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DTEX

San Jose, US · Founded 2002 · 244 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

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DTEX Systems provides an insider risk management platform that identifies and mitigates insider threats to protect sensitive data and competitive advantage in enterprises. The solution consolidates security tools to reduce incidents and improve operational efficiency.

Also known as DTEX Systems

Founders & leadership

DTEX was founded in 2002 by Mohan Peng Aun Koo.

MP
Mohan Peng Aun KooFounder
JRJohn Richardson
John RichardsoninExecutiveHe has held leadership positions in finance and accounting functions, and is a former CPA with experience at PwC.
CWChristy Wyatt
Christy WyattinExecutiveChristy Wyatt is President & CEO of Absolute Security and an independent director at LM Ericsson and Silicon Labs. She has held leadership roles across cybersecurity, mobile, and enterprise software at companies including Motorola, Apple, Citigroup, Good Technology, and Sun Microsystems.
RKRajan Koo
Rajan KooinExecutiveRajan Koo is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over 20 years of engineering experience, including roles leading technical reviews for critical infrastructure projects and holding patents in R&D; he currently serves as CTO of DTEX Systems, an insider risk management platform.
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Bahman MahbodinExecutivePreviously, he served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Engineering and Security Research at FireEye, where he led global product engineering and security research teams.

Board

JW
Jeff WilliamsBoard director
GGGaurav Garg
Gaurav GarginBoard MemberPartner at Wing
PHPromod Haque
Promod Haquein𝕏Board directorManaging Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
RL
Robert LentzBoard director

Investors · 5

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$45.2M disclosed across 3 rounds · 2015–2020

$20.7MraisedNov 2020 · 4 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Robert LentzDirector
  • William Ronca IIIExecutive Officer
  • Rajan KooExecutive Officer
  • Jay ManniExecutive Officer
  • Mohan Peng Aun KooExecutive Officer, Director
  • Gaurav GargDirector
  • Promod HaqueDirector
  • Bahman MahbodExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$24.7M
Amount sold
$20.7M
First sale
Apr 2020
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$15.4MraisedSep 2017 · 18 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Bahman MahbodExecutive Officer
  • Jeff WilliamsDirector
  • Robert LentzDirector
  • John RichardsonExecutive Officer
  • Christy WyattExecutive Officer, Director
  • Rajan KooExecutive Officer
  • Promod HaqueDirector
  • Gaurav GargDirector
  • Mohan Peng Aun KooExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$21M
Amount sold
$15.4M
First sale
Dec 2015
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2014
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$9.1MraisedSep 2017 · 10 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Robert LentzDirector
  • John RichardsonExecutive Officer
  • Jeff WilliamsDirector
  • Mohan Peng Aun KooExecutive Officer, Director
  • Christy WyattExecutive Officer, Director
  • Rajan KooExecutive Officer
  • Gaurav GargDirector
  • Bahman MahbodExecutive Officer
  • Promod HaqueDirector
Offering amount
$12.5M
Amount sold
$9.1M
First sale
Apr 2017
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2014
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

DTEX (DTEX Systems) develops a unified security platform that addresses human, data and AI-related risk in enterprises. The platform is built around a behavioral intelligence engine that collects and correlates activity telemetry to surface risk indicators early, with the stated goal of preventing incidents rather than only alerting on them. Core product areas include insider risk management, which combines behavioral context, user activity monitoring (UAM) and visibility into how employees interact with data and AI systems; risk-adaptive data loss prevention, which pairs traditional data controls with behavioral risk signals and dynamically adjusts policies as user behavior, data sensitivity and risk change; and AI risk management, aimed at identifying and stopping risk arising from enterprise AI usage and agentic workflows.

Additional capabilities include an AI Risk Assistant that converts behavioral, data and AI signals into contextual investigative insights; a Triage Guardian agent that supports an autonomous multi-agent workflow with human-in-the-loop review to speed evaluation of security events; and a Threat Hunter agent that automates deep research hunts for risky behavior without manual query building. DTEX also markets a patented pseudonymization capability that strips personal identifiers from activity data to protect employee privacy and reduce inherent bias, and behavior analytics that use high-fidelity metadata and machine learning to consolidate activity across devices into a single risk score. Telemetry collection is organized around 12 human-driven activity groups captured continuously as more than 500 metadata elements.

