Maxime Alay-eddine
Founder at CoreUpdate
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolMaxime Alay-eddine is a French cybersecurity entrepreneur and founder with 13 years of experience building vulnerability management and patch orchestration products, including founding Cyberwatch (acquired by Framatome) and launching Galeax and CoreUpdate. He blends deep technical roots—engineer training in mechatronics and embedded systems—with product-led security, shipping SaaS and on-prem solutions that integrate across enterprise tooling and cloud platforms. As an early open-source security contributor, he improved the Wapiti web vulnerability scanner’s accuracy and test coverage, underscoring hands-on expertise in security tooling. Maxime also teaches practical web development at Sciences Po and invests through Auriga Cyber Ventures, reflecting a mix of technical, educational, and strategic roles in the French cyber ecosystem. He is known for turning complex compliance and patching challenges into automated, agentless workflows and for navigating the scale-up to successful exit.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) Administration publique, Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) Administration publique at Sciences PoClasses preparing for entrance examinations to the French Grandes Ecoles Mathematics and Computer Science, Classes preparing for entrance examinations to the French Grandes Ecoles Mathematics and Computer Science at Descartes HighschoolFrench Highschool Diploma Mathematics, French Highschool Diploma Mathematics at Lycée Léonard de VinciMaster of Science (M.Sc.) - Control Engineering Robotics and Applied Informatics Real Time Steering & Supervision - Embedded systems, Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Control Engineering Robotics and Applied Informatics Real Time Steering & Supervision - Embedded systems at Centrale NantesPolitical sciences, Political sciences at Institut de Formation Politique
French, English, German, Arabic
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
python10
vulnerability-scanners10
csrf10
web-security10
scanning10
unit-testing9
http9
drupal8
raspberry-pi6
csv6
data-visualization6
ruby-on-rails6
php6
windows6
ruby6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
wapiti-scanner/wapiti
Mar 2021 - Dec 2022
Web vulnerability scanner written in Python3
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:16 reviews, 7 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Maxime contributed to the Wapiti web vulnerability scanner by addressing security-related issues. Their work included fixing issues related to cookie attributes, removing potentially problematic Drupal-related requests, and updating the CSRF module. Furthermore, they modified unit tests to maintain the functionality of the scanner, indicating involvement in quality assurance and security testing. The contributions suggest a focus on improving the scanner's accuracy and robustness in identifying security vulnerabilities.
pythonvulnerability-scanners
tarraschk/TinderAutoLike
Aug 2014 - Jan 2015
Tinder Auto Like with Ruby - Applying A/B testing on human relationships
Contributions:24 commits, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 5 months
rubytesting
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