Devon Kearns
Director Of Content Editing at The Exploit Database
Cocagne, New Brunswick, Canada
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Top SchoolDevon Kearns is a cybersecurity leader with 13+ years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, vulnerability research, exploit development, and security training development. As Director of Content Editing at Offensive Security, he built and trained a globally distributed team to produce industry-leading training and certifications while maintaining technical rigor and editorial quality. He is a co-founder and long-time lead developer of Kali Linux and The Exploit Database, projects that have become foundational tools for ethical hackers worldwide. His background includes operational security roles in the Canadian Forces and Department of National Defence, giving him practical incident response and compliance experience in high-stakes environments. Known for blending deep technical expertise with clear documentation and pedagogy, he co-authored Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide to make advanced tooling accessible to practitioners. Based in New Brunswick, he quietly balances open infrastructure stewardship with hands-on exploit testing and training program leadership.
13 years of coding experience
Electronics Engineering Technician, Electronics Engineering Technician at St. Lawrence College
English, French
Github Skills (37)
exploit10
kali-linux10
gitweb10
octoprint9
database9
gitlab9
3d-printer8
snappy8
controlling7
python7
raspberry-pi6
printer6
windows6
linux6
binaries6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
foreni-packages/cisco-torch
Nov 2012 - May 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 1 year 6 months
foreni-packages/multiforcer
Jan 2013 - Jan 2013
Contributions:6 commits in 1 day
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