Description
AviD is a security architect and software developer, leading development teams in building secure products for over 20 years. As a systems developer and security consultant, over the years Avi has amassed much technical knowledge and understanding of the enterprise security needs at the business level.
AviD currently serves on the OWASP Global Board of Directors, and leads the Israel chapter. He is the founder and leader of the the popular AppSecIL security conference, the OWASP Threat Modeling Project, and co-authored the Threat Modeling Manifesto. He is a community moderator on Security StackExchange, and a frequent speaker at industry conferences, recent ones can be seen here.
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Avi Douglen's previous appearances:
Training at OWASP London Training 2026
Application Privacy in the Shadow of AI
Keynote at OWASP BeNeLux 2025
Get Out of your Bubble: Collaborative Threat Modeling
Interview with CyberRisk TV
OWASP Global AppSec DC 2025 Wrap-Up: Community, AI Security, and the Future of AppSec
DEF CON 2025 - AppSec Village
Context & Cringe: Bringing Privacy into Threat Modeling
Training at BlackHat USA 2025
Breaking Bad Privacy: Practical Skills for the Security Team
SecAppDev Workshop
No Size Fits All: Customized Application Security Tests
SecAppDev Lectures
Value Driven Security - A Roadmap to Business Alignment
SecAppDev Lectures
Get out of your Bubble: Collaborative Threat Modeling
ThreatModCon Barcelona 2025
Privacy by Design in Action: Campfire Tales, Fables, and Takeaways
Video Interview with ITSPmagazine
Building, Breaking, Defending: Inside a Global AppSec Movement
Keynote at Threat Modeling Hackathon
Only Fools Rush into Love and Secure Design
Training at OWASP Global AppSec Lisbon 2024
Practical Privacy by Design - Building secure applications that respect privacy
RSA Conference 2024
Not another Top 10: Getting Business Value from SBoMs
Wherefore Ergonautic Podcast
Value Driven Security - with Sasha Rosenbaum
Troopers
Security Heroes Versus the Power of Privacy!
DataDog Application Security Report Livestream
State of Application Security
SecAppDev Workshop
Building Secure Systems With Threat Modeling
SecAppDev Lectures
Analysis of Authentication- Deciding on "Good Enough"
SecAppDev Lectures
Building a Secure Software Development Lifecycle
Training at BlackHat Asia
Sustainable Secure Design - Building a Continuous Threat Modeling Process
PBC's Linkedin Live Event
Journey to AppSec Maturity- Dialogue at RSA
Keynote at BSides Tel Aviv 2022
KEYNOTE: The Threats to Our Community
Israeli Bar Association
Bar Association, Technology and Cyber
OWASP OC
Lightweight Threat Modeling - The Value Driven Approach
Beyond The Perimeter Podcast
Why AppSec is Key for Your Dev Toolbox
Infosec In the City
Designing Secure Systems, Value-Driven Threat Modeling
O'Reilly Software Architecture Conference 2019
Secure by design: Value-Driven Threat Modeling
DevOpsDays Tel Aviv
Value driven threat modelling, security by design
PyCon Israel
Value Driven Threat Modeling, Security by Design
OWASP Appsec Israel 2014
Passwords, Rehashed All Over Again