Darktrace

About Darktrace

Darktrace was founded in 2013 in Cambridge, UK, by a team of mathematicians and cybersecurity experts from the University of Cambridge, drawing on machine learning techniques originally developed for intelligence applications. The company went public on the London Stock Exchange in April 2021 and has grown to protect nearly 10,000 customers across all major industries globally, supported by over 2,400 employees worldwide. The core technology is the Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform, which builds a dynamic 'pattern of life' model for every user, device, and network entity within a customer's environment. By understanding what is normal for a specific organisation, Darktrace can identify subtle anomalies that indicate novel threats — including insider threats, ransomware, supply chain attacks, and zero-day exploits — that signature-based tools miss. The platform's Autonomous Response capability (marketed as Darktrace RESPOND) can take targeted, surgical actions to contain threats in seconds, operating even when security teams are offline. Darktrace covers an unusually broad attack surface: Darktrace/Network for network detection and response, Darktrace/Email for AI-powered email security, Darktrace/Cloud for multi-cloud environments, Darktrace/Endpoint for device-level protection, and Darktrace/OT for operational technology and industrial environments. This breadth makes it particularly attractive to large enterprises seeking a unified AI security platform rather than point solutions. From a compliance perspective, Darktrace holds ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27018, Cyber Essentials, and notably ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — the international AI management standard — making it one of the first cybersecurity companies globally to achieve this certification. The platform is GDPR and CCPA compliant. Pricing is fully custom, negotiated based on organisation size and the specific product modules deployed. Darktrace is particularly well-suited to large enterprises, financial services firms, critical national infrastructure operators, and any organisation requiring AI-driven proactive security without reliance on threat signature libraries.