Never Walk Alone: Inspirations From a Growing OWASP Project
summary
OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set revives from three maintainers (2016) into a project with about 14 active developers, running the rules on over 100 Tbit/s and hosted under OWASP. Growth follows deliberate steps: move off a corporate roof, improve usability and docs, formalize lightweight release and review processes, and attract sponsors (now providing annual funding and a developer on‑duty program that pays about $200/week). Results: fewer false positives, regular developer retreats, and broad CDN/cloud adoption.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:01Project revival goals
- 8:43Corporate independence
- 12:36Community growth
- 19:01Leadership culture
- 24:04Retaining contributors and quality assurance
- 30:09Q&A
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