OWASP

OWASP an acronym for The Open Web Application Security Project is a non-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of computer software by collection of projects within OWASP. OWASP gets contributions from all over the world ranging from corporation and organisations to professionals and students. OWASP was started in September 9, 2001 by Mark Curphey and Dennis Groves.

As of August 2012, OWASP has over 140 projects and 190 local chapters.

History
OWASP was started on September 9, 2001 by Mark Curphey and Dennis Groves. Jeff Williams served as the volunteer Chair of OWASP from late 2003 to September 2011. The current chair is Michael Coates and vice chair is Eoin Keary.