David Cervigni
Senior Security Research Engineer at R3
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Cervigni is a Senior Security Research Engineer with roughly a decade of hands-on experience helping organizations embed security into the software development lifecycle, from threat modeling and secure design to DevSecOps and code review. He has driven SDL maturity across sectors—finance, payments, cloud, and blockchain—working with companies like R3, Arm, Visa, and Hyland to operationalize threat modeling at scale for complex distributed systems such as Corda 5. Known for building practitioner-focused programs (Security Champions, SAMM assessments, secure coding training and even security hackathons), he blends technical depth in Java/DevSecOps with practical change leadership. His open-source front-end contributions to the Open Security Summit site reflect a community-minded approach to security knowledge sharing. Based in Abu Dhabi, he combines EU and international experience with a background in digital economy and software development, enabling him to translate architecture-level risk into actionable engineering controls. Notably, he pairs formal SDL methodologies (STRIDE, attack trees) with pragmatic automation to make “secure by design” attainable for product teams.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Digital Economy and computer science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Digital Economy and computer science at Helsingin Ammattikorkeakoulu Stadia2004, Computer, programming, 2004, Computer, programming at Università di CamerinoEnglish school, English Language, English school, English Language at University of Victoria BC, Canada.
English, Spanish, Italian
Github Skills (4)
html10
css10
front-end-development10
responsive-design9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
OpenSecuritySummit/oss2018
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Open Security Summit 2018
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 10 PRs, 1 comment in 24 days
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Open Security Summit 2018 website. They implemented and modified CSS styles for various page elements, including sponsors, attendees, and outcomes, and made changes to the homepage layout. They also updated the HTML structure by adding image galleries and adjusting the display of event content. Furthermore, the user made layout changes for mobile devices.
securitysummit
corda/threat-model-tool
Jun 2023 - Mar 2025
threat-model-tool
Contributions:5 PRs, 88 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 8 months
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