Devon Kerr
Middlesex, New York, United States Other
Summary
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Top SchoolDevon Kerr is a seasoned security leader with over a decade of hands-on experience in incident response, threat research, and applied security R&D, currently leading Elastic Security Labs. He built and now directs a multidisciplinary research team that publishes weekly findings, delivers open tooling, and integrates defensive innovations directly into Elastic's platform to make advanced protections accessible beyond elite organizations. Prior roles at Mandiant and Endgame saw him run high-stakes investigations for Fortune-level clients, develop detection-focused training and threat-hunting methodologies, and prototype capabilities that shift adversary behavior. Known for combining operational rigor with public-facing research, he frequently partners with public and private sectors to democratize threat intelligence while continuing to use and champion free, open Elastic capabilities.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Applied Arts and Science, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Applied Arts and Science at Rochester Institute of TechnologyAA, Humanities, AA, Humanities at Finger Lakes Community College
Github Skills (16)
elasticsearch10
elastic-common-schema10
observability10
elastic10
visualizations10
threat-hunting10
common-schema10
kibana10
security10
security-hardening7
documentation6
endpoint3
cybersecurity1
elasticstack1
infosec1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
endgameinc/RTA
Mar 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:4 PRs, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
devonakerr/Presentations
May 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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