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When Google completed its acquisition of Wiz, it did more than buy a fast-growing cloud security company. It made a very public bet on where security is headed next. Google said Wiz would keep its brand, continue supporting multicloud environments, and become part of a broader platform designed to ...

In my recent blog, Top 10 Cybersecurity Risks of 2026, I explored how emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, are reshaping the threat landscape. As organizations adopt large language models (LLMs) and autonomous AI agents across their environments, securing these systems is ...

Somewhere in a boardroom right now, a CTO is greenlighting an AI initiative because the board asked about it. Not because the business case is airtight. Not because the data infrastructure is ready. But because nobody wants to be the one who "missed AI." Sound familiar? It should. We watched the ...

Newly unified organization’s expanded managed services capabilities recognized in Elite 150 category, reinforcing a combined vision for intelligence-driven outcomes [Nashville, TN] — [February 18, 2026] — Arctiq, a leading global provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, and ...

Cyber‑attacks have become as routine as the sunrise. Boards and executives know that digital disruption, remote work and ever‑evolving technologies are transforming the threat landscape, but many lists of “top risks” feel like superficial checkboxes. This article goes deeper by blending technical ...

Unified company expands geographic reach, delivery scale and technical expertise for accelerated customer outcomes [Nashville, TN] — [February 4, 2026] — Arctiq, a leading global provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, today announced that Verinext, a leader in delivering ...

[Nashville, TN – February 2, 2026] – Arctiq today proudly announced the recipients of its first-ever Arctiq Partner Awards, recognizing exceptional partners who have demonstrated outstanding innovation, collaboration, and customer impact across the technology ecosystem.

This technical guide covers the 10 most critical GitHub Actions vulnerabilities that continue to define the threat landscape in 2026. Last year, attackers aggressively targeted these specific weak points to hijack CI/CD pipelines. As these attacks are on the rise, securing your workflows has ...

Nutanix Files is one of those capabilities that tends to get overlooked, even by customers already running Nutanix. That is unfortunate, because if you are a Nutanix customer today, you already own 1 TiB of Nutanix Files capacity. The point I am making is not the free capacity, It’s what Nutanix ...

Here's something nobody wants to hear: the infrastructure playbook that got you through 2024 is probably wrong for 2026. I'm not being dramatic. I've spent the last year talking to IT leaders across every vertical, and there's a common thread in those conversations. Everyone's planning is off. Not ...

[Nashville, TN – January 7, 2026] – Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, has been named one of MSSP Alert’s Top 250 Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) for 2025, earning a #40 ranking on this year’s list.

Cloud environments are becoming more complex, more distributed, and more business-critical than ever. To understand how organizations are adapting, Arctiq partnered with Gatepoint Research to survey 50 IT and DevOps leaders across financial services, industrial sectors, and technology-driven ...

[Nashville, TN – December 4, 2025] – Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, today announced that veteran technology sales leader Steve Tarbuck has joined the organization as Vice President of Sales for the USA Central Region.

Following the recent updates to MITRE ATT&CK, some great new content was released to help defenders enable more inclusive thinking across attacker tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs). With v18 now available, MITRE has introduced new objects to users to support more connected and ...

[Nashville, TN – November 25, 2025] – Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, today announced Tom Hitselberger has joined the organization as Chief Financial Officer.

Every executive chasing meaningful AI outcomes eventually runs into the same wall:the data layer can’t keep up. GPU investments look great on paper. Data science teams build proof-of-concepts that impress in demos. But when it’s time to operationalize, to scale models, to serve inference at speed, ...

If you fail to plan, then plan to fail. Wise words that have echoed over the decades, and as the cyber threat landscape has evolved, the ability for an organizationto bounce back from a cyber incident has become a regular talking point for Executives and Boards. Whether regulatorydriven, or because ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — October 29, 2025 — Arctiq, a leading North American provider of cloud, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure solutions, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company®, has named Wes Brown, Chief Technology Officer, Eric Boszin, Data Lead, and Tim Tipton, Principal ...

If you stop and look around, you’ll notice something interesting happening. The biggest shift in enterprise AI isn’t about the models or the apps everyone’s talking about. It’s deeper. It’s happening underneath all of that. Right now, the real fight is over the infrastructure that makes AI ...

Why the Movies Make Hacking Look Instant—and Why That Hurts the Industry Scene 1: The 5-Second Breach That Broke the Internet You’ve seen it a hundred times: fluorescent green text floods the screen, techno beats rise, and a twenty-something genius shouts, “I’m in!” The camera cuts to a 3D globe ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — October 15, 2025 - Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Arctiq a 2025 Triple Crown Award winner. This elite recognition is awarded to solution providers that have been ...

