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THE AUSTIN EDITION 2026

Austin’s
cybersecurity industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping cybersecurity in Austin. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Cybersecurity illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Austin’s cybersecurity leaders

21 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Cybersecurity company highlights in Austin, snapshot 5 August 2026
Company
Invictiinvicti.com$665M323
SailPointsailpoint.com$426.65M12 roles1,191$438.95MFYFY2021 filing
Onticontic.co$286.65M41
SEONseon.io$186.62M4 roles20Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
SpyCloudspycloud.com$128.55M3 roles122
Brinqabrinqa.com$110M67
Lifesizelifesize.com$98M1
Hyporihypori.com$82.29M35
Abrigoabrigo.com9 roles1
SecureLinksecurelink.com6 roles158
Evo Securityevosecurity.com5 roles25
Open Lendingopenlending.com4 roles180$93.22MFYFY2025 filing
HiddenLayerhiddenlayer.com2 roles50
ALTRaltr.com61
Acumeraacumera.com132
DryRun Securitydryrun.security
Lepidelepide.com44Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
NetRisenetrise.io7
Osanoosano.com60
TurboPassturbopassreport.com26Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Yonderyonder-ai.com20
21 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only
THE KEY SIGNALS

Cybersecurity industry KPIs in Austin

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

5 August 2026
Hiring participation6.8%

15 of 222 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation42.3%

94 of 222 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share44.7%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$6.07M

Midpoint of 130 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 44.7% of disclosed capital, while 57.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Austin cybersecurity has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Austin cybersecurity
$0$248.78M$497.55M$746.33M$995.11M2016: $63.87M20162017: $62.75M20172018: $79.73M20182019: $490.39M20192020: $78.67M20202021: $872.9M20212022: $173.01M20222023: $216.44M20232024: $108.73M20242025: $417.85M2025
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Annual cybersecurity funding and company formation in Austin
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$63.87M116
2017$62.75M187
2018$79.73M1215
2019$490.39M1610
2020$78.67M139
2021$872.9M1415
2022$173.01M1412
2023$216.44M1214
2024$108.73M912
2025$417.85M410
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Invicti21.6%
  • SailPoint13.8%
  • Ontic9.3%
  • Other companies55.3%

Funding by stage

155 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel69 44.5%
Series A–B64 41.3%
Series C+ / PE12 7.7%
Grants, debt & other10 6.5%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
3 rounds

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Seed02/2026
Evoke Security $4M

Backed by Crosspoint Capital Partners and Red Cell Partners.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series C08/2025
Onticontic.co$230M

Backed by KKR and JMI Management and others.

Series B04/2022
SEONseon.io$94M

Backed by IVP and Creandum and others.

Series C09/2025
SEONseon.io$80M

Backed by Sixth Street and IVP and others.

Series B11/2021
Onticontic.co$40M

Backed by JMI Management and Felicis Ventures and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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USD · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · company accounts; aggregate reporting threshold not met · 1 reporting entities from 2 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not Austin market sales.

Net profit / loss

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities

None of 1 covered entities.

Top-five concentration

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 1 reporting entities

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AUSTIN · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does cybersecurity compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Austin companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Most-installed apps

15 of these companies (6.8%) publish at least one Android app — 20 apps in all, carrying 7.4M installs between them.

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q1–2026Q1).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Cybersecurity207.4MLifesize Video Conferencing 3.6M
Enterprise Video43.6MLifesize Room Controller 1.6K
Security & Surveillance Technology6243.2KCanopy - AI Online Safety App 189.5K
Artificial Intelligence5242.4KCanopy Shield 48.4K
Hotel It212.6KOptii Housekeeping 8.8K
Regtech45.3KPensa Systems 4.5K
Grc Software24.7KSailPoint Events 3.1K
Brands Tech34.5KPensa Actions App 64

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Austin cybersecurity market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech189
Enterprise software159
Saas102
Fintech33
Consumer digital24
Anti fraud management23
Deep tech20
Biometric access control19
Facial recognition software15
Fintech saas15
Enterprise communication15
Artificial intelligence14

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

189companies
7.4%have hiring activity

14 companies hiring · $3.02B disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Subscription197
Fee-for-service15
Commission on transaction10
E-commerce - service7
Advertising7
Physical commerce2
E-commerce - product2
Lending1
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundsaltr.com ↗

Italy’s Branca International has invested in Altr, a US-based startup specialising in technology that removes or reduces alcohol from beverages.

