Manufacturing & Supply

Manufacturing companies face significant challenges in the age of Industry 4.0 and increasing digitization. As IT and OT systems converge and new hybrid working environments develop, manufacturers must defend against insider threats, supply chain attacks and ransomware strains such as EKANS and TRITON.

Manufacturers depend on availability and integrity – machinery must be available to operate, and trusted to deliver. By working with leading manufacturing companies around the world, Darktrace ensures organizations can operate without disruption. The Industrial Immune System is uniquely capable of learning a ‘pattern of life’ across corporate IT, OT, and IIoT environments, providing a unified view over the full digital estate and enabling the detection of anomalous activity in real time.

Financial Services

The financial services sector is 300 times more likely to be attacked than any other industry. With trillions of dollars in assets moving across complex infrastructures, the cost of a cyber-attack can be devastating, both in terms of financial loss and reputation among customers. The pandemic has escalated the already-rapid digitization of the financial sector, offering a range of opportunities for cyber-criminals. From machine-speed ransomware to insider threats and state-sponsored attacks, traditional security tools are consistently failing to defend against modern-day threats.

Darktrace is the next generation of cyber defense, proven capable of identifying and autonomously responding to subtle attacks that bypass all other security tools. Relied upon by many of the largest financial services in the world, Darktrace’s AI technology gives industry leaders unprecedented visibility into all digital activity occurring across hybrid and multi-cloud environments and the corporate network, as well as the ability to detect and contain fast-acting threats in seconds.

Government & Defense

International cyber-warfare is one of the biggest concerns facing governments on a local and national level. The number of cyber-attacks targeting governmental organizations has more than doubled in the past three years, as nations have increasingly used cyber-space to play out geopolitical tensions and launch state-sponsored attacks.

Darktrace has decades of experience in cyber defense for national security, with several directors previously working in high-risk environments in the US, Canada and the UK. Its unique Self-Learning AI technology protects local governments and defense organizations from advanced cyber-threats across multi-platform, multi-cloud environments.

Education

The education sector is a prime target for cyber-criminals, due to the vast quantities of data and intellectual property held over vast open systems, which are often poorly defended. As the education sector adapts to EdTech and ‘hybrid learning’ approaches, traditional security tools are consistently failing to stop insider threats, infected USBs, videobombing and ransomware attacks, which disrupt teaching and compromise sensitive personal information.

Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI detects and stops the most sophisticated attacks, from credential users to coordinated state-sponsored hackers. Today, Darktrace protects some of the world’s leading universities, museums, and educational foundations, allowing them to stop even zero-day attacks in real time.

Technology & Telecoms

Cyber-attacks aimed at technology firms with lucrative IP have become a fact of life in the Information Age. Often perpetrated by nation-state actors with advanced capabilities, these attacks are now remarkably subtle and stealthy, with some of the latest examples beginning to incorporate AI elements. For tech companies that rely on IP to maintain their competitive edge, these never-before-seen threats mean signature-based solutions and siloed cloud security tools are no longer enough.

Where legacy tools are ill-equipped to counteract fast-moving and sophisticated threats, Self-Learning AI understands ‘normal’ for any given digital environment, detecting and responding to threats across multi-platform and multi-cloud infrastructures.

Retail & e-Commerce

The retail sector is one of the top cyber-attack targets among all industries. Given the hyper-competitive nature of the retail space, companies are vying with one another to maximize ease-of-purchase, an objective that sometimes conflicts with ensuring robust cyber security.

The industry is lucrative prey for online threat actors due to the volume of personal information – including payment details – that can be rapidly sold on the Dark Web for profit. E-commerce sites also directly transfer virtual funds, while many of the security tools protecting these transfers remain susceptible to innovative malware that such tools aren’t programmed to detect.

Some of the world’s largest retailers rely on Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI to protect their digital systems from never-before-seen threats across their multi-platform and multi-cloud environments, while relying on Autonomous Response to take targeted action to contain emerging attacks at machine speed.