Cyber risk has continued its trajectory of intensification. The pace of attacker innovation, especially around AI-enabled attacks, has outstripped many defenders’ ability to keep up. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions, software supply chain exposure, identity/credential abuse, and increasingly bold ...

Every security leader you’ve ever met can rattle off the same checklist of priorities: harden the perimeter, monitor the endpoints, secure the cloud, patch the vulnerabilities, and respond to the alerts. And yet, even the most mature programs still feel like they’re one misstep away from disaster. ...

In today’s threat landscape, cyber incidents are rarely isolated or straightforward. They unfold in stages: beginning, middle, and end. Within each stage lies a web of complexity that can significantly disrupt business operations. Recovery isn’tjust about restoring systems; it’s about navigating ...

Every organization today, whether a Fortune 500 giant or a 50-person shop, lives with an attack surface that feels less like a neatly fenced perimeter and more like a sprawling, unfinished city. New systems pop up overnight. Old ones linger because nobody remembers who owns them. Developers spin up ...

Let’s be real for a second: your CTO is probably brilliant, strategic, and maybe even a little fun in meetings. But when it comes to staying cool? That’s where the data center needs to step up. Because as AI workloads explode, heat is becoming the silent enemy of performance, efficiency, and growth.

Imagine you run a customer-facing service that’s split between on-prem servers and a public cloud. One morning, after a routine patch, the app crashed. Your team scrambles through three different consoles (on-premises virtualization, on-premises backup, Hyperscaler console) to find the latest ...

CRN® Spotlights the Top IT Channel Providers for Outstanding Performance and Growth

For decades, the web content model was simple: publishers provided content, search engines indexed it, and users were expected to visit the original site to reach the content they were looking for. Exceptions to this rule – where publishers felt that other companies were exploiting their content ...

We’ve spent decades trying to build our security systems like medieval fortresses: stone walls, perimeter moats, guards on the parapets. But the threats, like the world they thrive in, have outgrown that model. They’re not storming gates anymore; they’re finding cracks in your foundations, hiding ...

Strategic Move Enhances National Reach, Supports Executive Engagement, and Accelerates Growth in Cloud, Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure Services

Arctiq, a leading North American provider of cloud, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure solutions, is proud to share that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Arctiq as a finalist in the first-ever CRN Best of the Channel Awards in the Best Solution Provider of the Year category, ...

Picture this: somewhere inside your SOC’s telemetry is a breach that both exists and doesn’t, until you decide to look at it. It’s the cyber equivalent of Schrödinger’s Cat: alive and dead in the logs, living in the ambiguity between “false positive” and “missed detection.”

The quiet hum of business as usual is the most deceptive thing about the cybersecurity risk landscape right now. If you glance at breach headlines this past quarter, you might shrug off the risk climate as more of the same. Misconfigured cloud buckets? Old news. Credential phishing? Same old song. ...

This post was originally published on Google Cloud Security Community on June 9th, 2025. You can find the original version here.

Let’s be honest: most compliance conversations are so repetitive you could finish them in your sleep. NYDFS? 72-hour breach reporting. SEC? Four-day disclosure. CMMC? Control this, assess that, supply chain everything. These surface-level discussions aren’t wrong; they’re just not enough.

Last month, I sat across from a CTO who'd just received a $2.8 million quarterly cloud bill. His face told the whole story before he even opened his mouth. "We're processing the same amount of data we were three years ago," he said, sliding the invoice across the table. "But somehow our costs have ...

In today’s climate of evolving federal mandates and tightening supply chain security expectations, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) isn’t just a checkbox—it’s a business imperative. At Arctiq, we’ve taken a deliberate and strategic stance toward helping organizations navigate the ...

Migrating a GitHub organization from GitHub.com to GitHub’s Enterprise Managed Users(EMU) is no small feat. It’s not as simple as renaming your enterprise andorganizations, or clicking a button.

As cloud adoption continues to evolve, the conversation is shifting from being "Cloud First" to being Cloud Smart. Organizations are realizing that not all workloads belong in the cloud, and not all virtualization platforms are created equal. At the same time, the market is experiencing disruption, ...

As our infrastructure becomes smarter, our risks become more complex. Cities, utilities, transit systems, hospitals, factories—many of the services and systems that underpin our daily lives are undergoing a rapid digital transformation. At the core of this shift is the rise of cyber-physical ...

In our last post, we explored the growing need for enterprises to build AI factories - dedicated environments that enable AI to scale beyond one-off experiments into enterprise-wide capabilities. That post answered the “why.”