Mergers & acquisitionssevcosecurity.com ↗

Arctic Wolf acquired US cybersecurity company Sevco Security, with no financial details disclosed.

Mergers & acquisitionsabrigo.com ↗

Abrigo, a leading provider of compliance, credit risk, lending, and data and analytics solutions for U.S. financial institutions, has acquired 360 View, an industry leader in banking CRM, marketing automation, and profitability analytics.

Funding roundsverisoul.ai ↗

Since raising its $3.25 million seed round, Verisoul has scaled from zero to 100+ customers while achieving over6x ARR growth in the past year.

Funding roundsnudgesecurity.com ↗

Nudge Security, a leading innovator in SaaS and AI security governance, has secured a $22.5m Series A funding round.

Mergers & acquisitionsverosint.com ↗

Imprivata, backed by Thoma Bravo, acquired Verosint, an Austin, Texas‑based identity threat detection and response solutions company. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Funding roundsseon.io ↗

SEON Raises $80M in Series C Funding for AI Fraud Detection.

Mergers & acquisitionsinvicti.com ↗

Invicti has acquired Kondukto, a company that offers an Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) platform to help organizations orchestrate and manage security vulnerabilities across their development lifecycle.

Mergers & acquisitionssailpoint.com ↗

SailPoint has entered into an agreement to acquire key assets from Savvy.

Funding roundsontic.co ↗

Ontic, the Texas-based connected security intelligence platform, has raised $230m in a Series C round led by funds managed by KKR, alongside JMI Equity, Silverton Partners, Ridge Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 140 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Leadership moves
40
Funding rounds
28
Earnings
26
IPO activity
10
Mergers & acquisitions
9
New products
7
Capital infusions
6
Lawsuit
5
Company announcements
4
Fundraising
2
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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

SailPoint ↗

IPO · NASDAQ17 reports

Leadership moves

10 tracked people moves

Patrick Dillon

Appointment Chief Revenue Officer

SailPoint ↗
Levent Besik

Appointment Chief Product Officer

SEON ↗
Jules Gsell

Appointment Board Member

NSS Labs ↗
Dominick Delfino

Appointment Executive Advisor

Andrew Peterson

Appointment Board of Directors Member

Anthony Capizzano

Appointment Chief Growth Officer

Abhijit "Abhi" Chaudhary

Appointment Class I director

Gene Yoon

Resignation Previously Board Member

Contract wins

1 recorded customer wins

Netgate ↗

Customer: Chancerygate and BridgesReal Estate

Litigation

6 tracked suits

Company
Hayden Artificial AI Technologies Inc. v seon, safe fleet

trade secrets and copyright infringementCivil · Ongoing

Company
current long term investors in Open Lending Corporation (NAS v open lending

alleged securities laws violationsSecurities Fraud · Filed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

2companies
31period observations
22.9%median reported growth

Median across 17 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Abrigo360 viewAnnounced2026-03-20Not stated in snapshot
arctic wolfSevco Security ↗Announced2026-03-09Not stated in snapshot
Acumerascale computingAnnounced2026-01-07Not stated in snapshot
imprivataVerosint ↗Announced2025-11-03Not stated in snapshot
InvictikonduktoAnnounced2025-09-08Not stated in snapshot
SailPointsavvyAnnounced2025-09-04Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

431 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 601-posting snapshot covers 30 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Sales Executive24
Engineering Manager16
Operations Analyst15
Software Sales Executive13
Sales Engineer9
Healthcare Account Executive8
0 internship postings

4 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

255 postings specify a level.

unspecified
346
manager
169
senior
65
lead
12
intern
8
entry
1

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 601 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Fork Truck Operation
16
Computer Skills
11
Ms Office
9
Ppe Compliance
7
Plc
7
Python
7
Gcp
6
Schematics
6
Excel
6
Salesforce
6
ADVERTISED PAY$168.6K/ year

Median across 37 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

161 founders and chief executives across 111 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

19 profiles with education records.

