Karthik Kannan

Karthik Kannan is the founder and CEO of Anvilogic, a venture-backed cybersecurity startup based in Palo Alto. He previously led Security Analytics at Splunk following the acquisition of his previous company, Caspida, and was a founding executive member of other successful startups ultimately acquired by large public corporations. Karthik has three decades of experience across cybersecurity, analytics, and big data specializing in general management, product development, strategic planning, marketing, and advisory.

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SIEM Detection is Failing. Here’s What Stronger Teams Do Instead.

Karthik Kannan | April 8, 2026 | AI-SOC, Alert Fatigue, Cybersecurity architecture, data contextualization, Detection Engineering, Detection Lifecycle Management, Incident Response, Modern SOC Strategy, SIEM Evolution, Threat Modeling

Stop running your SOC like it’s 2012. Learn why modern detection engineering requires shifting away from legacy SIEM architectures toward a product-centric strategy that prioritizes data quality, contextual enrichment, and AI-native workflows over raw log volume ... Read More

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AI in Cybersecurity – “Moving forward Together” and Amping Up the Remediation Game

Karthik Kannan | October 15, 2024 | AI, certificate lifecycle management (CLM), Certificate Outage, Cybersecurity, machine identity management, Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), Managed Service Providers (MSPs), non-human identity, PKI, Post-quantum cryptography (PQC), TLS certificates

Until recently, the phrase ’90 days’ was commonly associated with productivity and quarterly plans. However, this changed on March 3rd, 2023, when Google announced a proposed policy change that is likely to disrupt the cybersecurity space. A case in point where simple policy changes can have a major impact at ... Read More

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The Importance of Domain and DNS Lifecycle Management with Mergers and Acquisitions

Karthik Kannan | August 8, 2024 | DevSecOps, dns, DNS Automation, DNS lifecycle, DNS vulnerabilities, domain, iam, PKI, Self-Service Domain, TLS

As a curious reader of global consulting service reports, one report especially around Global Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) caught my eye. The world of strategic M&A saw deals totaling about $3.1 trillion USD (source: J.P. Morgan 2024 Global M&A Roadmap). The M&A landscape continues to evolve, driven by factors such ... Read More

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The Deepfake Headache: Are PKI & Digital Signatures the Panacea?

Karthik Kannan | July 31, 2024 | certificate authority, deepfake AI, digital certificates, Digital Identity, digital signatures, PKI

While the world still debates the benefits of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and its application across all realms of life, little is debated on the flipside of AI, especially in the context of authenticity. With the advent of AI, ‘Deepfakes’ have significantly penetrated a plethora of areas, such as human Identity, ... Read More

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Secure PKI Orchestration for DevOps in a Containerized CI/CD Environment

Karthik Kannan | July 24, 2024 | CI/CD pipelines, Container Security Risks, DEVOPS, Kubernetes, PKI, PKI orchestration, TLS certificate, TLS life cycle management, TLS Security

The rise in application modernization is leading many enterprises to embark upon new journeys, innovations, and technologies with their application portfolio management. Strategic shifts in business imperatives have resulted in application modernization and application architecture becoming more critical in unlocking the business value of digital transformation. From virtualization to becoming ... Read More

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Empowering MSSPs Amid Rising Cyber Threats: Leveraging AVX One For Enhanced Security and Efficiency

Karthik Kannan | June 27, 2024 | certificate lifecycle management, machine identity management, managed security service providers, MSP, MSSP, non-human identity management, PKI platform, PKI solutions

Rising cyber threats mean more chances for managed security service providers. Gartner forecasts global spending on security and risk management to reach $215 billion in 2024, up 14.3% from 2023’s $188 billion. Additionally, Gartner forecasts that spending on security services including consulting, IT outsourcing, implementation and hardware support will total ... Read More

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The Importance Of Secure DNS In Enterprise Security Strategy

Karthik Kannan | June 13, 2024 | DDoS Mitigation, dns, DNS ecosystems, DNS Integrity, DNS security, DNS vulnerabilities, DNSSEC, TLS

In today’s hyper-connected world, with the proliferation of applications and devices, has transformed the way we interact with the internet. From the rise in applications across cloud and containers, connected IoT devices to cloud services and mobile apps, the demand for secure and reliable connectivity is imperative. At the core ... Read More

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How To Streamline Certificate Lifecycle Management In Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with AppViewX KUBE+

Karthik Kannan | May 24, 2024 | Azure Kubernetes Service, certificate lifecycle management, Certificate Management, CloudOps, DEVOPS, Kubernetes, PKI

Kubernetes is an open-source platform designed to simplify application deployment, streamline operations, and help organizations build a resilient infrastructure and rapidly achieve business objectives. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a managed Kubernetes service provided by Microsoft Azure that runs Kubernetes in the Azure cloud and on-premises data centers. It simplifies ... Read More

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Simplify Certificate Lifecycle Management And Build Security Into OpenShift Kubernetes Engine With AppViewX KUBE+

Karthik Kannan | May 14, 2024 | certificate lifecycle management, Certificate Management, CI/CD pipelines, DEVOPS, load-balancer, OpenShift CLM, PKI, Smart Discovery, TLS certificates

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Building on top of Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine is a container application platform that offers additional features and tools to further simplify and streamline the application lifecycle management process. Openshift provides ... Read More

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Get Visibility and Insight into Your Application Landscape with AppViewX ADC+

Karthik Kannan | October 7, 2020

Get Visibility and Insight into Your Application Landscape with AppViewX ADC+ Modern enterprises run complex and multifaceted application environments – ranging from legacy systems that still support core business processes, to newer web-centric components, to the latest cloud-native applications, built using advanced technologies and continuous delivery methods. The health and ... Read More

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Senator Sanders Wants to Own AI Companies — and Hand America’s Adversaries the Keys

NIST’s Nine: The PQC Signature Race Moves to Round Three

The Quantum Arms Race: Why Washington Just Wrote a $2 Billion Check to Nine Companies

Beyond Moore’s Law: The Hyper-Acceleration of Autonomous AI Cyber Capabilities

The Exception Economy: When Security Teams Stop Protecting and Start Negotiating

GoPlus’s Latest Report Highlights How Blockchain Communities Are Leveraging Critical API Security Data To Mitigate Web3 Threats

C2A Security’s EVSec Risk Management and Automation Platform Gains Traction in Automotive Industry as Companies Seek to Efficiently Meet Regulatory Requirements

Zama Raises $73M in Series A Lead by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs to Commercialize Fully Homomorphic Encryption

RSM US Deploys Stellar Cyber Open XDR Platform to Secure Clients

ThreatHunter.ai Halts Hundreds of Attacks in the past 48 hours: Combating Ransomware and Nation-State Cyber Threats Head-On