# KubeArmor Maintainers

This file lists the people who maintain KubeArmor. The roles, requirements, and process for joining or leaving each tier are defined in [GOVERNANCE.md](./GOVERNANCE.md).

Affiliations are disclosed per the vendor-neutrality clause in `GOVERNANCE.md`. If your affiliation changes, please open a pull request to this file within 30 days.

**General contact:** <support@kubearmor.io> reaches the Maintainer group. Use it for governance, code-of-conduct, or other project-level inquiries that should reach all Maintainers at once. For security reports, follow [SECURITY.md](./SECURITY.md). For real-time chat, see the [Community page](https://kubearmor.io/community).

## Maintainers

Maintainers have merge authority and share responsibility for the project's direction, releases, code of conduct, and security response.

The list is sorted alphabetically.

| Name | GitHub | Company |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Achref Ben Saad | [@achrefbensaad](https://github.com/achrefbensaad) | AccuKnox |
| Ankur Kothiwal | [@Ankurk99](https://github.com/Ankurk99) | CERN |
| Anurag Kumar | [@kranurag7](https://github.com/kranurag7) | Independent |
| Aryan Bakliwal | [@AryanBakliwal](https://github.com/AryanBakliwal) | AccuKnox |
| Aryan Sharma | [@Aryan-sharma11](https://github.com/Aryan-sharma11) | AccuKnox |
| Barun Acharya | [@daemon1024](https://github.com/daemon1024) | Odigos |
| Jaehyun Nam | [@nam-jaehyun](https://github.com/nam-jaehyun) | Dankook University |
| Rahul Jadhav | [@nyrahul](https://github.com/nyrahul) | AccuKnox |
| Ramakant Sharma | [@rksharma95](https://github.com/rksharma95) | StepSecurity |
| Rishabh Soni | [@rootxrishabh](https://github.com/rootxrishabh) | RapidFort |
| Rudraksh Pareek | [@DelusionalOptimist](https://github.com/DelusionalOptimist) | CERN |

## Reviewers

Reviewers have area-specific review authority on the parts of the codebase listed for them in [`CODEOWNERS`](./CODEOWNERS). Their `LGTM` is a precondition for merging in their area, but they do not have merge authority themselves.

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The following people are currently in CODEOWNERS but not yet in this file. The team needs to decide for each:
  - @PrimalPimmy — review activity since March 2024 should be checked; either confirm as a Reviewer, move to Emeritus, or remove from CODEOWNERS. Flagged in the CNCF Due Diligence response (blocker D).

Once decisions are made, replace this block with a sorted table mirroring the Maintainers table above.
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_None yet recorded under the formalised Reviewer tier. See `CODEOWNERS` for current default reviewers; their status under the new governance is being reconciled._

## Emeritus Maintainers

Emeritus Maintainers have stepped down or have been moved to emeritus status under the inactivity rule in `GOVERNANCE.md`. They retain credit and may be re-invited if they become active again.

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TODO: Identify any past Maintainers who should be listed here.
The CNCF Due Diligence noted that governance has only been iterated on once since creation and asked for evidence of role changes — populating this list with at least one example (even from the project's history) would help.
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_None yet recorded._

## Becoming a Maintainer or Reviewer

See the **Roles** section in [GOVERNANCE.md](./GOVERNANCE.md) for requirements, nomination, and voting process.

## Updating this file

Open a pull request. Changes to the Maintainers list pass with a simple majority vote of the current Maintainers (1-week window), per `GOVERNANCE.md`. Changes to affiliations and contact details are merged by lazy consensus.
