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Updated statement regarding LockBit claims
We have completed a thorough security investigation following yesterday’s tweets by LockBit claiming they had compromised Darktrace’s internal systems. We can confirm that there has been no compromise of our systems or any of our affiliate systems. Our service to our customers remains uninterrupted and is operating as normal and no further action is required.
Press Release
Statement regarding LockBit claims
Earlier this morning we became aware of tweets from LockBit, the cyber-criminal gang, claiming that they had compromised Darktrace’s internal security systems and had accessed our data. Our security teams have run a full review of our internal systems and can see no evidence of compromise. None of the LockBit social media posts link to any compromised Darktrace data. We will continue to monitor the situation extremely closely, but based on our current investigations we are confident that our systems remain secure and all customer data is fully protected.
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Darktrace Federal and Navitas Business Consulting Awarded Department of State Contract for AI-Powered Network Detection and Response
- Deployment underscores Darktrace Federal’s momentum amid continued investment, team expansion, and demand for AI-powered cyber resilience
Darktrace Federal, in partnership with Navitas Business Consulting, Inc., a leading provider of technology solutions, and digital transformation services, today announced that they have been awarded a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Department of State to deliver Darktrace’s next-generation, AI-powered network detection and response (NDR) modernization solution.
The Darktrace Federal and Navitas team will deploy Darktrace’s advanced AI-powered NDR capabilities within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s (BDS) global IT infrastructure. The BDS is the State Department’s front line for protecting U.S. diplomats, embassies, and sensitive information, safeguarding the people, places, and systems that keep American diplomacy running in more than 170 countries.
Federal agencies today operate in an environment defined by unprecedented cyber pressure. The threat of state-backed actors, who employ increasingly stealthy techniques such as living-off-the-land (LOTL) attacks on critical infrastructure, and the rapid rise of AI-powered attacks are amplifying cyber risk to national security and mission-critical operations. In this environment, there is growing recognition across the federal government that AI-powered cybersecurity is essential to detect and stop sophisticated, novel attacks at machine speed and ensure national resilience.
Powered by Self-Learning AI, Darktrace’s Cyber AI Mission Defense™ (CAMD) NDR solution establishes an adaptive understanding of normal behavior across devices, users, and networks enabling defense against sophisticated threats including nation-state actors, insider risks, supply chain, and zero-day attacks. CAMD combines automated threat detection and response for Information Technology and Operational Technology environments and full network visibility—providing the Department with behavioral understanding across its digital ecosystem to proactively identify and disrupt threats before they impact mission operations.
By aligning Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI with Navitas’ federal cloud and cyber frameworks, the Department will gain a unified, resilient, and scalable defense posture across its global footprint.
The U.S. Department of State contract is the latest in a series of milestones for Darktrace Federal. Earlier this year, Darktrace Federal achieved FedRAMP® High authorization, enabling federal agencies to deploy its AI-powered cybersecurity solutions in environments requiring the government’s highest cloud security controls. Darktrace Federal also announced its distribution partnership with Vertosoft and opened a new deployment center in Dallas, Texas. The deployment center will expand and accelerate U.S. hardware manufacturing capacity and delivery for federal and commercial customers. The facility provides dedicated federal deployment capabilities aligned the highest government standards and enhances production capacity for Trade Agreements Act (TAA)-compliant hardware, critical for federal agencies with stringent sourcing and compliance requirements.
Darktrace Federal has also accelerated its growth, with plans to expand its team by 20% in the next 6 months to enhance support for customers, accelerate deployments, and meet rising demand for AI-driven cyber resilience across the federal government. Collectively, these investments position Darktrace Federal to help U.S. agencies modernize cybersecurity operations and respond to an increasingly complex threat landscape. Darktrace Federal’s partnership with Navitas will further amplify this growth, helping to deliver coordinated solutions and services that leverage AI and automation to reduce complexity while providing comprehensive, cost-effective outcomes rapidly and at scale.
Together, Navitas and Darktrace Federal will help agencies modernize cybersecurity operations with a mission-focused approach powered by AI, automation, and secure cloud delivery. Navitas’ federal delivery accelerators, cyber engineering frameworks, and modernization playbooks will enable faster deployments, improved security maturity, and measurable resilience gains across globally distributed environments.
“Federal networks are operating under unprecedented pressure from state-aligned and criminal actors now leveraging automation and AI to move with greater speed and stealth,” said Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal. "By combining Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI with Navitas’ deep federal and cloud expertise, the Department of State will gain mission-wide visibility and precise, real-time defense at global scale. We look forward to partnering with Navitas and the Department to harden their networks as Darktrace Federal continues to scale our capabilities to support more agencies and strengthen national resilience.”
“Federal agencies need cybersecurity solutions that can adapt as fast as the threat landscape evolves,” said Seenu Talasila, Chief Growth Officer, Navitas Business Consulting. “By integrating Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI with Navitas’ cloud, cyber, and mission engineering capabilities, we are enabling the Department of State to strengthen resilience on a global scale while reducing operational burden. This partnership reflects our commitment to delivering secure, modern, and outcomes-driven solutions for our nation’s most critical missions.”
For more information on Darktrace Federal, visit: https://www.darktrace.com/federal.