Carnegie Mellon University
3
Yale University
3
University of Pennsylvania
2
Harvard Business School
2
Queen's University
1
The University of Edinburgh
1
University of California (Los Angeles)
1
Johns Hopkins University
1

Prior employers

6 profiles with prior-work records.

Cisco
4
Apple
1
Paypal
1
Morgan Stanley
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

4,217 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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4,217articles in the measured year
1,121articles in 2026Q1
53.9%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Cybersecurity coverage tagged Austin · articles per complete quarter

04428831,3251,7662021Q2: 9152021Q22021Q3: 8082021Q4: 7882022Q1: 9782022Q2: 1,1252022Q22022Q3: 9052022Q4: 8122023Q1: 9202023Q2: 1,5362023Q22023Q3: 1,1242023Q4: 9692024Q1: 1,1512024Q2: 1,1462024Q22024Q3: 1,3212024Q4: 1,1272025Q1: 1,5212025Q2: 1,0532025Q22025Q3: 1,2012025Q4: 9112026Q1: 1,1212026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q2915
2021Q3808
2021Q4788
2022Q1978
2022Q21,125
2022Q3905
2022Q4812
2023Q1920
2023Q21,536
2023Q31,124
2023Q4969
2024Q11,151
2024Q21,146
2024Q31,321
2024Q41,127
2025Q11,521
2025Q21,053
2025Q31,201
2025Q4911
2026Q11,121

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
1,462 positive · 8 neutral · 1,480 negative
2022
1,883 positive · 15 neutral · 1,916 negative
2023
2,030 positive · 10 neutral · 2,503 negative
2024
2,142 positive · 16 neutral · 2,579 negative
2025
2,525 positive · 13 neutral · 2,143 negative

Leading coverage topics

Cybersecurity coverage tagged Austin · ranked by full-period article count.

Public Safety And Crime Incident Reports91,409 articles in the full recorded period
16,384 recent · 18,102 prior
Criminal Law Reform Initiatives70,275 articles in the full recorded period
16,596 recent · 14,177 prior
Sentencing Guidelines And Judicial Discretion64,083 articles in the full recorded period
15,843 recent · 13,975 prior
Legal Rights Of Crime Victims50,927 articles in the full recorded period
12,452 recent · 10,136 prior
Child Abuse And Neglect50,512 articles in the full recorded period
11,792 recent · 9,991 prior
Sexual Violence And Assault49,976 articles in the full recorded period
13,420 recent · 9,348 prior
Criminal Defense Attorney Roles And Ethics44,086 articles in the full recorded period
11,539 recent · 8,845 prior
Prison Reform And Inmate Rehabilitation43,848 articles in the full recorded period
11,420 recent · 8,615 prior
White Collar Crime Detection And Prosecution42,652 articles in the full recorded period
10,290 recent · 9,278 prior
Wrongful Conviction Cases And Exoneration41,915 articles in the full recorded period
10,975 recent · 9,052 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

United States comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
responsible ai3,3452,34842%
cloud infrastructure1,65094375%
officer misconduct1,58193369%
ai transparency90764042%
green data centers80150858%
immigration court75946663%
stablecoin fx impact751190295%
new gadgets69446450%
decentralized forex672282138%
bail reform67139371%
arrest reports2,6184,305-39%
burglary incidents1,5472,638-41%
pardoned individuals3391,365-75%
robbery alerts7941,302-39%
election official misconduct7581,186-36%

Event and signal lenses

United States comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

486,112 classified articles

securities fraud, ai regulation compliance, responsible ai

66.7% critical · 23.8% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

86,757 classified articles

neural network ventures, ai infrastructure financing, ai chip investments

57.4% critical · 36.9% positive
Rising

Growth

103,475 classified articles

tax evasion prosecutions, securities fraud, ai hardware

51.2% critical · 45.3% positive

Cybersecurity coverage tagged Austin. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Cybersecurity research is working on

3,240 papers in the recorded india scope.

