Racktop Systems

Leadership - (L-R) Eric Bednash (co-founder, CEO) and Jonathan Halstuch (co-founder, CTO)  

Year founded: 2010

HQ location: Fulton, MD (Howard County)

In a sentence, your mission in cyber security is: We believe every organization has the right to protect their data as if it were a national secret.

Best part about being located in greater area? The region is defining itself as the cyber security capital of the US.

Worst thing? Competition with defense industrial base for talent.

Biggest cyber threat we should ALL be aware of? Historically, cyber security solutions were focused on protecting networks, while data storage systems were not considered vulnerable to security threats. In the modern enterprise, however, the threat of ransomware and advanced persistent threats combined with explosive data growth have created an environment rich for data theft and manipulation.

Biggest opportunity/challenge in 2020 for your company? Security and compliance are on the forefront of all organizations, and traditional network only based approaches are starting to show their weaknesses. Our most exciting opportunity is that our Zero Trust data centric approach to cyber security fills those gaps left by traditional cyber products and completes the security ecosystem at a time when threats are becoming as more dangerous than ever.

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