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Vikram Varakantam

Sr. Director of Product Management

AI Software + Platform Team

Vikram Varakantam is Sr. Director of Product Management, where he leads the strategy and roadmap for securing enterprise AI adoption at scale. With deep experience across cloud security, application security, and AI, Vikram has built multiple high-growth product lines at Datadog, Lacework, Threat Stack, and previously at Cisco. He is passionate about helping organizations navigate the rapidly evolving AI threat landscape and build secure, trustworthy AI systems.

Articles

March 16, 2026

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - AI
Vikram Varakantam
Ruchika Pandey

Securing Enterprise Agents with NVIDIA OpenShell and Cisco AI Defense

5 min read

Enterprise Autonomous Agents: Powered by NVIDIA’s Open Source AI Runtime and Secured by Cisco AI Defense OpenClaw showed the world how autonomous, self-evolving agents are a step-change in how software works. Yet, in the enterprise, this type of power without governance isn't innovation; it’s unmanaged risk. These agents are already live, running now - reading configurations, querying knowledge graphs, triggering compliance workflows, and reaching external tools.