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3,240papers
41,368worldwide comparison pool
3,240India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Breakthrough
1,292
Promising
1,006
Problem-identifying
429
Descriptive
273
Comparative
115
Cautionary
113
Critical
12

Contribution mix

Methods-led
2,272
Empirical
462
Reviews
296
Position pieces
166
Theoretical
44

Tone counts: 2,691 positive · 105 neutral · 444 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
441 papers · 13.6% of this field
  • Computer security217 papers
  • Network security101 papers
  • Intrusion detection system43 papers
  • Exploit31 papers
  • Malware29 papers
  • Firewall29 papers
  • Computer network27 papers
  • Vulnerability26 papers

Landmark: A Deep Learning Approach for Network Intrusion Detection System

Cautions
113 papers · 3.5% of this field
  • Computer security35 papers
  • Intrusion detection system19 papers
  • Network security19 papers
  • Adversarial system14 papers
  • Malware11 papers
  • Computer network11 papers
  • Exploit11 papers
  • Denial-of-service attack10 papers

Landmark: Beehive

Opportunities
2,298 papers · 70.9% of this field
  • Intrusion detection system700 papers
  • Computer security520 papers
  • Network security453 papers
  • Anomaly detection215 papers
  • Scalability193 papers
  • Denial-of-service attack193 papers
  • Computer network178 papers
  • Network packet176 papers

Landmark: BotMiner: clustering analysis of network traffic for protocol- and structure-independent botnet detection

Leading institutions

Georgia Institute of Technology
2,489
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2,012
University of Toledo
1,415
Texas A&M University
1,378
Princeton University
1,284
Arizona State University
1,158

Leading researchers

Guofei Gu
2,223
Roberto Perdisci
1,533
Quamar Niyaz
1,458
Weiqing Sun
1,439
Wenke Lee
1,421
Ahmad Y. Javaid
1,413
Nick Feamster
1,346
Mansoor Alam
1,238

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • BotMiner: clustering analysis of network traffic for protocol- and structure-independent botnet detection1,021 citations
  • ZMap: fast internet-wide scanning and its security applications582 citations
  • FRESCO: Modular Composable Security Services for Software-Defined Networks488 citations
  • Building a dynamic reputation system for DNS366 citations
  • Network Intrusion Detection System using Deep Learning320 citations

Common problems researchers identify

396 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Network Security ThreatsCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Network Security Threats

132 papers

33.3% of this theme group

Researchers highlight persistent threats and vulnerabilities in network infrastructures and call for stronger monitoring solutions.

Computer security (97) · Network security (54) · Network Access Control (17) · Network security policy (13)

ANALYSIS OF NETWORK SECURITY THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES BY DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION OF A SECURITY NETWORK MONITORING SOLUTION

Strategies for Computer Networks Security

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20227455.7
20237484.3
20247274.0
20254335.6
Exploits and DoS VulnerabilitiesCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Exploits and DoS Vulnerabilities

103 papers

26.0% of this theme group

Studies expose weaknesses that enable exploits and denial‑of‑service attacks, emphasizing the need for quantitative risk models.

Computer security (61) · Exploit (18) · Denial-of-service attack (14) · Vulnerability (15)

A Stochastic Model for Quantitative Security Analyses of Networked Systems

An Improved Model for Analysis of Host Network Vulnerability

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YearShare index
20227454.1
20237463.6
20247234.8
20254334.0
Scalable Traffic VisualizationCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Scalable Traffic Visualization

47 papers

11.9% of this theme group

Works focus on visual analytics for large‑scale traffic and edge‑device monitoring to improve situational awareness.

Visualization (4) · Scalability (5) · Traffic analysis (3) · Edge device (3)

Fast monitoring of traffic subpopulations

Connectivity, Traffic Flow and Applied Statistics in Cyber Security

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2022213.4
2023237.8
2024152.5
2025361.7
Intrusion Detection ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Intrusion Detection Challenges

37 papers

9.3% of this theme group

Papers examine limitations of current IDS/IPS approaches and explore anomaly detection techniques.

