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Distinguished Lifetime Members

Distinguished Lifetime Membership is the OWASP Foundation's highest honour, awarded to individuals whose sustained contributions have shaped the organisation and the wider application security community.

17 recipients in total

2021

Dave Wichers

Dave Wichers

Distinguished Lifetime Members · 2021

Dave co-founded the OWASP Foundation, Inc in 2004, and led some of our first conferences. He served as a Director from 2004-2011, and has contributed greatly to many projects, including helping to start the OWASP Top 10.
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Fiona Collins

Fiona Collins

Distinguished Lifetime Members · 2021

Fiona volunteered for OWASP over a long period of time, helping to run her local chapter, run AppSec Days events and Global AppSec EU, as well as serving for a long time as helping lead OWASP's compliance team.
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Jeff Williams

Jeff Williams

Distinguished Lifetime Members · 2021

Jeff has been involved with OWASP for over 20 years. He established the OWASP Foundation, Inc. in 2004, started the OWASP Top 10 in 2003, and served as a Director of the OWASP Foundation from 2004 until 2011. His current projects include OWASP Deptrast, OWASP SBOM Forum, and OWASP Vulnerability Communication Guide.
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Mark Curphey

Mark Curphey

Distinguished Lifetime Members · 2021

Mark founded OWASP in September 2001. His many contributions include starting the OWASP Developer Guide project and help create the OWASP core values of openness, innovation, global, and integrity. He defined our community culture of volunteerism, which has persisted to this day.
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Matteo Meucci

Matteo Meucci

Distinguished Lifetime Members · 2021

Matteo is one of OWASP's longest-serving chapter leaders. He is the creator of the OWASP AI Testing Guide, OWASP AI Maturity Assessment, OWASP Software Security 5D Framework, and the OWASP Testability Patterns for Web Applications projects. He continues to lead OWASP Italy. He's helped out with chapter committees and helped many chapter leaders over a long period of time.
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