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A10 Networks vs Data Theorem

A10 Networks sells security solutions, infrastructure solutions, and centralized management and automation solutions for applications and networks. Data Theorem sells application security products that secure code, mobile apps, APIs and cloud. CISO Tribune files both under API security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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A10 Networks vs Data Theorem: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
A10 NetworksA10 Networks sells security solutions, infrastructure solutions, and centralized management and automation solutions for applications and networks.a10networks.comData TheoremData Theorem sells application security products that secure code, mobile apps, APIs and cloud.datatheorem.com
What it sells
  • ThreatX by A10 Networks[3][5]Web application protection platform.
  • TrojAI by A10 Networks[3][5]AI Guardrails and Red Teaming.
  • A10 Defend DDoS Mitigator[5]DDoS mitigation with intelligent automation.
  • A10 Defend DDoS Orchestrator[5]DDoS defense monitoring, orchestration and management.
  • A10 Thunder® ADC[4]Application delivery controller and load balancer.
  • A10 Thunder® CGN[4]Carrier-grade NAT, IPv4 preservation and IPv6 migration.
  • A10 Thunder® CFW[4]Consolidated network security platform.
  • A10 Control[3][4][6]Centralized management, control and analytics platform for A10 solutions.
  • Mobile Secure[2][6][8]Automated security and privacy testing for every iOS and Android release.
  • Mobile Protect[2][3][7][13]Mobile Protect defends the app on the device.
  • Code SAST Secure[3][5][8][14][16]SAST, SCA and SBOM across every repo, in more than 20 languages.
  • API Secure[2][5][8][13][15]API Secure discovers every REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SOAP and serverless API.
  • Cloud Secure[2][5][8][16]Cloud Secure extends API Secure into the cloud your APIs and apps run on.
Categories
Headquarters
San Jose, United States[2]Palo Alto, United States[1]
Founded
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Public (NYSE: ATEN)[2][3][6][10]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
  • August 13, 2026A10 Networks announced general availability of the A10 AI Gateway, a control plane for routing, cost management and governance across AI agents, applications and LLMs.[9]
  • June 15, 2026A10 Networks announced it has acquired TrojAI, an AI security company focused on securing, testing and governing AI applications and agentic workflows.[10]
  • June 30, 2026Data Theorem launched three AI security capabilities that together form a closed-loop platform covering exploit discovery, remediation, and runtime defense.[17]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
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  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[10]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, A10 Networks sells to enterprises, service providers, and government organizations. Its pages say customers range from Fortune 500 enterprises to service providers and government agencies. Its mission names enterprises and service providers building business-critical networks and applications. Thunder ADC is described as providing application delivery services across hardware appliances, virtual machines, bare metal, containers, and public cloud environments.From its own pages, the company sells to teams that need to find every app, API and cloud resource, including the ones nobody told security about. It addresses teams that want to catch issues in code and the pipeline and hand auditors reports built from real scans. Game publishers are addressed with Mobile Protect for Gaming, which stops cheats, tampering and clones in the game.
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November 9, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • A10 Networks and Data Theorem are both filed under API security.
  • Both are headquartered in the United States.

Where they differ, field by field

  • A10 Networks's primary category is DDoS protection; Data Theorem's is API security.
  • Data Theorem is also filed under Static application security testing, Mobile security and Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP).
  • A10 Networks lists ThreatX by A10 Networks, TrojAI by A10 Networks, A10 Defend DDoS Mitigator, A10 Defend DDoS Orchestrator, A10 Thunder® ADC and 3 more. Data Theorem lists Mobile Secure, Mobile Protect, Code SAST Secure, API Secure and Cloud Secure.
  • A10 Networks is headquartered in San Jose, United States. Data Theorem is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States.
  • A10 Networks is a public company listed on NYSE as ATEN.

What it sells: A10 Networks

What A10 Thunder® ADC does[4]
A10 Thunder® ADC is described as a high-performance application delivery controller and advanced load balancer. Thunder ADC provides consistent application delivery services across hardware appliances, virtual machines, bare metal, containers, and public cloud environments.

