Alessandro Monachesi

CRS Performance Framework – A GSoC 2023 Project

This year, the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set for the second time took part in the Google Summer of Code initiative. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global online program focused on bringing new contributors into open-source software development. GSoC contributors work with an open-source organization of their choice on a 12+ week programming …

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Meet the CRS team: Fränzi, the puzzle-loving hard worker with a mission

Franziska Bühler doesn't feel too comfortable in the limelight. The CISO of a Swiss mid-sized IT company rather likes to work through lists of hundreds of bypasses than being at the forefront. Talking to her, it gets clear quickly: Fränzi loves a challenge. “Once I set my mind to something, I follow through,” she says. …

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Save the Date: CRS Community Summit on February 14, 2023

Let the CRS project be your Valentine: The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set project will hold the first post-pandemic Community Summit at the Dublin Convention Center in Ireland on Tuesday, February 14, 2023. We invite the whole CRS community, users, developers, integrators, and sponsorsto meet with us for an exchange of thoughts, technical talks, and networking. After the …

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Bug Bounty Switzerland supports CRS as Silver sponsor

The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS) project is proud to announce a new sponsoring partner: Bug Bounty Switzerland – a startup that has pioneered the collaboration with ethical hackers in Switzerland and today is Switzerland’s leading provider of bug bounty programs and public trust initiatives. Since 2022, they are the strategic partner of the National Cyber …

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Meet the CRS team: Ervin, the gardening radio amateur in the background

Astronaut? Garbage truck driver? Electrical engineer? Metalsmith? In the end, Hungarian Ervin Hegedüs became a software developer. Within the Core Rule Set project, he contributes primarily to tool development and packaging. “New team members should above all be team players,” says Ervin. Ervin Hegedüs has had no shortage of interesting career ideas in his 51-year …

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