Shachar has more than 10 years of experience in security research, including low-level R&D, reverse engineering and vulnerability research. Before joining Vdoo, he worked as a team leader at the boutique research company NorthBit which was acquired by AR giant Magic Leap. Shachar was then put in charge of Magic Leap’s low-level OS security team where he continued specializing in areas such as Linux & Android security architecture, implementing custom kernel and bootloader mitigations, and secure development lifecycle processes. This led to a successful release of Magic Leap’s OS which has remained unhacked to this day. Shachar holds a BSc in Electronics Engineering and Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University.