Françoa Taffarel
Cyber Warfare Researcher at Marinha do Brasil (Oficial)
Brazil
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Top SchoolFrançoa Taffarel is a Cyber Warfare Researcher with nine years of experience blending operational naval service and applied cybersecurity research for Brazil’s Navy. He has led both Red and Blue Team cyber operations, authored multiple CVEs affecting real-world systems and critical infrastructure, and translated operational insights into award-winning academic work during an MSc at ITA. His recent research integrates AI-driven cyber exercises to improve maritime cyber situational awareness, a topic he presented at NATO forums, demonstrating rare crossover credibility in military operations, research, and offensive security. Françoa also mentors aspiring practitioners through initiatives like Hackers do Bem, showing a commitment to practical skills development beyond classified operations. Notably, his background in naval engineering and nuclear technology gives him an uncommon systems perspective when analyzing vulnerabilities in maritime and embedded environments.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MSc., CyberWarfare, 9.1 - Very Good (A), Master of Science - MSc., CyberWarfare, 9.1 - Very Good (A) at Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITATecnólogo, Tecnologia Nuclear, Tecnólogo, Tecnologia Nuclear at Centro Tecnológico da Marinha em São PauloHigh School, High School at Navy High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroCybersecurity Essencials, Segurança da Informação, Cybersecurity Essencials, Segurança da Informação at Cisco Networking AcademyB.S Naval Science, Mechanics, B.S Naval Science, Mechanics at Escola NavalEstácio de Sá UniversityPós-graduação Lato Sensu - Especialização, CyberWarfare/Guerra Cibernética, Pós-graduação Lato Sensu - Especialização, CyberWarfare/Guerra Cibernética at CIGE - Centro de Instrução de Guerra Eletrônica
Portuguese, English
Github Skills (200)
exe10
one-liner10
script10
kebab-case10
unix9
linux9
aix9
privilege9
shell9
socket9
batch9
wmi9
enumeration9
transmission9
bash9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
francoataffarel/forense
Aug 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
HKTIBIA/HK
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
Contributions:5 releases, 44 pushes, 5 branches in 10 days
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