Gérald Kerma
Data Science Researcher
Notre-Dame-du-Cruet, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Top SchoolGérald Kerma is a seasoned Data Science Researcher and cybersecurity consultant with over three decades in computing and networks and 11 years of recent focused experience. As founder of CyberMind.FR he blends hands-on software development, ethical hacking, and resilience engineering—supporting projects from embassy-grade EnigmaBox systems to anti-fake-news tools for AgniEditions. A long-time open source contributor, he maintains security-focused packages for OpenWrt and has kernel, U-Boot and Debian experience tied to embedded Marvell SoCs and green plug computing. He has served as security architect for corporate and government clients (Thales, BNP Paribas) and continues to teach and advise on cyber defense, incident response and security policy. Passionate about human rights and accessible tech, he also runs a local ethical FabLab and digital product ventures, applying creative design to practical security solutions. Colleagues value his rare mix of low-level systems expertise, strategic organizational insight, and a pragmatic, public-facing approach to technical vulgarization.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, CyberSecurity, Certificate, CyberSecurity at McAfeeCreative Architect, Creative Design, Creative Architect, Creative Design at Thales UniversityCertificate CyberSecurity Ethical Hacking, Certificate CyberSecurity Ethical Hacking at SysDreamProgrammation C, C++ et assembleur 68K, Programmation C, C++ et assembleur 68K at Hédra Security Software
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Github Skills (14)
openwrt10
package-management10
python10
networking9
fail2ban9
firewall8
iptables8
sys7
embedded7
go7
elasticsearch6
docker6
raspberry-pi6
dockers5
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
openwrt/packages
Dec 2014 - Jan 2022
Community maintained packages for OpenWrt. Documentation for submitting pull requests is in CONTRIBUTING.md
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:134 reviews, 31 commits, 64 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Gérald primarily contributed to packaging and maintaining various software packages for OpenWrt, including smstools3, fail2ban, and crowdsec. Their work involved adding new packages, updating existing ones, and fixing build issues related to Python dependencies. They also made changes to the configuration files and patches to improve the functionality and compatibility of the packages. The user's contributions included creating and maintaining packages related to network security and firewall functionalities within the OpenWrt ecosystem.
pull-requestsopenwrtstudio
CyberMind-FR/cybermind-fr.github.io
Feb 2022 - Aug 2024
CyberMind GitHub.IO pages
Contributions:33 PRs, 559 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 6 months
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