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OrangeCAHappyHour

Carrie Gilbert — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:42:38 +0000

REGISTER NOW

JULY 22 - 5:30-8:30PM

ONST PRESENTS

HOPS, BLOCKS
& SECOPS

DINE & DASH

Order dinner on ONST, Keepit & EverPure, grab a beer, and talk shop with our team while you wait. No pitch decks, no pressure, just good food and better conversation.

DATE

July 22

TIME

5:30 – 8:30 PM PST

LOCATION

Green Cheek Beer Co.
22994 N Batavia St, Ste C
Orange, CA 92865

HOW IT WORKS

1 Stop by Green Cheek Beer Co. anytime between 5:30 and 8:30 PM.
2 Order dinner, it’s on ONST and EverPure.
3 Grab a beer and hang out with the ONST team while your order is up.
4 No agenda. Just real conversation in a lowkey environment.

PRESENTED BY ONST, KEEPIT & EVERPURE

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F1 Arcade Event Denver

Carrie Gilbert — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:21:25 +0000

Join us July 15 for an F1 Arcade Event!

Rev Up Your Network | ONST Technologies | F1 Arcade Denver

ONST Technologies Presents

Rev Up Your Network

An Afternoon at F1 Arcade Denver

📅 Wednesday, July 15, 2026 🕐 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM 📍 2734 Walnut St, Denver, CO 80205

Skip the boring conference room. We're bringing the Denver tech community together the right way: fast cars, cold drinks, good people, heavy feet on pedals, light on sales pitches.

What to Expect

▶ Team races in the F1 simulator — no racing experience required, competitive spirit encouraged
▶ Private venue space reserved just for us
▶ Beer, cider, seltzer, and wine
▶ Small bites and appetizers will be served
▶ Introductions to our featured sponsors, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, Palo Alto and Arrow, plus our broader partner ecosystem
▶ General shenanigans with the ONST crew

Whether you're a prospeective customer, or just curious about what ONST is building in the IT reseller market, this is your invitation to connect in a setting that's actually fun.

Space is strictly limited

Secure Your Spot Today

Complimentary for registered guests | Questions? Contact us at sales@onst.tech

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Stars Stripes and Sipping Bourbon

Carrie Gilbert — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:53:28 +0000

Registration is CLOSED

July 1 - 5PM PST/8PM EST

Celebrate Independence Day with ONST’s “Stars, Stripes and Sipping Bourbon” Virtual Tasting

Join us Wednesday, July 1st at 5:00 PM PST for an evening of exceptional bourbon as we kick off the Fourth of July weekend.

Our CTO Aaron Artino, an Executive Bourbon Steward, has hand-selected a lineup of outstanding expressions that showcase the craft and heritage of American whiskey. Aaron will guide you through each pour, sharing tasting notes, production insights, and the stories behind these carefully chosen bottles.

Your curated tasting kit will arrive at your door before the event, so all you need to do is show up ready to learn, sip, and celebrate.

This is a virtual event open to ONST employees, partners, and customers. Limited spots available.

Event Details:

Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST
Format: Virtual (link provided upon registration)
Tasting kit ships to your provided address

Registration is CLOSED for this event, but keep an eye out for the next one!

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Avs Watch Party Partner Page

Carrie Gilbert — Tue, 05 May 2026 17:14:56 +0000

May 11 | 6pm Mountain | Lakewood, CO

Partner Invite

Join the Avs Watch Party

We are inviting partners to join ONST Technologies on May 11.

Llet us know how you want to participate!

Cheer on the Avs with us!

Event Details

Short, practical details for partners.

Date + Time May 11, 6:00 PM Mountain until the final buzzer.

Location Gallery Range and Restaurant, 1350 Colorado Mills Pkwy, Lakewood, CO.

Partner Goal Attend the event and help offset costs.

Why Partner

Easy reasons to say yes.

Attend

Join ONST and guests for a fun, casual night around the game.

Support

Help offset costs with a sponsorship contribution or in-kind support.

Keep It Simple

The sign-up process is quick and easy for partner teams.

Are YOU protected?!?!

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AvsWatchParty

Carrie Gilbert — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:21:28 +0000

ONST Avs Watch Party at the Gallery

May 11 - 6:00PM MST

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VSMAY 11

OPPONENT

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MISSION BRIEFING

DATE

MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026

START

6:00 PM MTPUCK DROP

END

FINAL BUZZERHOWEVER LONG IT TAKES

VENUE

GALLERY RANGE & RESTAURANTLAKEWOOD, CO

DRESS CODE

AVS GEAR STRONGLY ENCOURAGED

PLAYER MESSAGE

Come join the ONST Technologies team as we cheer on the Colorado Avalanche in the playoffs.