Legal & HR

Cyber security is an unavoidable concern for the law firms, which increasingly rely on online platforms and cloud services to store large volumes of sensitive legal data. From confidential information about M&As to disclosures made under attorney-client privilege, today’s law firms are inundated with data that would be disastrous if leaked, both for the results of individual cases and for these firm’s long-term reputations.

Many law firms across the world — including Magic Circle and Am Law 100 firms — rely on Darktrace to pre-empt emerging threats. Darktrace consistently thwarts the speediest and most sophisticated attacks, including Maze ransomware and its successor, Egregor. Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI stops emerging cyber-threats in the network, email, and hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The technology has allowed law firms to embrace a cyber security posture in line with client expectations and increase confidence in their defenses against novel and sophisticated threats.

Transportation

Attackers may target transportation companies not only to gain access to customer databases or other confidential data that may be monetized, but also to deliberately disrupt critical services, whether for political or ideological reasons. Operational disruption in the wake of a cyber-attack can be immense. The costs of post-incident clean up often dwarf the size of ransom demands, and poses an existential threat to organizations.

Self-Learning AI is leveraged by some of the world’s leading transportation companies, from airport groups to train companies, to provide defense against the most subtle threats within their systems. With Autonomous Response, Darktrace takes targeted action at machine speed, containing cyber-attacks before they have a chance to escalate.

Healthcare & Pharma

With the digitization of healthcare records and medical processes, and the premium that is paid on the Dark Web for medical records, the healthcare industry is a lucrative target for cyber-criminals. For pharmaceutical companies, cyber-attacks threaten the intellectual property at the very heart of the business. For hospitals, ransomware attacks which disrupt operations can be disastrous, and, in extreme cases, deadly.

Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI offers the industry the means to stay ahead of emerging threats that jeopardize the entire sector. By learning the digital DNA of every user, device and container, Darktrace works with hospitals and healthcare providers to deliver real-time awareness and visibility of all digital interactions, as well as autonomously neutralizing attacks in their earliest stages.

Media & Entertainment

The media and entertainment sector faces a fundamental challenge with the rise of the digital consumer, as companies attempt to monopolize content and protect customer data at a time when information flows more freely than ever. The reliance on digital streaming services and gaming platforms has skyrocketed since the pandemic, opening a wide span of new attack vectors for cyber-criminals.

Darktrace protects over 200 of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. Darktrace’s AI enables these organizations to detect and defend against cyber-threats in real time, protecting their key assets and foundational intellectual property. Darktrace also provides total visibility over the digital estate, affording its users an unprecedented awareness of all the routes that a potential threat can take. With Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI, media and entertainment companies can effectively safeguard their valuable IP while remaining dynamic and innovative.

Energy & Utilities

The energy and utilities sector has long faced some of the most advanced attackers, from industrial espionage to state-sponsored attacks. As part of national critical infrastructure, the importance of defending these organizations cannot be underestimated. In May 2020, a state of national emergency was declared in the US over foreign cyber-attacks against this sector.

Darktrace’s Industrial Immune System uses Self-Learning AI to detect and investigate emerging threats across both IT and OT environments. Whether its an employee shortcutting security policies, a skilled hacktivist with a grudge to bear, or a stealthy nation-state actor biding time within your system, Darktrace reveals the subtle deviations that indicate an attack in a clear, precise manner for immediate response.

Nonprofit

The third sector is a particularly attractive target for cyber-criminals, due to the large amounts of data, mailings lists, and credit card information held on complex and often badly defended IT systems. Many not-for-profits rely on remote workers and international volunteers, stretching under-resourced security teams and leaving broad systems vulnerable to cyber-criminals. Worryingly, 80% of nonprofits do not have a policy in place to deal with cyber-attacks.

Darktrace protects leading charities and not-for-profit organizations from cyber-threats across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI technology is easy to use for professionals of all skill levels, takes just one hour to install, and can identify potentially calamitous cyber-attacks while there is still time to act.