{"id":461649,"date":"2026-10-09T23:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/461649\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T23:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:14:10","slug":"ntt-data-opens-cyber-security-center-in-plano-plano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/461649\/","title":{"rendered":"NTT Data opens cyber security center in Plano | Plano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nttdata.com\/global\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NTT Data<\/a> has expanded its global cybersecurity presence with a new facility in Plano.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s new Cyber Defense Center opened Oct. 9 and was marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>What to know<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plano.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Plano<\/a> facility is part of NTT Data\u2019s global network of 20 cyber defense centers and 7,500 cybersecurity professionals, Chief Marketing Officer Mona Charif said. NTT Data\u2019s cybersecurity operations combine AI-powered capabilities, global threat intelligence and human expertise to detect and respond to cyber threats, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20261008906318\/en\/NTT-DATA-Expands-Global-Cyber-Defense-Footprint-With-New-Operations-Center-in-North-Texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, they give our clients something that becomes more and more important every day: Intelligence and global scale that&#8217;s backed by local expertise,\u201d Charif said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Cyber Defense Center in Plano is an expansion of NTT Data\u2019s footprint in the city. NTT Data moved its North American headquarters to Plano in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opening of NTT Data Cyber Defense Center is an important milestone for our community, and a testament to the talent, investment and collaboration that continue to drive North Texas forward,\u201d Plano Mayor John Muns said. \u201cWe&#8217;re delighted to welcome this investment and further strengthen and position as a destination for innovation and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n<p>Tony Sauerhoff, executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dir.texas.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Texas Department of Information Resources<\/a> and the state\u2019s chief information officer, said partnerships with the private sector, such as NTT Data, help protect state services including health and driver\u2019s license renewals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBringing specialized expertise and threat intelligence technology and operational capabilities like NTT [Data] brings are just things that our state and our 6,000-plus independent local government entities across Texas just can&#8217;t all do on their own,\u201d Sauerhoff said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NTT Data has expanded its global cybersecurity presence with a new facility in Plano. The company\u2019s new Cyber&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[157772,14275,49715,157773,7197,160,162,161,6780],"class_list":["post-461649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-cyber-defense-center","tag-cybersecurity","tag-john-muns","tag-mona-charif","tag-ntt-data","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-tony-sauerhoff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}