We’re taking over Gallery Range & Restaurant in Lakewood for a night of hockey, good food, and even better company.

No agenda. No presentations. No respawning. Just fans being fans — from puck drop to the final buzzer.

Bring your energy. Bring your Avs gear. Let’s make some noise.

LET’S GO AVS

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SipsontheSith

Carrie Gilbert — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:29:31 +0000

Registration Closed

May 6 - 5PM PST/8PM EST

Sips on the Sith — ONST Technologies

Date

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Time

5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Pacific Time

Format

Virtual — Hosted on Zoom

Your Host

Aaron Artino — CTO, ONST Technologies

Experience

Four premium agave spirit selections — blind tasting, 1 oz each

The dark side has never tasted this good. After Taco Tuesday and Cinco de Drinko, we figured you deserved one more reason to raise a glass — so we’re offering you Sips on the Sith with ONST.

Join us on May 6th — the Sith-th, obviously — for a Star Wars-themed virtual agave tasting hosted by our CTO. Swirl, sip, and get to know the humans behind the tech while we work our way through some seriously stellar agave spirits.

This is designed to be relaxed, informative, and enjoyable — an opportunity to connect, unwind, and explore exceptional spirits together. Welcome to the dark side of tech, where we do things a little differently than most.

✦

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SoCalHappyHour

Carrie Gilbert — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:18:05 +0000

SoCal Registration

April 23 - 5PM-8PM PST

Good beer. Good people. Zero sales pitches.

That’s the whole idea behind Hops, Blocks & SecOps: a recurring happy hour where we can all pull up a chair, grab a cold one, and actually enjoy a conversation without anyone trying to close a deal.

Come say hello, place an order for dinner on us to take home to the fam or enjoy yourself (we don’t judge), and have a beer with some great people.

ONST Technologies is bringing together a handpicked group of our preferred partners in a relaxed, no-pressure setting where the goal is simple: get to know each other. Whether you’re deep in the weeds on your security stack or just curious about who we are, this is the place you want to be.

Our first stop is Monkish Brewery in Torrance!

Monkish Brewery 20311 S Western Ave. Torrance, CA 90501

Thursday, April 23 Time 5PM – 8PM

And if this one doesn’t work for your schedule, no worries! Hops, Blocks & SecOps is built to keep going. There’s always another round.

Stay tuned for more cities, more partners, and more chances to connect!

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DenverHappyHour

Carrie Gilbert — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:14:19 +0000

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

April 30 - 3:30-6:30PM

Days

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

Good beer. Good food. Zero sales pitches.

This isn’t your typical tech event. Here’s how it works:

Stop in after work to meet our teams, connect with other IT/ITS folks, and relax for a bit.

Tell us what’s for dinner and we’ll place a to-go order for you to bring home to your family (or keep for yourself, we won’t judge).

Enjoy a drink on us while you wait. You’re welcome to stick around for happy hour or just drop by for a quick conversation before heading out.

Our first stop is Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza in Denver’s historic RiNo neighborhood!

Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza 2129 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80205

Thursday, April 30 Time 3:30-6:30PM

And if this one doesn’t work for your schedule, no worries! Hops, Blocks & SecOps is built to keep going. There’s always another round.

Stay tuned for more cities, more partners, and more chances to connect!

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The Visibility Paradox

ONST Tech — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:04:51 +0000

The Visibility Paradox: Why Your Zero Trust Strategy is Still Witnessing Its Own Failure

The Visibility Paradox | ONST Technologies

ONST TECHNOLOGIES // SECURITY INTELLIGENCE

THE VISIBILITY PARADOX:
WHY YOUR ZERO TRUST STRATEGY
IS STILL WITNESSING ITS OWN FAILURE

// ZERO TRUST + NDR REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE //

The cybersecurity industry likes to sell the notion that modern security requires a "rip-and-replace" of your legacy infrastructure. It's a convenient narrative for vendors with quotas to fill, but it's a disaster for engineers tasked with maintaining operational continuity. At ONST Technologies, we've seen too many organizations gut perfectly functional systems only to replace them with a "modern" stack that is just as vulnerable because it was never properly architected.

True resilience isn't found in a single product. It's found in the sharp intersection of access control and network visibility. "Best-of-breed" tools are only as effective as the engineering-first principles that bind them. If you aren't architecting for the gaps between these layers, you aren't building a defense. You're buying a collection of point products.

