Founder Spotlight: Dan Lasker & Naor Haziz — Vigilance Security
How two Unit 81 (elite military intelligence) veterans — CTO Naor Haziz, a Black Hat USA 2025 speaker, and CEO Dan Lasker, an ex-Check Point security researcher — built CyberForge Accelerator's top-performing alumni company. From Cohort 3 selection to $5M Sequoia Scout raise and 8 enterprise customers.
The Founders
Dan Lasker
CEO, Vigilance Security
Unit 81, Israel's elite military intelligence unit, veteran (7 years). Ex-Check Point Software Technologies security researcher (~6 years). Academic lecturer at The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo. Deep expertise in adversarial AI, threat modeling, and detection system design.
"Our intelligence backgrounds taught us to think like adversaries. At CyberForge, we learned to translate that mindset into a product that enterprise security teams actually want to deploy."
Naor Haziz
CTO, Vigilance Security
Black Hat USA 2025 and fwd:cloudsec USA 2025 speaker. Unit 81 (elite military intelligence) veteran (~6 years, rose to Senior R&D, Israeli Military Intelligence). Ex-Sweet Security security researcher. Published researcher on Amazon ECS IAM security (ECScape). BS Computer Science, Open University of Israel. Expertise in real-time data processing, distributed systems architecture, and ML-driven anomaly detection at scale.
"Building detection systems for national defense prepared us for enterprise scale. The CyberForge program helped us architect for commercial deployment velocity — getting from prototype to production in weeks instead of months."
The CyberForge Journey
Application & Selection
Dan and Naor applied to CyberForge Cohort 3 with a working prototype and two initial design partners. They were among 1,200+ applicants — a 0.67% acceptance rate. The selection committee was particularly impressed by their Unit 81 (elite military intelligence) backgrounds, Naor's Black Hat USA 2025 speaking credentials, Dan's Check Point security research experience, and the technical sophistication of their AI-native detection approach. Both founders served in Unit 81 (elite Israeli military Intelligence), giving them a rare understanding of adversarial tactics at the nation-state level.
The 16-Week Program
During the program, Dan and Naor refined their go-to-market strategy from a broad security platform to a focused AI-native detection and response offering. CyberForge mentors — including former Fortune 500 CISOs — facilitated introductions that led to 3 additional enterprise customers. The team also iterated on pricing, deployment architecture, and support processes based on mentor feedback. Weekly office hours with Managing Partner Marcus Webb (former Y Combinator) helped the founders prioritize execution over feature expansion.
Demo Day
Dan and Naor's demo day presentation was the standout of Cohort 3. Their live demonstration of the Vigilance platform detecting a simulated advanced persistent threat in real time generated significant audience response. 12 VC firms requested follow-up meetings — the highest interest level for any CyberForge demo day presenter. The resulting fundraising process was completed in 3 weeks, culminating in a $5M Sequoia Scout round — the largest post-program raise in CyberForge history.
Post-Demo Day Growth
Since demo day, Vigilance has grown to 8 enterprise customers including Fortune 500 organizations, reached approximately $2.8M ARR, and achieved roughly 380% year-over-year growth. The team has expanded to approximately 18 employees. Independent research labs scored the platform 92.4 out of 100. The company's AI-native detection approach reports 93-95% accuracy with sub-90-second mean time to response across enterprise deployments. Cybersecurity podcasts have featured Dan and Naor discussing their approach to AI-native threat detection.
Vigilance Security — Key Metrics
$5M
Sequoia Scout
8
Enterprise Customers
~$2.8M
ARR
~380%
YoY Growth