Nicolas Crocfer
Co-Founder at Amber Security
Lille, Hauts-de-France
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Top SchoolNicolas Crocfer is a seasoned software engineering leader and founder with 13 years of experience building secure, production-grade tooling and platforms. As CTO and co-founder of OpenCVE and co-founder of Amber Security, he focuses on risk-based vulnerability management and practical security automation. At OVHcloud he leads cross-functional teams delivering infrastructure deployment, monitoring and reporting solutions, often building custom Python services when off-the-shelf tools fall short. A hands-on Python developer and maintainer of the open-source OpenCVE project, he has shipped backend enhancements from DB schema changes to CVSS-based filtering and user workflow fixes. Trained in information security and ethical hacking, he combines applied security expertise with operational engineering to turn complex vulnerability data into actionable workflows. Based in Lille, France, he blends entrepreneurial drive with deep systems experience across deployments, observability and developer tooling.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Licence Professionnelle CDAISI (Ethical Hacking), Sécurité / sûreté de l''information des systèmes informatiques, Licence Professionnelle CDAISI (Ethical Hacking), Sécurité / sûreté de l''information des systèmes informatiques at Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-FranceExpert en Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information (titre de niveau I enregistré au RNCP), Sécurité / sûreté de l''information des systèmes informatiques, Expert en Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information (titre de niveau I enregistré au RNCP), Sécurité / sûreté de l''information des systèmes informatiques at Institut d'Informatique d'Entreprise
English
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Github Skills (21)
python10
security-txt9
django9
security-scan9
vulnerabilities9
rest-api8
flask8
database-design8
sql8
security8
flask-ask8
api-rest8
restful-api8
api-design8
php6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
opencve/opencve
Dec 2020 - Nov 2022
Vulnerability Intelligence Platform
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 69 reviews, 103 commits in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Nicolas primarily focused on enhancing the OpenCVE platform by addressing issues related to email confirmation and user menu functionality. They implemented fixes to display resend confirmation links and added an admin link to the user menu. The user also made changes to the database schema, improved the user profile form, and added the ability to filter vulnerabilities based on CVSS scores.
vulnerabilitycvevulnerabilitiessecurity-toolsnvd
ncrocfer/diffviewer
Jun 2013 - Mar 2015
Contributions:11 commits, 1 push in 1 year 8 months
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