Gerard Wagener
Operator
Luxembourg
Summary
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Top SchoolGerard Wagener is an information security specialist and operator with 14 years’ experience focused on OS-level development, reverse engineering, and digital forensics. He has reversed engineered malware and uncovered multiple implementation flaws in forensic tools, work that earned him awards at top-tier conferences. Based at CIRCL in Luxembourg since 2011, he blends hands-on incident response with deep research instincts honed during a PhD in computer science. Gerard’s background spans industry and academia (SES, Telindus Belgacom ICT, University of Luxembourg), giving him a pragmatic approach to translating novel research into operational improvements. Notably, his profile reflects an uncommon combination of low-level systems expertise and forensic tool scrutiny that strengthens both detection and evidentiary practices.
14 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Université Nancy 2Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of LuxembourgEngineer's degree, Computer Science, Engineer's degree, Computer Science at Université de LuxembourgDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Institut national polytechnique de Lorraine
English, Luxembourgish, German, French
Github Skills (41)
network-tools10
packet10
dispatch10
pcap9
sensor9
trainings9
ieee9
tcpdump9
classification8
threat-hunting8
threat-intelligence8
information-security8
libpcap8
malware8
information-sharing8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
D4-project/analyzer-d4-pibs
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:1 release, 54 commits, 34 pushes in 1 year
haegardev/experiments
Mar 2017 - Feb 2025
Repository for various research experiments
Contributions:1 PR, 94 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years
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