Alongside its software, DTEX operates Insider Intelligence and Investigations (i³), a services and research group that provides investigation support, insider risk services, and published research and threat advisories, including work on state-linked insider threat activity.

Business model

DTEX sells an enterprise software platform, complemented by investigative and advisory services delivered through its i³ team. The company promotes consolidation of existing security tooling into one platform as a source of efficiency gains, and provides a value calculator to model the financial impact of unmanaged risk and potential return on investment; a Forrester Total Economic Impact study is offered to prospective customers to quantify deployment benefits.

Latest developments

Recent product emphasis is on AI-related risk: monitoring of all AI activities to reduce blind spots, human-AI risk intervention, risk-adaptive DLP, and agentic components such as the Triage Guardian and Threat Hunter agents. DTEX also sponsors the Ponemon 2026 Cost of Insider Risks Global Report, which reports a $19.5M total average annual cost of insider risk incidents, $8.2M in annual savings for companies with an insider risk management program, and an average of 7 incidents avoided.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

The company describes itself as recognized as a leader and outperformer in insider risk management, a leader in data loss prevention, and an outperformer in user and entity behavioral analytics, and references analyst material including a Gartner Market Guide for Guardian Agents and a Forrester Total Economic Impact study.

DTEX positions its approach around behavioral intelligence and metadata-based visibility rather than isolated alerts, combining insider risk management, data loss prevention and AI activity monitoring in a single platform, with privacy-preserving pseudonymization and human-in-the-loop agentic investigation workflows.

Technology

A behavioral intelligence engine ingests unified activity telemetry across 12 human-driven activity groups, captured continuously as more than 500 metadata elements. Contextual enrichment and machine learning risk models correlate activities across devices into a single risk score and profile behavior across processes to detect more complex threats. A patented, privacy-by-design pseudonymization function removes personal identifiers from activity data. Agentic AI components (AI Risk Assistant, Triage Guardian, Threat Hunter) support investigation triage and automated threat hunting with human-in-the-loop oversight.

Go-to-market

DTEX markets directly to enterprise security buyers using research and thought-leadership content, including the Ponemon Cost of Insider Risks Global Report that it sponsors, case studies, guides, webinars and videos, and an ROI/value calculator. It also relies on an ecosystem of integrations and technology partnerships that connect the platform to customers' existing security stacks.

Enterprise organizations and security teams responsible for protecting sensitive data, monitoring employee and AI activity, and managing insider risk programs.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Average annual savings for companies with an insider risk management program (PoJan 2026$8.2M
Average number of incidents avoided with an insider risk program (Ponemon reportJan 20267 incidents
Human-driven activity groups captured as metadata elementsJan 202512 activity groups captured as more than 500 metadata elements, 24x7
Total average annual cost of insider risk incidents (Ponemon report sponsored byJan 2026$19.5M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 4

by search overlap

Companies competing with DTEX for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 2

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
Recognized as a leader in three categories: insider risk management, data loss prevention, and user and entity behavioral analytics

DTEX states it is a leader and outperformer for insider risk management, a leader for data loss prevention, and an outperformer for user and entity behavioral analytics.

source ↗

Jan 2025
Risk-Adaptive DLP and agentic AI capabilities on unified platform

Platform capabilities marketed include Risk-Adaptive DLP, AI Risk Management, AI Risk Assistant, Triage Guardian Agent and Threat Hunter Agent alongside insider risk management.

source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed
  • DTEXdtexsystems.com · web

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does DTEX do?
DTEX offers a risk-adaptive security platform unifying insider risk, data loss prevention and AI-activity monitoring.
Who founded DTEX?
DTEX was founded by Mohan Peng Aun Koo in 2002.
Who are DTEX's investors?
DTEX's investors include CapitalG, Escalate Capital Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Runway Growth Capital, Wing.
How much funding has DTEX raised?
DTEX has disclosed $45.2M raised across 3 rounds.
Where is DTEX headquartered?
DTEX is headquartered in San Jose, US.