Shachar Menashe is the Senior Director of Security Research at JFrog. With over 15 years of experience in security research, including low-level R&D, reverse engineering and vulnerability research, Shachar is responsible for leading a team of researchers in discovering and analyzing emerging security vulnerabilities and malicious packages. He joined JFrog through the Vdoo acquisition in June 2021, where he served as vice president of security. Before joining Vdoo, Shachar worked as a team leader at boutique research company NorthBit which was acquired by AR giant Magic Leap. He 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 securing 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.
