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AI and automation have increased access to sensitive data, creating more risk of data compromise. [Image: Adobe Stock]
Frisco’s Netwrix Raises Concerns About Data Security at Midsize Organizations
by Sandra Engelland | Oct 20, 2026
A Netwrix survey found 40% of organizations with 500 to 999 employees reported unauthorized access to sensitive data in the past year, more than larger or smaller businesses. It is a problem driving North Texas companies to build tools for an era of AI agents.
Patented: Citi’s AI-Generated Suspicious Activity Reports and 105 More Inventions Across North Texas
by Dave Head |
Oct 14, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 nationally with 106 patents the week of Sept. 22. One went to Citibank for a system, developed largely by an Irving team, that uses large language models to draft the reports banks must file when they suspect financial crime.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Oct 13, 2026
Tokyo-based NTT Data, which maintains its North American headquarters in Plano, is expanding its global cybersecurity capabilities.
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San Antonio-based NukuDo has opened a cybersecurity training center in Plano and enrolled its first 15 Dallas-area trainees. [Photo: nuKudo]
NuKudo Opens Cybersecurity Training Center in Plano, Enrolls First 15 Students
by John Egan | Sep 1, 2026
The workforce development, training and staffing company offers a free six-month program that pairs compensation with real-world training. The program says it accepts fewer than 1% of applicants.
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by Lauren Lawley Head |
Aug 4, 2026
The AI-native data company, which closed a $17 million Series A last year, says the new funding will accelerate development of its “agentic data control plane” for enterprise data and AI systems.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jul 29, 2026
Francine Geist, former CEO of LiveAction, succeeds Scott White as CEO of the cybersecurity solutions firm as part of a planned leadership transition.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 19, 2026
The nearly $5 billion startup ranked No. 28 on CNBC’s 2026 list alongside AI giants Anthropic, OpenAI and Databricks—making it the highest-ranked Texas company and the only Dallas-Fort Worth company in this year’s lineup.
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LevelBlue Chairman and CEO Robert McCullen. [Photo: LevelBlue]
Dallas’ LevelBlue Acquires Managed Services Solutions From Minnesota’s Fortra
by Sandra Engelland | Jan 27, 2026
The partnership with Fortra marks "a significant milestone" in LevelBlue's mission to deliver world-class, proactive cybersecurity and secure what’s next for its clients, the companies said—while also representing advancement in Fortra's evolution as a channel-first company focused on empowering resellers, service providers, and distributors to deliver its solutions.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 8, 2026
"For decades, cybersecurity has been a race against ever-more powerful computers," says Amera IoT CTO Tony Valentino. "AmeraKey Encryption fundamentally changes that equation." With its solution in place, the company says, "there is nothing for a hacker to steal."
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 10, 2025
After opening its Americas HQ in Plano earlier this year, Tech Mahindra is now launching its first U.S. Makers Lab at its Plano facility through a new applied AI partnership with UT Dallas.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 14, 2025
As part of the deal, SoftBank Corp., SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and Liberty Strategic Capital, known for investing in disruptive and innovative technology, will become investors in LevelBlue—which was formerly known as AT&T Cybersecurity before its spinout as a standalone business last year.
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Attend UT Dallas’ Cybersecurity Event on October 8: AI, Compliance, and the New Risk Reality
by UT Dallas | Oct 1, 2025
Join experts for The Compliance Conundrum, a panel and networking event hosted by UT Dallas’ Cyber Security Research and Education Institute in partnership with Comcast Business, Rapid7, NBC 5, and Telemundo 39. Space is limited, and registration closes Oct. 3.
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sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by Lance Murray |
Aug 20, 2025
LevelBlue—formerly known as AT&T Cybersecurity before its spinout as a standalone business last year—said the deal makes it "the world’s largest pure-play" managed security services provider, with the broadest and most comprehensive portfolio of managed security, offensive security, strategic advisory, incident response, and security software.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 5, 2025
Acquired last year by Chicago's Thoma Bravo for $5.3 billion, Darktrace was co-founded by British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and former U.K. intelligence officials. Lynch died last summer when his superyacht Bayesian sank in a storm off the coast of Sicily.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 30, 2025
Japan-based global cybersecurity leader Trend Micro—whose U.S. HQ is in Irving—is urging AI engineers and IT leaders to heed best practices in developing and deploying secure systems—warning that if they don't, they'll risk exposure to "data theft, poisoning, ransom, and other attacks."
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