I don’t drink coffee, but I was sipping orange juice, listening to Still Into You by Paramore as I pulled up to Topgolf at the MGM Grand. It was 8:19 AM, Vegas sunlight (and heat) bouncing off the pavement, and I was ready. One of our Carahsoft counterparts met me out front, and we walked together ...

[Irvine, CA – June 2, 2025] — Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, has been awarded the NORAM Rising Star Award at the Dynatrace Amplify 2025 Partner Sales Kickoff event. This distinguished recognition highlights Arctiq’s exceptional performance, innovation, ...

The Evolution of DevOps Platforms: Stay Informed Before Customizing In the fast-paced world of DevOps tools, platforms like GitLab are constantly evolving, frequently adding new native features that may eliminate the need for custom solutions. Before diving into custom development — which can be ...

[Irvine, CA – May 29, 2025] —Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, announced today that it was named Fortinet’s 2024 Canadian Central Region Partner of the Year Award Partner of the Year. The Fortinet Partner of the Year Awards recognize dedicated and ...

Arctiq announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized the company on the 2025 CRN Solution Provider 500 list.

The enterprise AI infrastructure landscape just shifted dramatically. Here's what technology executives need to know.

If you or your team recently searched for RVTools to inventory VMware environments and ended up on a link that wasn’t the official website then there could be cause for concern. In a recent article by BleepingComputer, researchers uncovered a malicious campaign distributing a trojanized version of ...

I had the privilege this week to attend the Red Hat Summit 2025 and AnsibleFest. The core theme of the show was "Unlock What's Next." This post is a quick summary of what, for me, was a rich set of experiences across a diverse community of interests. It is impossible to capture all the show in a ...

Attending Nutanix .NEXT 2025 was more than just witnessing another tech event—it was a glimpse into the future of enterprise IT. As the VP of Modern Infrastructure at Arctiq, I’ve worked with leading organizations to modernize their infrastructure strategies and have attended many IT conferences… ...

Compliance is the starting point. It’s not the goal. For many organizations—especially those navigating regulatory-heavy industries like finance, healthcare, energy, or government—there’s a deeply rooted misconception that meeting compliance requirements equals being secure. It doesn’t. Not even ...

Imagine walking into a tech conference where cloud innovations are the talk of the town. Whether you’renew to IT and curious about technology or a seasoned IT executive, the upcoming Nutanix .NEXT 2025 conference promises something for everyone. Taking place May 7-9, 2025 in Washington, D.C., this ...

At Google Cloud Next 2025, one message stood out above all: AI is no longer just an add-on—it’s the engine driving cloud security and platform engineering. With AI now embedded in the very fabric of cloud development, organizations must adapt quickly to stay competitive and secure.

Executives face a critical challenge: how to transform mountains of data into actionable intelligence while maintaining control, security, and cost efficiency. The emergence of data lakehouse architectures has revolutionized this landscape, offering a unified approach that combines the best ...

As Q2 2025 unfolds, the cybersecurity landscape continues to prove that the most dangerous threats are often the ones hiding in plain sight. At Arctiq, we’ve observed a surge in security gaps that aren't always the result of sophisticated adversaries—many are self-inflicted wounds, the byproduct of ...

Arctiq today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized the company on its 2025 Tech Elite 250 list.

If your organization’s future depends on data, then its present should be focused on AI. But here’s the uncomfortable truth… most enterprises are still approaching AI like a science experiment… dabbling with tools, struggling with models, and renting compute without a real strategy.

Organizations today operate in an increasingly interconnected digital ecosystem, relying on third-party vendors, suppliers, and service providers to support critical business functions. While these relationships drive efficiency and innovation, they also introduce significant security risks. From ...

In a significant development for cybersecurity, on March 11, 2025, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the selection of Hamming Quasi-Cyclic (HQC) as the fifth algorithm for post-quantum encryption. This addition to NIST's post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the poster child of innovation in cybersecurity. From detecting threats faster than any human could to automating responses to complex attacks, AI promises a new era of resilience. But beneath the glossy surface lies a critical question that rarely gets ...

Arctiq announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Arctiq on its Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Elite 150 category for 2025.

The modern workplace has undergone a seismic shift over the past few years. Hybrid and remote work models have transformed how organizations operate, enabling unprecedented flexibility and productivity. However, this shift has also introduced a host of cybersecurity challenges. Traditional ...

Today, organizations are challenged to balance the pursuit of innovation with the demands of mitigating ever-evolving risks. Cybersecurity threats grow more sophisticated by the day, while the pressure to modernize infrastructure and applications for cloud scalability becomes increasingly urgent. ...

