?
Talk about breaches, impact on business, rising security focus and new opportunities
By: Dileep Bellamkonda
Resources: Presentation
YouTube: Link
10:45 AM
11:30 AM
Tea Break
11:45 AM
Attack Trees
Level 1: Learn to do threat analysis using attack trees
By: Vaishnavi and Sharaniya
Resources: Presentation
YouTube: Link
12:15 PM
Top 10 attacks cautioned by OWASP community
By: Agalya and Roberta
Resources: Presentation
YouTube: Link
12:45 PM
Lunch
02:00 PM
QA wearing a Hacker's hat
With just a change in perspective, how a QA can improve the security of application under development
By: Christopher Rex
Resources: Presentation
YouTube: Link
02:30 PM
Tool Demo: Scan using ZAP
Demo of ZAP scanner tool to automatically find security vulnerabilities in a web application. Also to give a heads up on various other security tools.
By: Anto Sukesh
Resources: Presentation
YouTube: Link
03:00 PM
Penetration Workshop: SQL injection
Learn how sensitive information like credit card details get stolen by hackers, in a hands-on exercise
By: Prabhu Jayakumar and Abinaya
Resources: Presentation
YouTube: Link
04:00 PM
High Tea and Networking
Siva is the Office Principal of ThoughtWorks Chennai. He has close to 17 years of experience in software development with large part of it being a software architect on large and complex projects. Currently, he owns and manages office operations, delivery, capability development in niche areas and career development of TWers in Chennai office.
Dileep is a Business Analyst with 8+ years of experience in Software Testing, Automation and Business analysis. He is always curious to gain new skills. Having worked on a spectrum of projects as a QA he is currently working for a startup as a product manager.
Christopher is a ThoughtWorker and Agile enthusiast, with an experience of 10+ years. He has worked in testing Web/Mobile/Desktop applications and Micro-services. He is a firm believer of defect prevention and collaborative teams. Has contributed to open-source initiatives and passionate in learning security testing.
Vijayaragavan is a Senior Quality Analyst at ThoughtWorks with deep passion for automation in agile environments. His primary responsibility is to implement the test strategy for the projects that ThoughtWorks is building for their clients. He has worked on a number of web application for the past 11 years.
Abinaya, a Senior Quality Analyst in ThoughtWorks has about 4.5 years of experience spanning across different domains like e-procurement, banking, media and retail. With interest in learning new technologies, trends and tools, she is also passionate in fixing defects in web applications.
Padma is a Quality analyst at ThoughtWorks with deep passion for automation in agile environments. Her primary responsibility is to implement the test strategy for the projects that ThoughtWorks is building for their clients. She has worked on a number of web application for the past 3 years.
Deepthi is a polyglot programmer and security enthusiast, with over 6+ years of experience in ThoughtWorks. Having cleared CISA recently, she finds the need to proactively embrace the unpredictable & ever-changing VUCA world through secure and resilient coding practices.
Vaishnavi is a Senior Developer with nearly 7 years of experience. She is ratiocinate person and interested in solving logical and algorithmic problems, and sees technology only as a tool for that. Currently she is working diligently in securing the code against the most common vulnerabilities.
Sharaniya has around 3+ years of experience in Software Testing and Automation. As a budding ThoughtWorker, she has keen interest in developing skills around current trends in automation testing frameworks and tools that can be applied in different domains.
Anto is a Senior Quality analyst at ThoughtWorks with deep passion for automation in agile environments. His primary responsibility is to implement the test strategy for the projects that ThoughtWorks is building for their clients. He has worked on a number of web application for the past 5 years.
Prabhu is a Senior Developer with 5+ years of experience. He has worked in developing full stack web applications. He is currently interested in finding the vulnerabilities in the web applications using hacking skills.
Agalya is a Senior Quality Analyst at ThoughtWorks with 10+ years of experience in the software testing field. She is passionate about shipping a quality product and specialises in automated testing. Her current efforts focus on devops and security testing.
Roberta is a Quality Analyst with 8+ years of experience in R&D, QA and Automation. She is keen in learning and experimenting new test frameworks and testing techniques. She is also passionate about Machine Learning and Security Testing.
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