Darktrace

Darktrace is a pioneering AI cybersecurity company that uses unsupervised machine learning to detect, investigate, and autonomously respond to cyber threats across enterprise networks, cloud environments, email, and operational technology. Founded in 2013 in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Darktrace was created by mathematicians from the University of Cambridge and former intelligence agency professionals who applied Bayesian probability and probabilistic machine learning to cybersecurity challenges.

At the heart of Darktrace's approach is the Enterprise Immune System, a self-learning AI that builds a unique model of normal behavior for every user, device, and network connection within an organization. By continuously comparing current activity against this evolving baseline, Darktrace can detect subtle deviations that indicate emerging threats including insider attacks, ransomware activity, supply chain compromises, and novel attack techniques that lack signatures or known patterns.

Darktrace PREVENT proactively identifies vulnerabilities and attack paths before they are exploited, performing continuous attack surface management, penetration testing simulation, and email security analysis. PREVENT Attack Surface Management discovers and monitors internet-facing assets for vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and exposure, providing security teams with an outside-in view of their attack surface as attackers see it.

Darktrace DETECT continuously monitors all digital environments for subtle behavioral indicators of compromise, surfacing high-fidelity alerts with full context about the affected systems, the nature of the detected activity, and the broader attack narrative. DETECT covers network traffic, endpoint behavior, cloud API activity, email communication, and operational technology systems within a unified threat detection platform.

Darktrace RESPOND is the company's Autonomous Response capability, powered by the Antigena AI engine, which can take precise, targeted containment actions in real time without human intervention when threats are detected. These actions may include blocking specific connections, isolating compromised devices, or enforcing normal behavior patterns on affected systems, operating at machine speed to contain threats before human analysts can respond. Darktrace's Cyber AI Analyst automatically investigates and triages alerts, producing plain-language incident reports that enable security analysts to understand and respond to complex threats without deep technical expertise.