What it sells: Data Theorem

What Mobile Secure does[2][6][8]
Mobile Secure provides automated security and privacy testing for every iOS and Android release. Mobile Secure signs in to your apps and tests every screen of every release.
What Mobile Protect does[2][3][7][13]
Mobile Protect blocks hooking frameworks, debuggers and re-signed copies inside the app. Mobile Protect scores every session and flags likely fraud to your team. Mobile Protect includes SSL pinning built on TrustKit.
What Code SAST Secure does[3][5][8][14][16]
Code SAST Secure scans your code and dependencies. Code SAST Secure secures your code, open source libraries and vendor SBOMs in one place. Code SAST Secure catches infrastructure as code misconfigurations in the repository, before they ship.
What API Secure does[2][5][8][13][15]
API Secure scores every operation on its own across authentication. API Secure probes your APIs from outside, then signs in as two different users. API Secure spots the abuse and tells the WAF you already run what to block.
What Cloud Secure does[2][5][8][16]
Cloud Secure covers the resources, roles and data behind the APIs. Cloud Secure runs the same IaC checks on what is deployed, and secures the containers and registry images your APIs and apps run on.

Questions about A10 Networks and Data Theorem

What do A10 Networks and Data Theorem sell?
A10 Networks sells ThreatX by A10 Networks, TrojAI by A10 Networks, A10 Defend DDoS Mitigator, A10 Defend DDoS Orchestrator, A10 Thunder® ADC and 3 more. Data Theorem sells Mobile Secure, Mobile Protect, Code SAST Secure, API Secure and Cloud Secure.
Are A10 Networks and Data Theorem in the same category?
They share API security. A10 Networks's primary category is DDoS protection and Data Theorem's is API security.
Where are A10 Networks and Data Theorem headquartered?
A10 Networks is headquartered in San Jose, United States. Data Theorem is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States.
Who owns A10 Networks and Data Theorem?
A10 Networks is a public company listed on NYSE as ATEN.
Who are A10 Networks and Data Theorem sold to?
From its own pages, A10 Networks sells to enterprises, service providers, and government organizations. From its own pages, the company sells to teams that need to find every app, API and cloud resource, including the ones nobody told security about.
What have A10 Networks and Data Theorem announced recently?
August 13, 2026: A10 Networks announced general availability of the A10 AI Gateway, a control plane for routing, cost management and governance across AI agents, applications and LLMs. June 30, 2026: Data Theorem launched three AI security capabilities that together form a closed-loop platform covering exploit discovery, remediation, and runtime defense.

About A10 Networks

A10 Networks sells security solutions, infrastructure solutions, and centralized management and automation solutions for applications and networks. A10 Networks says its products are for enterprises, service providers, and government organizations.[4]

On security, A10 Networks says AI is changing how applications connect and communicate, and that traffic patterns are becoming more unpredictable, introducing risks such as DDoS attacks, API abuse, inference manipulation, and shadow AI. A10 Networks says it delivers protection across network and application layers and APIs, defending against DDoS attacks, bots, infiltration, exfiltration, prompt injection, and more. A10 Networks says its security includes unified web application and API security, DNS firewall, DDoS protection, and AI guardrails.[1]

The security product line includes TrojAI by A10 Networks, described as AI Guardrails and Red Teaming, and ThreatX by A10 Networks, described as a web application protection platform. A10 Defend DDoS Mitigator provides DDoS mitigation with intelligent automation, powered by advanced machine learning. A10 Defend DDoS Detector provides precise, highly scalable network-wide anomaly detection. A10 Defend Threat Control is a proactive DDoS attack intelligence SaaS platform. A10 Defend DDoS Orchestrator covers DDoS defense monitoring, orchestration and management. A10 Defend Next-Gen WAF is an integrated application delivery and web application firewall.[5]

