AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NSS Labs, Inc., a global leader and trusted source for independent, fact-based cybersecurity guidance, today announced that Vikram Phatak, CEO of NSS Labs, will join a select group of global leaders during the week of the World Economic Forum at the Inaugural Cyber Future Dialogue at Davos, presented by SINET and Cyber Future Foundation. An industry thought leader with more than 20 years of cybersecurity experience, Vikram is at the forefront of NSS Labs’ endeavors to define new industry standards and KPIs for measuring cybersecurity effectiveness.
At the Cyber Future Dialogue in Davos, Vikram will participate in a panel titled “How can we measure, monitor, and manage cyber risk for organizations? What are macro and micro considerations?” This global executive dialogue will serve as a pioneering group to drive critical actions and establish basic tenets of cyber engagement in society.
“The world’s largest and most demanding enterprises are adopting the NSS Labs Continuous Security Validation Platform to measure and monitor the ongoing effectiveness of their security controls,” said Vikram Phatak, CEO of NSS Labs. “We have gained a wealth of real-world insights through our work with enterprises worldwide and believe that measuring cybersecurity programs in language that businesses can understand paves the way for effective decisions. I look forward to sharing our vision for continuous monitoring and measurement with the global leaders in Davos.”
| WHO: | Vikram Phatak, CEO of NSS Labs | ||
| WHAT: | “How can we measure, monitor, and manage cyber risk for organizations? What are macro and micro considerations?” | ||
| WHERE: | The Inaugural Cyber Future Dialogue 2018 in Davos, Switzerland | ||
| WHEN: | Wednesday, January 24, 2018 |
Vikram Phatak is CEO at NSS Labs and is responsible for leading the company’s endeavors to advance transparency and accountability within the cybersecurity industry. He is one of the industry's foremost thought leaders and has more than 20 years of cybersecurity experience. Under his leadership, NSS Labs has become recognized globally as the most trusted source for independent, fact-based cybersecurity guidance. Prior to NSS Labs, Vikram founded and led several Internet and cybersecurity companies, including Lucid Security and Intermedia Sciences Group, one of the first Internet service providers and security consulting firms in the US. He has been featured in numerous business and technology publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CSO Magazine, CyberScoop, Dark Reading, eWeek, SC Magazine, ZDNet, and many others.
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About NSS Labs, Inc.
NSS Labs, Inc. is recognized globally as the most trusted source for independent, fact-based cybersecurity guidance. Our mission is to advance transparency and accountability within the cybersecurity industry. We empower enterprises by providing them with timely, relevant information on which to base their decisions. Our unmatched foundation in security testing, along with our extensive research and global threat analysis capabilities, provide the basis for our CAWS Continuous Security Validation Platform. CAWS measures the ongoing effectiveness of security controls, providing a real-time score card to help business leaders substantiate their security investments. Businesses can also leverage the threat data delivered by CAWS to strengthen their cyber risk posture and mitigate threats to their operating systems and applications. CISOs, Chief Security Architects, SOC and Threat Analysts, and information security professionals from many of the world's largest and most demanding enterprises rely on trusted insights from NSS Labs. For more information, visit www.nsslabs.com.
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