Rafael Lucas
Especialista Em Segurança Da Informação at Instituto de Defesa Cibernética
São Paulo, Brazil
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolRafael Lucas is an information security specialist with 16 years of experience designing defensive and offensive security programs, from blue team architecture and incident response to red team secure development and pentesting. Based in São Paulo, he has led security projects for high-stakes clients including Brazil’s electoral systems and major public safety initiatives, and has coordinated mentorship and training programs totaling hundreds of hours. Rafael blends hands-on development skills with governance expertise, holding professional cybersecurity studies from Royal Holloway and UMBC and practical experience automating and securing web platforms. He has contributed to the widely used pfSense open-source project by implementing i18n support across diagnostic and UI components, demonstrating attention to user experience in security tools. Active in national and international cyber defense bodies, he combines technical leadership with policy and compliance work (LGPD, GRC), making him effective at turning regulatory requirements into operational controls.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Specialization - Professional Program, Cyber Security – Technology and Governance, Specialization - Professional Program, Cyber Security – Technology and Governance at Royal Holloway, University of LondonUMBCPós-graduação Extensão - Especialização, Qualidade em Tecnologia da Informação, Pós-graduação Extensão - Especialização, Qualidade em Tecnologia da Informação at Universidade Estadual de CampinasEnsino Superior, Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas, Ensino Superior, Análise e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas at UNICAMP - Universidade Estadual de Campinas
English, Italian, Portuguese
Github Skills (6)
pfsense10
php10
internationalization10
translation10
freebsd10
firewall9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pfsense/pfsense
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
Main repository for pfSense
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:87 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Rafael's contributions primarily focused on implementing internationalization (i18n) support within the pfSense codebase. Their work involved identifying and integrating gettext() calls into various PHP files, translating user interface strings to facilitate multi-language support. The files modified included diagnostic tools, log viewers, and settings pages, improving the overall user experience.
netmikofirewall-rulesrouterospfsensefreebsd
leprecha1/A-Z-Python-Projects
Oct 2023 - Oct 2023
Explore an extensive collection of Python projects, each corresponding to a letter of the alphabet. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, dive into diverse Python applications, learn, and contribute to this educational journey.
Contributions:5 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 2 days
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.