Lavi leads a group of security researchers called Group Charlie which is focused on security research of emerging technologies. Lavi and his group are doing vulnerability research; writing about information security for security magazines and blogs in Israel and internationally; and coding prototypes and proof of concepts. Lavi holds a master's in computer science and cryptography and a CISSP which is always nice to have. Prior to his work at CyberArk, he served in the Israeli Air Force for 11 years as a pilot and as an intelligence officer.