As the cybersecurity landscape evolves, the lessons of 2024 offer critical insights into the trends and threats that will shape the year ahead. From sophisticated ransomware campaigns to vulnerabilities in emerging technologies, organizations must stay vigilant and adapt their strategies to address ...

In cloud environments, if we have to move towards zero trust security philosophy, we need to bring HashCorp Boundary and Vault integration into play.

[Irvine, CA – December 16, 2024] – Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, today announced the appointment of Rob Steele as Vice President of Modern Infrastructure.

When I talk to developers and development managers about GitHub, there’s one surprisingly widely held sentiment: “What’s left to do?”

Combination enhances presence in the US West region to accelerate next phase of growth

Arctiq is proud to announce that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Wes Brown, Chief Technology Officer, as a 2024 CRN Next-Gen Solution Provider Leader. This CRN list honors solution provider professionals who stand out for their innovative contributions to the growth and success of ...

Eighth annual list reveals leading MSSP, MDR and MSP security companies Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, ranks among the Top 250 MSSPs (https://www.msspalert.com/top-250) for 2024, according to MSSP Alert, a CyberRisk Alliance resource.

Key leadership addition highlights Arctiq’s focus on expanding growth across the Central and Southern regions

[Irvine, CA – October 7, 2024] – Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, today announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Arctiq a 2024 Triple Crown Award winner. This elite recognition is awarded to solution providers who earn spots on three ...

Key leadership addition highlights Arctiq’s focus on expanding growth across the Western region

In 2024, it feels impossible to attend any conference, summit, or seminar without hearing vendors talking either security or AI, and it was no different at the annual JFrog swampUP user conference in Austin, Texas this September.

Key appointment underscores Arctiq’s commitment to delivering transformative technology solutions through powerful partnerships [Irvine, CA – August 30, 2024] – Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, announced today the appointment of Amanda Parsons as Vice ...

Even minor disruptions to IT systems, applications, or data access can have severe economic and reputational impacts on organizations. Ransomware attacks, natural disasters, and human error can prove disastrous if you don't have a resilient infrastructure built to withstand these interruptions. To ...

On August 13th, Yaron Avital, a researcher at Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks released research titled ArtiPACKED which outlines a potential vulnerability that may be present in your GitHub repositories. If you are using the GitHub Actionactions/upload-artifact you may be configured in a way that ...

[Irvine, CA – August 6, 2024] - Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, announced today the company has been named #28 on CRN’s Fast Growth 150 list for 2024. This achievement highlights Arctiq’s growth trajectory, with a two-year growth rate of 145%.

Leading the Charge in Innovation and Strategic Alignment for Future Growth [Irvine, CA - July 30, 2024] – Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, announced today the appointment of Wes Brown as the company’s new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Brown has been ...

Experienced Industry Leader to Drive Strategic Growth, Revenue Optimization, and Customer Experience [Irvine, CA - July 23, 2024] – Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, announced today the appointment of Chris McMillen as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). With ...

Last month, the Arctiq team attended Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2024 in Denver, Colorado. This year, AI dominated the conversation at Red Hat’s premier enterprise open-source event for IT professionals. The keynote addresses, breakout sessions, and demos focused on the transformative power of ...

[Irvine, CA – May 30, 2024] - Arctiq, a leading provider of professional IT solutions and managed services, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Arctiq to its 2024 Solution Provider 500 list. Each year, CRN releases its ranking of the top VARs, systems integrators, ...

Attack Surface Management (ASM) is a proactive approach to cybersecurity that involves identifying, monitoring, and minimizing an organization’s digital attack surface. The attack surface includes all the hardware, software, SaaS, and cloud assets an organization owns that could potentially be ...

In the evolving landscape of cybersecurity, dark web monitoring has become a critical component. The dark web, an unindexed part of the internet, is notorious for harboring illicit activities such as the sale of stolen credentials, financial data, and intellectual property. Unlike the surface web, ...

As organizations invest in cloud and digital transformation, IT environments grow more complex. With hybrid work models on the rise, enterprises depend on cloud services, applications, devices, and IoT to support operations.

IRVINE, Calif., May 1, 2024 -- Arctiq, formerly known as DynTek Services, has been recognized by CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, on their 2024 Tech Elite 250 list.

In today's rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, the adoption of zero trust principles has become increasingly critical for organizations worldwide. Zero trust frameworks offer a proactive approach to security, emphasizing continuous verification and strict access controls to mitigate risks ...

IRVINE, Calif., April 17, 2024 -- Arctiq is proud to announce that we have achieved the HashiCorp Hyper-Specialized status, the highest tier within the HashiCorp Partner Network. This new accomplishment, following our attainment of the HashiCorp Security Competency last year, demonstrates our ...

