Dan Lasker

Cybersecurity Researcher •
Founder • Educator

Former Unit 81
Check Point vulnerability researcher
Cybersecurity lecturer

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Early Beginnings in Tech

I moved to Israel at a young age and taught myself a new language by treating it like a system, improving every day. That same curiosity led me to hacking games at 11, becoming a true autodidact in technology, and eventually to my first role at Check Point at just 17.

Dan Lasker speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas

At the age of 17

I joined Check Point as a vulnerability researcher, where I found a major flaw in Chess.com and published a viral hacking blog. The role led me to speak at a cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, my first taste of turning curiosity into real world impact.

Military Service

I served in Unit 81, an elite, classified intelligence unit.
What I can say is that the experience reshaped how I think, lead, and solve problems under extreme pressure.

Teaching

“If you want to master something, teach it.” - Richard Feynman

After my service, I continued teaching extensively as a reservist. Every year, I return to instruct more than 300 elite soldiers from Unit 81 and Unit 8200 across multiple cybersecurity courses.

Teaching became a central part of my journey early on. This experience laid the foundation for my teaching style: practical, personal, and driven by the belief that the best way to lead people is to teach them.

Dan Lasker lecturing at the Academic College of Tel Aviv–Yaffa

I later began lecturing at the Academic College of Tel Aviv–Yaffa, where I teach cybersecurity to students from all backgrounds. My goal is always the same: to make knowledge accessible, meaningful, and empowering.

My teaching expanded beyond the military. Together with friend Omri, I created a free online course to help high school students prepare for elite technology units, visiting schools across Israel, especially in underserved areas.

Personal Growth & Discipline

That period after the army i started structuring my self development, building systems for learning and performing

Solo traveling in South America and Learning Spanish at local school

Digital Nomad working everywhere in the world with high discipline

Self retreat in Bali, 7 books a month about leadership and company management

3 weeks retreat in farm horse, Experimenting with routines, focus, health and productivity.

That inner work became the backbone of my leadership – proving that business growth is never just technical. It’s deeply human.

Entrepreneurship

In 2024, I co-founded a fully bootstrapped algorithmic trading firm, built without external funding.
In its first year, the system delivered incredible performance, driven by automated mathematical models designed for disciplined execution and capital efficiency.

AlgoTrading

I co-founded a fintech platform for family offices, where I helped build the engineering team and develop AI-driven investment and operational workflows.

FinTech

I’m currently building a cybersecurity company operating in stealth.
Cybersecurity has been a central part of my career - from vulnerability research at Check Point and service in Unit 81 to teaching and researching emerging security challenges around AI systems.