Vik Phonsa is a director of research and development at Optiv. He has over 15 years of experience in product management and R&D in various cybersecurity and software engineering domains. At Optiv, he is responsible for researching and analyzing the ever changing cybersecurity landscape and developing an innovation and partnership strategy for the company. Prior to Optiv, Vik has held product management positions at Tenable, Qualys, Symantec, Verizon and Contrast Security where he launched cloud-based security products.