Vikram Phatak is Chief Executive Officer of NSS Labs, Inc. Vik is one of the information security industry's foremost thought leaders on vulnerability management and threat protection. With over 20 years of experience, he brings unique insight to the cybersecurity problems facing large enterprises today. A pioneer of Internet security, Vik founded Intermedia Sciences Group in 1994, one of the first Internet service providers and Internet security consulting firms in the United States. Intermedia was acquired in 1999 by Teleflex Inc. Vik later founded Lucid Security in 2001, where he created "Adaptive Intelligence," a groundbreaking intrusion prevention technology. In 2006, Lucid Security was acquired by Trustwave Inc., a leading provider of information security solutions to Fortune 2000 companies. He was named Chief Technology Officer at Trustwave, where he was responsible for the management and development of technology product lines, prior to joining NSS Labs.