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# Mudassir Syed
Lead security software engineer helping teams scale appsec without slowing development.

## About

Mudassir Syed builds secure, scalable systems for enterprise environments. With a background spanning software and data engineering, he focuses on scaling application security without slowing down development velocity.

He approaches protection with a design-first mindset. Rather than relying solely on firewalls and patches, Mudassir teaches developers how to catch vulnerabilities before writing a single line of code through practical threat modeling.


## Upcoming Sessions

### World Congress 2026 North America · September 23, 2026
San José, CA
- [Practical Threat Modeling for Software Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1720-practical-threat)





## Links

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mudassir-syed/)
- [Blog](https://medium.com/@samudassir)