VISIBILITY IS NOT ENFORCEMENT
(AND VICE VERSA)

One of the most dangerous architectural fallacies is the conflation of visibility with control. The industry is full of teams who have "witnessed" their own breaches in high-definition because they had world-class visibility but zero enforcement capability. Conversely, enforcing strict identity policies without visibility leads to "blind enforcement," where rigid rules break the legitimate business processes they were meant to protect.

▸ EXTRAHOP REVEALX

Central source of truth. Passive, real-time visibility into the network using behavioral analytics to identify the ground truth of what is actually happening on the wire.

▸ XAGE FABRIC

Enforcement fabric. A unified Zero Trust control plane that manages identity-centric access across disparate environments.

Our role at ONST is to evaluate fit, design architectures, and integrate these solutions with surrounding infrastructure. We ensure the telemetry from the detection layer actually informs the policy of the enforcement layer, rather than letting alerts die in a neglected dashboard.

HARDENING THE "UN-PATCHABLE":
LEGACY AND OT REALITIES

The hardest truth for a systems architect is that the most critical systems, including OT, cyber-physical systems, and legacy infrastructure, are often physically or financially impossible to patch. They are high-risk liabilities that cannot be "ripped and replaced" without stopping the business.

Counter-intuitively, these legacy systems can be made more secure than modern cloud environments. Because the attack surface of a legacy PLC or an older database is static, it can be fully encapsulated by a Zero Trust overlay.

The Xage Fabric enables this without requiring a single modification to the asset. It doesn't just monitor these systems; it hardens them by rotating credentials, eliminating default passwords, and validating file integrity. By wrapping legacy hardware in this modern policy layer, we transform a vulnerable asset into a managed endpoint.

This aligns with ONST's core competency in site security and business continuity: we don't just secure the box; we secure the operation the box supports.

THE NEW FRONTIER:
ENCAPSULATING AI AND LLM PIPELINES

The same principles of encapsulation that protect a 20-year-old PLC now apply to the newest frontier: AI agents and LLM pipelines. While the industry rushes to adopt AI, few are considering the infrastructure risk of rogue agent behavior or data exfiltration.

▸ XAGE // IDENTITY CONTROL

Network-level least-privilege controls ensuring an AI pipeline or agent can only access specific, authorized data sources.

▸ EXTRAHOP // BEHAVIORAL WATCH

Analyzes the behavior of those same connections, flagging anomalous data transfers or command sequences that deviate from the established baseline.

 We treat AI as just another high-value asset that requires both identity-level policy and behavioral telemetry to keep it operating within sanctioned bounds.

CLOSING THE LOOP:
FROM TELEMETRY TO ACTIVE CONTAINMENT

Passive telemetry is a luxury you can't afford during a fast-moving incident. To be effective, detection must trigger containment. This is where we move from observing to orchestrating.

In an integrated architecture, ExtraHop's RevealX platform analyzes east-west traffic to identify high-fidelity signs of lateral movement or ransomware spread. Instead of merely sending an alert to a distracted analyst, this insight triggers an orchestrated response.

XAGE BLOCKS ACROSS THE MITRE ATT&CK KILL CHAIN

RECON

INITIAL ACCESS

LATERAL MOVE

CREDENTIAL USE

RANSOMWARE

EXFILTRATION

By integrating ExtraHop's detections with Xage's enforcement, we can automatically tighten access controls or isolate an asset the moment a threat is identified. At ONST, we don't just hand you the tools; we own the runbooks and tuning required to make closed-loop response a functional reality rather than a slide-deck promise.

THE ARCHITECT'S SECRET:
ENGINEERING FOR "NO"

The "Axe Sharpener" philosophy comes down to a duty to protect the client's budget and operational sanity, which means prioritizing customer allegiance over vendor quotas. We will often tell a client "no" when a tool isn't required for their specific architectural outcome.

Over-tooling is one of the industry's most persistent problems. Every new agent and every redundant dashboard adds complexity, and complexity is the enemy of security.

We only recommend the "Zero Trust plus NDR" reference architecture when it addresses distinct layers of risk. Every component must have a documented, functional purpose. If a tool doesn't move the needle on your specific business outcome, it doesn't belong in the rack.

// CONCLUSION: SHARPENING THE FUTURE EDGE

As the boundaries between IT, OT, and AI continue to dissolve, the complexity of the attack surface will only accelerate. Buying more features won't solve it. The real value lies in the engineering-first integration of the visibility and enforcement layers.

