RackTop Systems
Washington, US · Founded 2010 · Delaware corporation · 34 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
RackTop Systems develops BrickStor, a cyberstorage platform that actively defends data against ransomware, insider threats, and data theft through inline inspection and real-time response at the storage layer. The platform serves federal agencies, defense organizations, and commercial enterprises that require active data protection capabilities.
Also known as RackTop · RackTop Systems, Inc.
Founders & leadership
RackTop Systems was founded in 2010 by Eric Bednash and Jonathan Halstuch.
Investors · 8
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$14.9M disclosed across 3 rounds · 2015–2019
▶$13.9MraisedFeb 2024 · 13 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Eric T BednashExecutive Officer, Director
- TJ LowdenExecutive Officer
- Jack E KerriganDirector
- Jonathan HalstuchExecutive Officer, Director
- Stephen FredrickDirector
- Ron GulaDirector
- Offering amount
- $16.8M
- Amount sold
- $13.9M
- First sale
- Feb 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$220KraisedJun 2017 · 1 investors · ComputersRule 506(b)
- Jonathan A. HalstuchExecutive Officer, Director
- Eric T. BednashExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $2.5M
- Amount sold
- $220K
- Minimum investment
- $100K
- Proceeds to insiders
- $100K
- First sale
- May 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b, 4a5
▶$750KraisedFeb 2015 · 2 investors · ComputersRule 506(b)
- Eric T. BednashExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $750K
- Minimum investment
- $100K
- First sale
- Jan 2015
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b, 4a5
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026RackTop Systems is a data storage and security company that develops BrickStor, which it describes as a cyberstorage platform: storage that inspects file operations inline and responds to attacks rather than passively holding data. The platform's Active Defense capability examines every SMB, NFS, and S3 operation to identify ransomware, insider threats, and credentialed misuse, with the company stating detection occurs in under a second. On detection, the system can terminate the session, isolate the user, apply holds to snapshots taken before the attack, and alert a security operations center. Recovery is handled by Intelligent Bulk Remediation, which uses a forensic audit trail to identify the specific files touched during a malicious session and roll back only those files.
The product line consists of four offerings that share Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and the Hub Central management console. BrickStor SP is the flagship cyberstorage NAS for enterprise and federal unstructured data, bundling Active Defense, Intelligent Bulk Remediation, ImmutaVault, and Transparent Data Movement. BrickStor SP for Lustre is a parallel file system aimed at AI training and HPC simulation workloads. BrickStor HDR handles sustained line-rate capture of network, RF, radar, and sensor data at the edge. BrickStor CSfC DAR is a deployable, NSA CSfC-aligned data-at-rest platform supporting classification levels up to Top Secret, available with GPU/TPU options for classified AI/ML work.
Solution areas promoted by the company include federal and defense use cases (Mission Partner Environments, special access programs, multi-level and multi-category security, CSfC data-at-rest, tactical edge, and high-speed sensor recording), ransomware defense, HPC and AI storage, and coalition access enforcement in Mission Partner Environments.
Founding story
Eric Bednash and Jonathan Halstuch met while serving in the U.S. Intelligence Community, working on data infrastructure and cybersecurity for demanding environments. They observed that storage infrastructure was a blind spot in cybersecurity architectures — traditional platforms were designed for performance and availability, with security delegated to firewalls, endpoint tools, and backup systems — while modern attacks target the data itself. In 2010 they founded RackTop Systems in the Washington, DC metro area to build storage that actively defends the data it holds.
Business model
RackTop sells the BrickStor platform as products deployed in customer environments, offering onboarding through "BrickStor Jumpstarts" that the company says are typically operational in days. It also operates a channel partner program, which has been recognized with a CRN 5-Star Partner Program rating.
Traction
The company reports a growing customer base across federal and commercial markets, multiple issued U.S. patents covering its core technologies, and industry recognition from ESG, DCIG, Cyber Defense Magazine, and CRN.
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Market position
RackTop positions itself as the originator of the cyberstorage category, stating it built data defense directly into storage rather than layering it on afterwards. Third-party recognition cited by the company includes ESG Technical Validation, inclusion in DCIG's Top 5 Cyberstorage list, a Cyber Defense Magazine Editor's Choice designation, a CRN 5-Star Partner Program rating, and NSA CSfC DAR alignment.
Differentiation rests on performing threat detection and response at the storage layer itself — inline inspection of every file protocol operation with sub-second detection, automated session termination and user isolation, snapshot holds, file-level rollback from a forensic audit trail, and attribute-based access control enforced per operation — backed by issued U.S. patents and a founding team drawn from the U.S. Intelligence Community.
Technology
Core technologies include Active Defense (patented inline inspection of file operations to stop ransomware, insider threats, and credentialed misuse), ABAC (attribute-based access control applied to every SMB, NFS, and S3 operation, with dynamic policy based on clearance, nationality, program, device, and time), ImmutaVault (a patented virtual air gap providing immutable, indelible, isolated copies designed to survive a domain administrator compromise), Intelligent Bulk Remediation (patented surgical recovery driven by a forensic audit trail), Transparent Data Movement (patented policy-driven tiering across flash, hybrid, and object storage based on age, access patterns, and policy), and Hub Central (a unified management console across all BrickStor products that orchestrates data flows and enforces consistent ABAC policy from enterprise to tactical edge). The CSfC DAR product is aligned to NSA Commercial Solutions for Classified data-at-rest requirements up to Top Secret.
Go-to-market
The company markets directly through demo requests, Jumpstart engagements, and consultations with storage architects, and works through channel partners under a program rated 5 stars by CRN. Positioning emphasizes federal and defense missions alongside commercial enterprise deployments.
Federal agencies, defense commands and missions, public sector organizations, financial institutions, critical infrastructure operators, and commercial enterprises with unstructured data, AI/HPC, and classified or coalition-sharing requirements.
Geography
Headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, United States; products are deployed across federal missions, public sector, and commercial enterprise, including tactical edge and coalition Mission Partner Environments.
History
RackTop Systems was founded in 2010 in the DC Metro area by Eric Bednash and Jonathan Halstuch. The company developed BrickStor SP, which it describes as the first cyberstorage platform, and states that it coined the term "Cyberstorage" to define the category. Over time the portfolio expanded to four BrickStor products spanning enterprise NAS, Lustre-based HPC/AI storage, high-speed data recording, and a CSfC data-at-rest platform for classified edge missions, alongside multiple issued U.S. patents.
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launches, deals, and filingsThe company lists recognition including ESG Technical Validation, DCIG Top 5 Cyberstorage, Cyber Defense Magazine Editor's Choice, CRN 5-Star Partner Program, and NSA CSfC DAR alignment.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does RackTop Systems do?
- RackTop Systems builds BrickStor, a cyberstorage platform that detects and blocks attacks on data at the storage layer.
- Who founded RackTop Systems?
- RackTop Systems was founded by Eric Bednash, Jonathan Halstuch in 2010.
- Who are RackTop Systems's investors?
- RackTop Systems's investors include Eastward Capital Partners, Grotech Ventures, Gula Tech Adventures, Maryland TEDCO, Razor's Edge Ventures, StoneMill Ventures, TEDCO, Edge.
- How much funding has RackTop Systems raised?
- RackTop Systems has disclosed $14.9M raised across 3 rounds.
- Where is RackTop Systems headquartered?
- RackTop Systems is headquartered in Washington, US.