About Us

Expertise and integrity set us apart from our competition and bring us closer to our customers.

“We want to be known for our integrity. Every decision we make and every action we take reflects this goal.” – Karl Fox

Karl Fox, the founding partner of Lithik Systems, created Lithik in March of 2003 with the goal of assembling an integrity-focused, super-smart team of innovators. They can deliver Fortune 500 caliber compliance and network security, processes and systems on a shared basis to provide cost effective IT management, security auditing and regulatory compliance.

Simply put: Lithik delivers affordable expert service with integrity.
 

Other important things you should know about us:

• Lithik’s team of experts have significant accomplishments in security technology including:
  • The invention of the fourth generation firewall technology still used in today’s security products
  • The first secure router that incorporated that firewall technology
  • Built the first commercial IPsec implementation in the world
  • A seven-year appointment as Chair of the Point-to-Point Extensions Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force
  • The development and deployment of a network security department for an international fiber optic network
  • Building a Voice over IP network company that transported over 200 million minutes of traffic per month
• We uphold ourselves to the Better Business Bureau Center for Character Ethics UncommonSense® Declaration.
• The value that Lithik Systems brings to its ongoing clients is what Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Section 501(b)* requires as far as controls, oversight, monitoring, management, threat identification and corrective action as it relates to security.
• Lithik Systems unique approach to addressing regulatory requirements provides key market differentiators:
  • Audits and reports that are targeted to give CEO and Board of Director level dissemination of IT security and compliance issues for decision-making and documentation requirements, all delivered in understandable non-technical language.
  • Security related ongoing compliance supervision that addresses both technical risks as well as human behavior factors.
  • Managed and monitored network elements for compliance to established policies.
  • These “CEO friendly” services, combined with the knowledge that identity theft can wreck the reputation of an organization are the primary focus of all Lithik Systems services.
• We believe that the best way to become successful is to help your team become successful.
• We build excellent employees and excellent leaders.
• We know well-informed people make the best decisions.