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Darktrace plc
Company typePublic
LSE: DARK
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)[1]
HeadquartersCambridge, England, UK
San Francisco, United States[2]
Key people
Gordon Hurst (Chairman)
Poppy Gustafsson (CEO)
ServicesCyber Security
RevenueIncrease US$199.1 million (2020)[3]
Increase US$(24.9) million (2020)[3]
Increase US$(28.7) million (2020)[3]
Number of employees
1,200 (2020)[4]
Websitewww.darktrace.com

Darktrace is a British-American information technology company that specialises in cyber-defence. The company was established in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, England and San Francisco, United States.[2]

Background

Darktrace was founded in 2013, in a collaboration between British intelligence agencies and Cambridge University mathematicians.[citation needed][5] Many the company’s directors, including chief executive Poppy Gustafsson, used to work at HP Autonomy.[6]

In April 2021, Darktrace listed on the London Stock Exchange with a market value of circa £2.5 billion.[7][8]

Products

Darktrace's Enterprise Immune System uses proprietary machine learning and AI algorithms to build a so-called "pattern of life" for every network, device, and user within an organization. It then employs correlation techniques to classify and cross-reference these models, establishing a highly accurate understanding of 'normal activity' within that particular environment.[5] From this evolving understanding of 'normal', it can then detect potential threats as they emerge in real time.[9] It employs an autonomous response technology, Antigena, which allows networks to take action against in-progress cyber-attacks.[10] The product also visualizes network activity on a user interface, called the 'Threat Visualizer'.[11] Since the company's inception in 2013, its technology has been deployed some 9,000 times.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Darktrace Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Darktrace". Forbes.
  3. ^ a b c "Annual Report 2020". Darktrace. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Cybersecurity firm Darktrace soars on London stock market debut". Yahoo News. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b Hall, Susan. (5 January 2017). "Darktrace Automates Network Security Through Machine Learning." The New Stack. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "Inside Darktrace, the UK’s $1.65bn cyber security start-up." Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. ^ Bradshaw, Tim. "Darktrace shares jump 32% in IPO". The Financial Times. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Darktrace: What we learned from building a £2.5bn UK success story". City A.M. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  9. ^ Greene, Tim (9 March 2017). “Darktrace finds more attacks, cuts response time, saves money for Blackhawk Network.” Network World. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  10. ^ Kobie, Nicole (4 April 2017). “Darktrace’s AI is now automatically responding to hacks – and stopping them.” WIRED. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  11. ^ Hamblen, Matt. (5 Dec 2016). “Behavior analytics tools for cybersecurity move into enterprises.” Computerworld. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  12. ^ "Losses widen at security start-up Darktrace as it embarks on hiring spree". The Telegraph. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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