Intrusion detection system (35) · Anomaly detection (9) · Intrusion prevention system (6) · Network security (14)

A Deep Learning Approach for Network Intrusion Detection System

A Comprehensive Systematic Literature Review on Intrusion Detection Systems

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YearShare index
2022245.7
2023273.0
2024288.9
2025499.6
Firewall Configuration IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Firewall Configuration Issues

27 papers

6.8% of this theme group

Research points out gaps in firewall policies, application‑firewall design, and context‑aware access control.

Firewall (24) · Application firewall (15) · Stateful firewall (5) · Context-based access control (5)

Web Application Firewall: Network Security Models and Configuration

Firewall fingerprinting

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202210.0
20239.7
20247.4
202510.5
Virtual Network Security GapsCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Virtual Network Security Gaps

26 papers

6.6% of this theme group

Analyses reveal security shortcomings in network function virtualization and virtualized network environments.

Virtualization (8) · Network security (14) · Virtual network (3) · Network Functions Virtualization (3)

A survey on security in network functions virtualization

A Survey of Network Function Virtualization Security

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YearShare index
2022237.8
2023251.8
2024231.4
2025292.5
SDN Control‑Plane RisksCommon problems researchers identify · 07

SDN Control‑Plane Risks

24 papers

6.1% of this theme group

Studies discuss vulnerabilities in software‑defined networking routing and forwarding planes.

Software-defined networking (19) · Routing control plane (3) · Forwarding plane (3) · Software (5)

A Survey of Security in Software Defined Networks

Software-defined networking security: pros and cons

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YearShare index
202231.0
202332.6
202419.0
202518.5

Cautions

102 papers · 4 recurring themes
4 cards

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DoS and Firewall InteractionsCautions · 01

DoS and Firewall Interactions

35 papers

34.3% of this theme group

Authors caution that misconfigured firewalls can exacerbate denial‑of‑service impacts and hinder detection.

Denial-of-service attack (10) · Computer security (20) · Firewall (5) · Network security (11)

Configuration of and Interaction Between Information Security Technologies: The Case of Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems

An evaluation of connection characteristics for separating network attacks

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YearShare index
20227438.9
20237448.8
20247215.4
20254223.6
Adversarial Machine‑Learning ThreatsCautions · 02

Adversarial Machine‑Learning Threats

24 papers

23.5% of this theme group

Works warn that adversarial attacks can undermine deep‑learning based intrusion detection, especially in wireless contexts.

Adversarial system (11) · Intrusion detection system (11) · Adversarial machine learning (4) · Wireless (3)

Adversarial Examples Against the Deep Learning Based Network Intrusion Detection Systems

Rallying Adversarial Techniques against Deep Learning for Network Security

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YearShare index
2022314.4
2023340.8
2024330.8
2025556.3
Secure Network Slicing ConcernsCautions · 03

Secure Network Slicing Concerns

22 papers

21.6% of this theme group

Research highlights risks in 5G network slicing and negative acknowledgment mechanisms for information‑centric networking.

Network security (9) · Computer security (10) · Computer network (6) · Population (2)

Towards Secure and Intelligent Network Slicing for 5G Networks

To NACK or Not to NACK? Negative Acknowledgments in Information-Centric Networking

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YearShare index
20227588.3
20237612.5
20247375.0
20254391.4
Deployment‑Related VulnerabilitiesCautions · 04

Deployment‑Related Vulnerabilities

21 papers

20.6% of this theme group

Papers flag security flaws arising from software deployment, botnet propagation, and protocol misuse.

Software deployment (4) · Vulnerability (4) · Botnet (4) · Protocol (3)

Abnormally Malicious Autonomous Systems and Their Internet Connectivity

Validating a custom IPv6 security application using OPNET modeler

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YearShare index
2022321.1
2023310.9
2024224.6
2025331.5

Opportunities

2,120 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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IoT Intrusion Detection AdvancesOpportunities · 01

IoT Intrusion Detection Advances

488 papers

23.0% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on deep‑learning driven IDS for protecting Internet‑of‑Things ecosystems.

