Professional Bio
Oleg Laskin began his Information Technology career in 1996 in Joplin, Missouri. He obtained his first IT job as a hardware technician at Computerland of Joplin and soon after,
he was promoted to a PC technician and later to a server administrator. While working as a server administrator for the Internet provider, he showed interest and began working as a
network technician, administering the company’s network architecture based on HP, 3COM, and Cisco technologies. He also worked with external customers such as schools and small businesses
to help in setting up networks from the ground up, including design, cabling, and network hardware installation.
In 2001, after moving to Jacksonville, Florida, Oleg started a job as a Desktop Support and Client/Server Operations Technician at Winn Dixie Stores. Oleg was involved in large-scale projects
such as a company-wide Windows 2000 roll-out. Oleg was also tasked with several logistics projects involving moving Winn Dixie purchasing and store design offices and print server infrastructure migration.
In August of 2004, Oleg began work as an IT Manager at a healthcare company - Solantic. Oleg’s work began administering servers and a network for 5 Urgent care facilities. During Oleg’s employment
at Solantic, the company expanded to 12 Urgent care facilities in two states. Oleg designed and implemented all of the additional urgent care facilities as well as hired and managed a team of 4
desktop technicians, server administrators, and a web developer.
In 2006, Oleg began work as a Systems Architect. His projects included a large utility company’s complete re-design of the customer-facing portal’s architecture, SCADA system design, data center design,
and DR plans. As an architect, he was also involved in a circuit court’s migration from Novell to Microsoft Active directory migration and several smaller projects with a variety of customers.
In 2007, Oleg worked as a server administrator, then a deputy director of IT, and Security Engineer at Duos Technology. In 2009, Oleg was promoted to the position of Director of Technology and Security Architect.
Oleg’s work revolved around large enterprise clients' physical and information security. He was involved in projects dealing with security of transportation companies, healthcare, and large-scale government projects.
In 2011, Oleg stepped in as a Senior Information Security Analyst at Nemours - a pediatric healthcare company. He was in charge of assessing the security posture of the company, design, and implementation of security
solutions to protect the company’s patient data and infrastructure. He designed and implemented many of the company’s security technologies such as McAfee EPO anti-virus solution, spam protection, and internet content
filtering and protection architecture based on Cisco’s Ironport. Oleg also designed and implemented Nemours’ security vulnerability management program.
In December of 2013, Oleg began work as a Senior Information Security Engineer at Enterprise Integration. Working with Fortune 500 companies, Oleg was involved in the design and management of Load balancers,
Web application firewalls, Single Sign-on technologies. Oleg was also instrumental in a large enterprise’s PCI compliance assessment and mitigation implementation. Oleg performed security assessments and vulnerability
scan and reporting of customer's internal networks and web applications.
In the summer of 2015, Oleg made a move to Southeastern Grocers as a Security Architect. As an internal security consultant and penetration tester, Oleg works with Information Technology teams as well as business owners
and project management teams. Oleg is involved in project development from the security perspective to ensure that new systems and applications are developed and implemented according to industry's security standards
and best practices. Oleg also performs all internal penetration testing as well as works with external penetration testing vendors to validate results and review the findings.
After spending three years at Trinity Health, based in Michigan, where he contributed to building a penetration testing program, Oleg decided it was time to move back to consulting world.
Oleg worked at S3 Security, a Texas-based security consulting firm as a Director of Cyber Security Services, where he managed a team of pentesters including all aspects of service delivery of the team, and worked directly
with clients on both the penetration testing engagements and consulting on security solutions. After four years, it was time for change.
At the beginning of 2024, Oleg joined Coro, a Cyber security company as a Security Researcher. As a hands-on Security Researcher, Oleg actively investigates and dismantles modern cyber threats, from malware analysis to deconstructing
complex phishing and attack techniques. His work bridges the gap between offensive and defensive security; Oleg applies insights gained from his penetration testing experience to develop next-generation detection strategies
that anticipate adversary movements including application of Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate pattern recognition and build more intelligent, predictive security solutions.
