UPSTACK Acquires Cybersecurity and AI Advisory Firm SecureXSecureX Founder and CEO Victor Cardona and CRO and Managing Partner Kirk Horton Join UPSTACK as Partners

SecureX Founder and CEO Victor Cardona and CRO and Managing Partner Kirk Horton Join UPSTACK as Partners

NEW YORK, November 10, 2026 - UPSTACK, the leading full-service technology brokerage, today announced the acquisition of SecureX, a security-first technology advisory firm based in Parsippany, New Jersey. The acquisition further enhances UPSTACK's cybersecurity and AI advisory capabilities, strengthening its ability to lead with security across every technology engagement.

In business since 2017 under Founder and CEO Victor Cardona, the firm advises CIOs and CISOs at mid-to-large enterprise organizations on cybersecurity, cloud, AI governance, data center colocation, and infrastructure decisions. SecureX frames every engagement around security and operational risk, whether the client is evaluating cloud, connectivity, colocation, or AI. Its clients span financial services, professional services, defense, and higher education.

As part of the acquisition, the SecureX team will join UPSTACK, and Cardona and Chief Revenue Officer and Managing Partner Kirk Horton will become Partners.

"Victor and Kirk built SecureX on the idea that every technology decision is a security decision, and the CIOs and CISOs they advise trust them on exactly that basis," said Christopher Trapp, Founder and CEO of UPSTACK. "That discipline is where enterprise buyers are heading as AI and data center demand continue to reshape their priorities. Bringing SecureX onto our platform puts the security conversation at the front of every engagement we run."

Before founding SecureX, Cardona held enterprise cybersecurity roles at Comcast and Netacea, where he saw an opening in a channel that still leads with network and communications. As a result, he set out to build SecureX as a security-first advisory firm from day one.

"We started this because we saw how much time our CIO and CISO clients were losing in evaluation and due diligence, sometimes more than a year," said Cardona. "They know the problem they need to solve. What they need is a design, a plan, and a total cost of ownership. We take on that work so they can move in weeks instead of months. With UPSTACK's solutions engineering, project management, and account management teams behind us, we can do that for more clients and go deeper on every engagement."

"Security permeates every layer of an organization, so we wrap a security conversation around everything we do, whether it's cloud, colocation, AI, or connectivity," said Horton. "When a client hands you their operational risk, they trust you with their brand and their reputation. That gives UPSTACK a higher-level conversation with the executives who make these decisions."

About SecureX

SecureX is a security-first technology advisory firm serving CIOs and CISOs at mid-to-large enterprise organizations. In business since 2017, the firm uses a vendor-funded model to deliver unbiased technology recommendations across cybersecurity, cloud, AI governance, and data center colocation at no cost to clients. SecureX is based in Parsippany, New Jersey. For more information, visit securexnow.com.

About UPSTACK

UPSTACK is the leading full-service technology brokerage that empowers businesses to make smarter technology investments. Through a vendor-neutral approach, UPSTACK delivers expert advisory and execution services across the entire technology landscape, including data center colocation, cloud, connectivity, networking, cybersecurity, AI and more, at no additional cost to its clients. For more information, visit upstack.com.