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Chris Shiflett

Chris Shiflett
Founding Member, Analog

Website | @shiflett

Chris Shiflett is the Chief Technical Officer of OmniTI, where he leads the web application security practice. Chris is a thought leader in the PHP and web application security communities as well as a prolific writer. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed Essential PHP Security (O’Reilly) and HTTP Developer’s Handbook (Sams). His writing has also appeared in numerous articles for php|architect and PHP Magazine, as well as a number of other popular books including Programming PHP (O’Reilly), PHP Cookbook (O’Reilly), and PHP in Action (Manning).

Sessions

10:45am Thursday, 07/24/2008
Experience-driven Development: Designers and Developers Working in Harmony
Web Applications
 Location: E145
Chris Shiflett (Analog), Jon Tan (OmniTI)
Average rating: ***..
(3.50, 4 ratings)
Traditionally, developers and designers work independently, and this causes huge problems because their work is tightly integrated; each inherits the bad decisions of the other. In this talk, we show how to make such partnerships work with stories about how successful collaborations between designers and developers lead to a vastly improved user experience. Read more.
10:45am Friday, 07/25/2008
Security 2.0: Emerging Trends in Web Application Security
Web Applications
 Location: Portland 252
Chris Shiflett (Analog)
Average rating: ****.
(4.50, 8 ratings)
Cross-site scripting (XSS), cross-site request forgeries (CSRF), and Ajax are being combined in creative new ways to launch sophisticated attacks that penetrate firewalls, target users, and spread like worms. This talk examines this new threat, dubbed Security 2.0, by demonstrating some hypothetical and real exploits as well as discussing methods of safeguard and prevention. Read more.
OSCON 2008