On the infrastructure side, A10 Thunder® ADC is a high-performance application delivery controller and advanced load balancer. Thunder ADC provides consistent application delivery services across hardware appliances, virtual machines, bare metal, containers, and public cloud environments. Thunder ADC uses advanced Layer 4-7 load balancing, customizable health checks, and global server load balancing (GSLB) to help keep applications available across data centers and cloud environments. Thunder ADC improves application performance with capabilities including SSL/TLS offload, TCP optimization, RAM caching, compression, and intelligent load balancing.[1][4]

A10 Thunder® CGN is advanced carrier-grade NAT, IPv4 preservation and IPv6 migration. A10 Thunder® CFW is a consolidated network security platform with stateful firewall, IPsec VPN, CGN, ADC, SSLi and secure web gateway. SSL Insight (SSLi®) in Thunder CFW provides TLS/SSL decryption for real-time visibility into encrypted traffic.[4]

A10 Control provides centralized management for A10's security and infrastructure solutions. A10 Networks says it enables intelligent analytics, traffic visibility, and streamlined operations across any environment. A10 Control consolidates existing A10 Harmony Controller and aGalaxy capabilities and more.[4]

A10 Networks describes its Cloud Access Proxy (CAP) as a complete enterprise solution to help organizations optimize the performance and security of their SaaS applications and provide visibility into branch offices and the cloud. Tenant Access Control prevents data theft between sanctioned and unsanctioned SaaS tenant accounts. URL Filtering provides traffic categorization and protection from web threats.[7]

A10 Networks says 7,700+ businesses use its products, from Fortune 500 enterprises to service providers and government agencies. Turk Telekom, Segpay, Travelex and Uber are named as A10 Networks customers. Dhrupad Trivedi joined A10 Networks in December 2019 as president and chief executive officer. A10 Networks states its mission is to help enterprises and service providers build business-critical networks and applications that are secure, available, and efficient.[8]

A10 Networks on the record

Sources

A10 Networks full record

  1. [1]a10networks.comA10 Networks · a10networks.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]DefaultA10 Networks · investors.a10networks.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]A10 Networks: Enterprise Security & Infrastructure SolutionsA10 Networks · undated page, accessed October 23, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]A10 Products | Enterprise Security & InfrastructureA10 Networks · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]A10 Security Products | A10 NetworksA10 Networks · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]A10 Thunder ADC: Application Delivery & Load BalancingA10 Networks · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Cloud Access Proxy Solution | A10 NetworksA10 Networks · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Leadership Team | A10 NetworksA10 Networks · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]A10 Networks Launches A10 AI Gateway, an Intelligent Control Plane for All AI OperationsA10 Networks · published August 13, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]A10 Networks Acquires TrojAI Inc., Expanding AI RoadmapA10 Networks · published June 15, 2026 · Tier A

Data Theorem full record

  1. [1]Data theorem unveils code secure fully integrated ast product with sast sca and sbom management 302269428Data Theorem via PR Newswire · prnewswire.com · published October 8, 2024 · Tier A
  2. [2]datatheorem.comData Theorem · datatheorem.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Solutions | Data TheoremData Theorem · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]DevSecOps: Security in Every Stage, From Code to Runtime | Data TheoremData Theorem · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Products | Data TheoremData Theorem · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Mobile SecureData Theorem · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Mobile ProtectData Theorem · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Data Theorem | AppSec | API Security | Cloud SecurityData Theorem · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]ASPM: Application Security Posture Management | Data TheoremData Theorem · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Data Theorem Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier C
  11. [11]Regulatory Compliance | Audit-Ready Reports | Data TheoremData Theorem · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]AI-Driven Application Security (AppSec) | Data TheoremData Theorem · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]AI Runtime Protection for Apps and APIs | Data TheoremData Theorem · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Code SAST Secure: SAST, SCA, SBOM and AI Auto-RemediationData Theorem · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]API Security Testing and Runtime Protection | API SecureData Theorem · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Cloud Security for APIs and Cloud-Native Apps | Cloud SecureData Theorem · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Data Theorem Launches the Industry’s First Closed-Loop AI Security PlatformData Theorem · published June 30, 2026 · Tier A

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