Service mesh adoption doesn't have to be hard! Get tips on using GitOps to deploy Istio and manage your Kubernetes services.

In this post, we are delighted to share a fun analogy comparing oil and data. To our surprise, they are more alike than anyone would like to admit.

The Integrated Arctiq Brand Invites Organizations to "Architect Intelligence"

As it's become tradition, Arctiq once again kicked off the year by attending the latest edition of Perform, Dynatrace's flagship conference, in Las Vegas with our clients.

Over the past couple of years, it can feel like it’s impossible to open an article, attend a talk, or even just have a conversation without the topic of generative AI coming up. It was no different at GitHub Universe 2023, where GitHub’s Copilot product took center stage. With thousands of ...

We've had a few customers asking lately about integrations with Terraform and Azure DevOps. This blog is going to provide an example of how you could use Terraform and Azure DevOps together to deploy infrastructure in GCP. Now, to share an opinion, I think there are better options out there. But ...

IRVINE, CA – November 30, 2023 - DynTek, Inc. and rSolutions, a leading provider of professional IT services, cybersecurity, and risk management solutions throughout North America, today announced they have acquired Arctiq, a leading Cloud, DevOps, and Automation Solution Integrator.

Arctiq recently had the privilege to attend Cloudflare Connect 2023 in Chicago on Nov 9th. One of the talks, in particular, has stayed present in my mind ever since. In and among the thought leadership shared by a variety of speakers at the day-long conference it was the talk from Cloudflare ...

Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) are the cornerstone of many businesses' digital transformation efforts. Use this guide for a comprehensive insight into the role of a Microsoft CSP, and how they facilitate cloud adoption, migration, and management with various Microsoft products.

If cybersecurity concerns keep you awake at night, you're not alone. Businesses of all sizes are increasingly becoming the target of cybersecurity attacks and facing difficulties that can drastically affect their operations. These cyberthreats, like sophisticated ransomware attacks, aren’t showing ...

In today's digitally interconnected world, where information is a valuable asset, organizations face an ever-increasing threat from cyberattacks. Recent high-profile incidents have highlighted the need for robust cybersecurity measures. Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated, making it ...

rSolutions Corporation, now united with DynTek, ranks 60th globally and #2 in Canada on MSSP Alert's Top 250 Managed Security Services Providers list for 2023. Discover our commitment to top-tier security solutions.

In this article, you will understand how Event Driven Ansible works in real life and across the overall Enterprise automation strategy using Ansible Automation Platform.

Gallant Capital Partners (“Gallant”), a Los Angeles-based investment firm, announced that it has completed a strategic growth investment in DynTek, Inc. (“DynTek”), a US-based professional IT services, cybersecurity, and risk management organization, and rSolutions Corporation (“rSolutions”), a ...

TL;DR: OpenSLO is transforming SLO (Service-Level Objective) management by enabling a "Shift Left" approach and facilitating the separation of concerns. It simplifies the management of SLOs by providing a common language and framework for expressing and tracking objectives. OpenSLO allows teams to ...

In cloud environments, resources often reside in private networks. In traditional approaches, for developers or operators to access these resources, organizations often end up with VPNs or bastion hosts. Moreover, they also use static credentials for accessing these applications. But this approach ...

In the world of software development, having a reliable, efficient and reproducible local development environment is crucial for productivity and collaboration. Different projects often require specific versions of dependencies, and conflicts often arise when multiple projects share the same ...

Contract covers a broad range of cloud-based solutions including DynTek’s Managed Security Services delivered through the company’s US-based Security Operations Center Irvine, CA, June 27, 2023 – DynTek Services, Inc., a leading provider of professional technology solutions, today announced it has ...

The usage of Version Control Systems (VCS) continues to increase in organizations around the world. As the backbone of development workflows, these systems require proper planning and management. This is where IT departments play a crucial role in implementing the right setup and control ...

In this blog learn how to solve Privileged Access Management (PAM) problems using multi-hop sessions with HashiCorp Boundary.

Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to drive innovation and growth, and high-speed Ethernet connectivity enables them to achieve this through faster and more reliable data transfer rates. However, for organizations with legacy copper cabling, upgrading to high-speed Ethernet ...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we live and work. From self-driving cars to virtual assistants, AI is being used in a wide variety of applications to make our lives easier and more efficient. Unfortunately, as with any new technology, there are also those who seek to exploit ...

How are you monitoring your security infrastructure 24/7/365? How much visibility do you have into what’s happening with your users and systems? What security controls are in place for remote access for users and third parties, and are you monitoring them?