Intrusion detection system (473) · Intrusion (33) · Internet of Things (49) · Network security (124)

Network Intrusion Detection System using Deep Learning

Enhancing IoT network security through deep learning-powered Intrusion Detection System

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2022944.4
2023949.5
20241009.3
2025954.0
Attack‑Graph Risk ModelingOpportunities · 02

Attack‑Graph Risk Modeling

416 papers

19.6% of this theme group

Research promotes Bayesian and graph‑based methods to quantify and visualize network attack pathways.

Malware (76) · Exploit (65) · Game theory (32) · Graph (29)

Measuring Network Security Using Bayesian Network-Based Attack Graphs

Measuring Security Risk of Networks Using Attack Graphs

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2022459.3
2023444.0
2024308.2
2025415.4
Policy‑Driven Security EvaluationOpportunities · 03

Policy‑Driven Security Evaluation

383 papers

18.1% of this theme group

Studies develop neural‑network models to assess and enforce network security policies.

Computer security (220) · Network security (211) · Computer network (91) · Network security policy (23)

Network Security

Computer network security evaluation model based on neural network

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20227588.3
20237612.5
20247375.0
20254391.4
Scalable Cloud and Blockchain DefensesOpportunities · 04

Scalable Cloud and Blockchain Defenses

373 papers

17.6% of this theme group

Works explore zero‑trust, blockchain, and edge‑computing architectures for large‑scale secure deployments.

Scalability (59) · Cloud computing (41) · Software deployment (36) · Blockchain (21)

Zero Trust Architecture Empowered Attack Detection Framework to Secure 6G Edge Computing

A Security Architecture for Networked Internet of Things Devices

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2022848.4
2023825.9
2024569.6
2025850.4
Anomaly Detection for IoT TrafficOpportunities · 05

Anomaly Detection for IoT Traffic

195 papers

9.2% of this theme group

Papers present clustering and deep‑learning techniques to identify abnormal patterns in IoT data streams.

Anomaly detection (159) · Intrusion detection system (109) · Anomaly-based intrusion detection system (36) · Anomaly (19)

Efficient Approach for Anomaly Detection in Internet of Things Traffic Using Deep Learning

Anomaly Detection by Clustering in the Network

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2022245.6
2023272.9
2024288.7
2025499.6
Application‑Layer DDoS MitigationOpportunities · 06

Application‑Layer DDoS Mitigation

164 papers

7.7% of this theme group

Research offers novel detection and defense mechanisms targeting low‑traffic, application‑layer denial‑of‑service attacks.

Denial-of-service attack (150) · Application layer DDoS attack (18) · Computer security (61) · Flooding (13)

A detection method for a novel DDoS attack against SDN controllers by vast new low-traffic flows

A Defense System for Defeating DDoS Attacks in SDN based Networks

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20227438.7
20237448.4
20247214.7
20254221.8
Next‑Generation Firewall DesignsOpportunities · 07

Next‑Generation Firewall Designs

101 papers

4.8% of this theme group

Studies propose diverse, distributed firewall architectures with formal verification for enhanced access control.

Firewall (74) · Application firewall (44) · Stateful firewall (28) · Context-based access control (18)

Diverse Firewall Design

Verification of Distributed Firewalls

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202210.0
20239.7
20247.4
202510.5

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Breakthrough39.9%26.0%
Promising31.0%37.2%
Problem-identifying13.2%9.3%
Descriptive8.4%17.9%
Comparative3.5%4.0%
Cautionary3.5%4.5%
Critical0.4%1.0%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceFolk models of home computer security1194.02%53 (44.5%)3.39%
Safety & misuseAdversarial Examples Against the Deep Learning Based Network Intrusion Detection Systems321.08%8 (25.0%)1.0%
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.03%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Carbon & emissions of compute00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chain00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Labour & data work00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Bias & fairness00.0%0 (%)0.01%
Concentration of compute power00.0%0 (%)0.02%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.

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