ABOUT DARKTRACE FEDERAL
Darktrace Federal Inc. is on a mission to deliver complete AI-powered solutions to defend U.S. federal government customers from cyber disruptions and ensure mission resilience. Darktrace Federal is an Arlington, Virginia-based affiliate of Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity that keeps nearly 10,000 organizations ahead of the changing threat landscape every day. Darktrace Federal applies Darktrace’s proprietary AI which learns the unique patterns of life for each customer in real-time and applies that understanding to optimize your state of cybersecurity. To learn more, please visit https://darktrace.com/federal.
About Navitas Business Consulting
Navitas is a federally focused digital transformation and cybersecurity partner delivering cloud engineering, AI-enabled modernization, and mission-focused solutions across defense, homeland security, and civilian agencies. With ISO-certified processes and CMMI Level 3 appraisals, Navitas accelerates modernization through secure, scalable, and cost-efficient delivery models. To learn more, please visit https://navitastech.com/.
Darktrace Federal and Navitas Business Consulting Awarded Department of State Contract for AI-Powered Network Detection and Response
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Darktrace named a Challenger in first Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security Platforms · Evaluated on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity,today announces that Darktrace / EMAIL™, has been recognized in thefirst ever Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security Platforms (ESP) as a Challenger. Chris Kozup, Chief Marketing Officer, Darktrace, said of therecognition: “We are extremely proud to have been recognized in the first MagicQuadrant for ESP. We believe the factthat wehave seen such wide scale adoption is testament to the unique way in which wedevelop products to keep our customers safe from even the most sophisticated emailcompromises. We believe our placement reaffirms our dedication to deliveringexceptional customer service, and innovations that safeguard against the emailchallenges of today—and tomorrow.” Darktrace customers consistently acknowledge its exceptional customersupport, delivered by an award-winning[1]service team. Darktrace has the highest percentage of 5-star ratings with a 4.8rating on Gartner® Peer Insights™ out of 249 reviews as on[MW1] 19th December. We feel this unwavering commitment to customersatisfaction is evident in strong renewal rates and accelerated growth inDarktrace / EMAIL over the past few years, gaining almost 5,000 customers sinceits launch in 2019. Darktrace / EMAIL, one of the fastest-growing emailsecurity products on the market, is built on Darktrace’s unique Self-LearningAI, a multi-layered AI engine that leverages different types of AI includingNLP and behavioral analysis to detect threats, instead of traditional securitymeasures such as signatures and sandboxing. This approach enables Darktrace todetect and stop threats like business email compromise attacks and noveltechniques, including some 56% of which passed through customers’ other emailsecurity layers. This pioneering approach has enabled Darktrace to introduce industry-leadingcapabilities such as QR code analysis and automated incident investigations, alongsidedifferentiated functionality to help teams add new depth to their emailsecurity, including: Account take over and Lateral mail account compromise protection. Contributing yet another layer to the AI behavioural profile for each user, security teams can now spot early symptoms of account compromise or malicious insiders before a link or attachment payload is sent, and exfiltration occur Microsoft Teams security with advanced messaging analysis: Advancing beyond simple text analysis to behavioral and natural language content analysis that tracks context across both email and instant messaging to identify the approximately 38% of phishing, sophisticated social engineering and novel insider threats other solutions fail to capture · Drastically improveend user reporting with Cyber AI Analyst narratives: Real-time awareness training capabilities reduce falsepositives in phishing investigations by up to 60% by providing context specificanalysis of each received email to each employee as they interact with their mail.· MailboxSecurity Assistant to increase security team operational efficiency: All forms ofsecondary investigations can now automatically perform advanced behavioralbrowser analysis and stop malicious links within webpages, reducing manualeffort of security analysts to detecting phishing links, and allowing them to remediateup to 70% more malicious phishing links than before.· AI based,autonomous data loss prevention: to immediately protect organizations from misdirected emails,insider threats, and data loss—both classified and unclassified – using userbehavior and dynamic content analysis to determine sensitivity, removing administrativeoverhead from manual expressions and labeling.Marco Cavallo, IT Manager at Darktrace / EMAIL customer Arpa Industries comments:“During the POV, Darktrace / EMAIL showed how specific attacks weresurgically blocked. We realized that other tools wouldn’t have detected thesethreats.” Darktrace / EMAIL is part of Darktrace’s ActiveAI Security Platform™,offering network, cloud, endpoint, identity and operational technologyprotection from a single shared architecture, all built on Darktrace’s uniqueAI engine – providing a strong, integrated approach to threat prevention,detection and response across an organization’s entire digital footprint. Darktrace’s global presence supports a diverse and varied customer base,and adapts proactively to customer pain points of all kinds. Darktrace’sadaptability across all market segments, from SMBs to large enterprisessupports both first time email security buyers and mature email securitystacks. It is able to meet varied security needs with lower setuprequirements, includes capability for advanced depth in configuration and,particularly for mature organizations, can augment existing security providerswith additional protections. Download the fullMagic Quadrant for Email Security Platforms here Resources:· Read more onthe Darktrace Blog· Read more abouthow business email compromise attacks are evolving on The Inference Gartner disclaimersGartner, Magic Quadrant for EmailSecurity Platforms, Max Taggett, Nikul Patel, Franz Hinner, Deepak Mishra, 16December 2024 GARTNER is a registered trademarkand service mark of Gartner and Magic Quadrant and Peer Insights are aregistered trademark, of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. andinternationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
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