When your source of truth (ExtraHop) and your enforcement fabric (Xage) are architected as a single, cohesive system, you stop being a witness to your own infrastructure's vulnerabilities and start controlling them.

The question worth sitting with: is your current security stack observing threats as they move through your network, or is it built to actually stop them?

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AprilScotchTasting

Carrie Gilbert — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:42:41 +0000

Reservations Closed

April 9 - 5PM PST/8PM EST

DETAILS –You’re invited to join us for a curated Scotch tasting experience as we kick off 2026.

*This guided tasting will be hosted as a live Zoom meeting, allowing us to share the experience together regardless of location. Active, on-camera participation is highly recommended to support discussion, engagement, and a more interactive tasting environment. The tasting will feature four premium Scotch selections (1 oz each) and will be conducted as a blind tasting.

*Participants will evaluate each Scotch without knowing its identity, encouraging unbiased assessment and discussion. The full reveal of each selection will take place at the conclusion of the tasting. The experience will be complemented by traditional accompaniments including shortbread, speculaas, chocolate truffles, and dried fruit.

The session will be led by Aaron Artino (CTO), an Executive Bourbon Steward certified by the Stave and Thief Society, having completed the program on-site in Kentucky at the Moonshine University headquarters.

*Aaron will guide participants through structured tasting, flavor analysis, and discussion before revealing the whiskies. This event is designed to be relaxed, informative, and enjoyable—an opportunity to connect, unwind, and explore exceptional spirits together.

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ONST Technologies

OrangeCAHappyHour

** REGISTER NOW**

JULY 22 - 5:30-8:30PM

HOPS, BLOCKS& SECOPS

HOW IT WORKS

F1 Arcade Event Denver

Join us July 15 for an F1 Arcade Event!

Secure Your Spot Today

Stars Stripes and Sipping Bourbon

** Registration is CLOSED **

July 1 - 5PM PST/8PM EST

Avs Watch Party Partner Page

Join the Avs Watch Party

Event Details

Why Partner

Attend

Support

Keep It Simple

AVS Watch Party — Partner Sign-Up

AvsWatchParty

**ONST Avs Watch Party at the Gallery**

May 11 - 6:00PM MST

AVS Watch Party — RSVP

SipsontheSith

** Registration Closed **

May 6 - 5PM PST/8PM EST

SoCalHappyHour

** SoCal Registration **

April 23 - 5PM-8PM PST

Good beer. Good people. Zero sales pitches.

Our first stop is Monkish Brewery in Torrance!

Monkish Brewery 20311 S Western Ave. Torrance, CA 90501

Thursday, April 23 Time 5PM – 8PM

DenverHappyHour

** REGISTRATION IS CLOSED**

April 30 - 3:30-6:30PM

Good beer. Good food. Zero sales pitches.

Our first stop is Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza in Denver’s historic RiNo neighborhood!

Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza 2129 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80205

Thursday, April 30 Time 3:30-6:30PM

The Visibility Paradox

The Visibility Paradox: Why Your Zero Trust Strategy is Still Witnessing Its Own Failure

THE VISIBILITY PARADOX:WHY YOUR ZERO TRUST STRATEGYIS STILL WITNESSING ITS OWN FAILURE

VISIBILITY IS NOT ENFORCEMENT(AND VICE VERSA)

HARDENING THE "UN-PATCHABLE":LEGACY AND OT REALITIES

THE NEW FRONTIER:ENCAPSULATING AI AND LLM PIPELINES

CLOSING THE LOOP:FROM TELEMETRY TO ACTIVE CONTAINMENT

THE ARCHITECT'S SECRET:ENGINEERING FOR "NO"

AprilScotchTasting

** Reservations Closed **

April 9 - 5PM PST/8PM EST

REGISTER NOW

HOPS, BLOCKS
& SECOPS

Registration is CLOSED

ONST Avs Watch Party at the Gallery

Registration Closed

SoCal Registration

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

THE VISIBILITY PARADOX:
WHY YOUR ZERO TRUST STRATEGY
IS STILL WITNESSING ITS OWN FAILURE

VISIBILITY IS NOT ENFORCEMENT
(AND VICE VERSA)

HARDENING THE "UN-PATCHABLE":
LEGACY AND OT REALITIES

THE NEW FRONTIER:
ENCAPSULATING AI AND LLM PIPELINES

CLOSING THE LOOP:
FROM TELEMETRY TO ACTIVE CONTAINMENT

THE ARCHITECT'S SECRET:
ENGINEERING FOR "NO"

Reservations Closed