{"id":2,"date":"2016-01-13T21:24:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T21:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:05:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/kernel-work-e1702169542953.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-560\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gustavoars\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-mastodon  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@gustavoars\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M23.193 7.879c0-5.206-3.411-6.732-3.411-6.732C18.062.357 15.108.025 12.041 0h-.076c-3.068.025-6.02.357-7.74 1.147 0 0-3.411 1.526-3.411 6.732 0 1.192-.023 2.618.015 4.129.124 5.092.934 10.109 5.641 11.355 2.17.574 4.034.695 5.535.612 2.722-.15 4.25-.972 4.25-.972l-.09-1.975s-1.945.613-4.129.539c-2.165-.074-4.449-.233-4.799-2.891a5.499 5.499 0 0 1-.048-.745s2.125.52 4.817.643c1.646.075 3.19-.097 4.758-.283 3.007-.359 5.625-2.212 5.954-3.905.517-2.665.475-6.507.475-6.507zm-4.024 6.709h-2.497V8.469c0-1.29-.543-1.944-1.628-1.944-1.2 0-1.802.776-1.802 2.312v3.349h-2.483v-3.35c0-1.536-.602-2.312-1.802-2.312-1.085 0-1.628.655-1.628 1.944v6.119H4.832V8.284c0-1.289.328-2.313.987-3.07.68-.758 1.569-1.146 2.674-1.146 1.278 0 2.246.491 2.886 1.474L12 6.585l.622-1.043c.64-.983 1.608-1.474 2.886-1.474 1.104 0 1.994.388 2.674 1.146.658.757.986 1.781.986 3.07v6.304z\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Mastodon<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-x  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/embeddedgus\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M13.982 10.622 20.54 3h-1.554l-5.693 6.618L8.745 3H3.5l6.876 10.007L3.5 21h1.554l6.012-6.989L15.868 21h5.245l-7.131-10.378Zm-2.128 2.474-.697-.997-5.543-7.93H8l4.474 6.4.697.996 5.815 8.318h-2.387l-4.745-6.787Z\" \/><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">X<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustavo A. R. Silva &lt;gustavo@embeddedor.com&gt; works full-time as an Upstream Linux Kernel Engineer focused on hardening and proactive security. He has spent the past several years fixing all sorts of bugs and hardening the Linux kernel. His work is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxfoundation.org\/press\/press-release\/google-funds-linux-kernel-developers-to-focus-exclusively-on-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supported by The Linux Foundation<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha-omega.dev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alpha-Omega<\/a> project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/kspp.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Linux Kernel Self-Protection Project<\/a>, and a regular speaker at <a href=\"https:\/\/kernel-recipes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kernel Recipes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Open_Source_Summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Source Summit<\/a>. He has also presented at Linux Security Summit, <a href=\"https:\/\/lundlinuxcon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lund LinuxCon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lpc.events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Linux Plumbers Conference<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingopen.au\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/everythingopen.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Everything Open<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelaide.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The University of Adelaide<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okayama-u.ac.jp\/index_e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Okayama University<\/a>, Workshop on Software, Architecture, and Theory for Secure Systems (<a href=\"https:\/\/sc-sys.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SATSS<\/a>), Intl Cryptographic Module Conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/icmconference.org\/?speaker=gustavo-silva\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/icmconference.org\/?speaker=gustavo-silva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICMC<\/a>), and Symposium sur la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Technologies de l&#8217;Information et des Communications (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sstic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SSTIC<\/a>) as an invited speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Feel free to say hi if you see me at a conference. &#x1f44b;&#x1f3fc;)<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\">\n  <a class=\"github-contrib-card\"\n     href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/torvalds\/linux\/commits?author=GustavoARSilva\"\n     target=\"_blank\"\n     rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n     style=\"display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:0.5rem;padding:0.5rem 0.75rem;border-radius:8px;border:1px solid #ddd;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;\">\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/avatars.githubusercontent.com\/u\/245005?v=4\"\n           alt=\"GustavoARSilva's avatar\"\n           width=\"40\"\n           height=\"40\"\n           style=\"border-radius:50%;\">\n      <span style=\"font-size:0.95rem;color:#555;\">\n          2,687 commits upstream (linux)\n      <\/span>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gustavo A. R. Silva &lt;gustavo@embeddedor.com&gt; works full-time as an Upstream Linux Kernel Engineer focused on hardening and proactive security. He has spent the past several years fixing all sorts of bugs and hardening the Linux kernel. His work is supported by The Linux Foundation and the Alpha-Omega project. He&#8217;s a member of the Linux Kernel&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3353,"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/3353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/embeddedor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}