TekStream Wins Three 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

Company recognized in Cybersecurity Team of the Year, Cyber Skilling and Security Operations Center (SOC) Categories

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TekStream, a cybersecurity and IT solutions leader, announced it was named a winner in three categories of the prestigious 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The company’s enterprise security team and its student-powered SOC were recognized in the Cybersecurity Team of the Year, Security Operations Center (SOC) and Cyber Skilling categories.

Created to address the cybersecurity industry’s talent shortage, TekStream, in partnership with Louisiana State University (LSU), Splunk and AWS, developed a student-powered Security Operations Center (SOC) that leverages a whole-of-state approach. Launched in 2023, the SOC provides 24/7 security coverage across 34 institutions while offering students up to 1,000 hours of frontline security experience each year, regardless of their major.

The TekStream team that leads the first-of-its-kind, student-run SOC creates a diverse workforce with students from non-security backgrounds and launches them into a ripe market with wide workforce placement gaps. This team consists of Bruce Johnson, Senior Director, Enterprise Security; Biplab Panda, Director, Engagement; and Michael Fazely, Manager, Security Operations Center.

“We’re incredibly honored to be recognized by the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in these three areas,” shared Rob Jansen, CEO of TekStream. “The team behind our student-powered SOC is not only doing incredible cybersecurity work, but also educating and empowering the future workforce. These honors are a testament to their commitment to their jobs and the cybersecurity industry.”

Under TekStream’s leadership, students in the LSU SOC receive career counseling and guidance in the context of their program performance to help guide them toward the cybersecurity discipline best for their skills and aptitudes. Participating students take Splunk Academic Alliance courses and are trained in TekStream playbooks built on Splunk SOAR as actual employees.

“We congratulate TekStream Solutions on their outstanding achievements in the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards,” said Holger Schulze, founder of Cybersecurity Insiders and organizer of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. “As we celebrate 10 years of recognizing excellence in cybersecurity, your innovation, commitment, and leadership set a powerful example for the entire industry.”

To learn more about the award program, visit https://cybersecurity-excellence-awards.com.

About TekStream

TekStream, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, helps clients accelerate digital transformation by navigating complex technology environments with a combination of technical expertise and staffing solutions. TekStream provides battle-tested processes and methodologies to help companies with legacy systems get to the cloud faster, so they can become more agile, reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies. With hundreds of successful deployments, TekStream guarantees on-time and on-budget project delivery and is proud to have 98% customer retention.