Benji Fisher
Web Platform Developer at Harvard Web Publishing
I have been working with Drupal since 2012, and I have contributed to open source software for longer than that. I am an active member of the Drupal community:
- member of the Drupal security team
- co-maintainer of the migration subsystem in Drupal core (Migrate API)
- member of the Drupal usability team
I choose to work with Drupal, and other open-source software, because I hate the idea of duplicated effort. When I solve a problem, I want to share my solution so that no one else has to struggle with it.
Let's "get off the island" and look at Drupal security from the point of view of an outsider.
The OWASP Top Ten is an industry standard list of the most common vulnerabilities that can affect web sites. This session will start with an overview of the Top Ten, and then take a more detailed look at a few of these vulnerabilities. We will review some actual Drupal security advisories:
- What the vulnerability looks like
- How the Drupal security team communicates the problem
- The code that was updated to fix the problem
Only a few of the slides fall under the last bullet point. You do not need to be a developer to appreciate the rest.
This session will help teach you about good "web hygiene" and what you can do to make your site more secure. It will also help you recognize when you need to rely on an expert.