Farshad Abasi
Founder | Application & Pipeline Security Architect | OWASP SPVS Co-Author
Vancouver, Canada
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Farshad Abasi has been building and breaking software systems for nearly three decades, starting in the 80s on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum and never quite losing the curiosity that came with it.
He began his career as a software engineer at Motorola and later as a Senior Software Engineer at Intel before transitioning into security architecture. Farshad spent almost nine years at HSBC Global as a Software Security Architect, gaining deep experience in enterprise architecture, large-scale systems, and regulated environments.
Today, he is the Founder of Forward Security and co-founder of Eureka DevSecOps, where he focuses on application security, cloud security, and securing modern software delivery pipelines. He is also the co-author of the OWASP Secure Pipeline Verification Standard (SPVS) and has taught network and application security for over 20 years.
Farshad has spoken at ISC², LASCON (multiple times), DeveloperWeek, FinTech DevCon, OWASP AppSec events, and several BSides conferences including Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto.
He remains interested in one persistent question: where security intent diverges from what systems actually become.
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Your Threat Model Is Lying to You: Why Modeling the Design Isn’t Enough in 2026
Most teams threat model what they intended to build, not what is actually deployed. This talk exposes that blind spot and shows how to extend threat modeling beyond design by incorporating real SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC, and cloud findings.
Farshad Abasi
Founder | Application & Pipeline Security Architect | OWASP SPVS Co-Author
Vancouver, Canada
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