Unsupervised machine learning that knows your normal

Darktrace builds a unique 'pattern of life' for every user, device, and container in your environment without requiring rules, signatures, or labelled training data. It learns what normal looks like for your specific organisation and flags deviations in real time. This means it can detect subtle, novel attacks — including insider threats and zero-day exploits — that signature-based tools miss entirely.

Business outcome: Detect threats that have never been seen before, without relying on pre-defined signatures or manual rule creation.

Autonomous response that contains threats before they spread

When Darktrace detects an active threat, its Antigena module can autonomously enforce containment actions — such as blocking a suspicious connection, isolating a compromised device, or pausing a user account — all within seconds. This happens without human intervention, giving security teams critical time to investigate and remediate. Antigena can be configured to operate in a 'human-in-the-loop' or fully autonomous mode depending on your risk appetite.

Business outcome: Reduce mean time to contain (MTTC) by up to 80%, stopping lateral movement and data exfiltration before they escalate.

Unified detection across network, cloud, email, and endpoints

Darktrace provides a single pane of glass across your entire digital estate. It monitors network traffic, cloud workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP), Microsoft 365 email, and endpoint devices through a single AI engine. This unified view means a threat that starts in an email and moves to a cloud workload is tracked as a single incident, not multiple isolated alerts.

Business outcome: Eliminate blind spots between security layers and reduce alert fatigue with correlated, high-fidelity incident detection.

Automated investigation that triages alerts for your SOC

Darktrace's Cyber AI Analyst automatically triages and investigates every alert, producing a structured incident report with root cause, timeline, and affected assets. This reduces the workload on human analysts by handling Tier 1 and Tier 2 investigations autonomously. The analyst can also recommend specific response actions, which can be executed manually or via Antigena.

Business outcome: Reduce SOC analyst workload by 60-70% and accelerate incident response from hours to minutes.

Proactive attack surface reduction and vulnerability prioritisation

Darktrace PREVENT continuously maps your attack surface, identifies exploitable paths, and prioritises vulnerabilities based on actual risk to your environment. It simulates attacker behaviour to show you exactly which exposures are most likely to be exploited, enabling your team to focus on the highest-impact fixes first.

Business outcome: Reduce your exploitable attack surface by 40-60% and prioritise remediation efforts on the vulnerabilities that matter most.

Specialised detection for operational technology and ICS environments

For organisations with industrial control systems (ICS), SCADA, or other OT environments, Darktrace OT provides the same self-learning AI capability tailored to the specific protocols and behaviours of operational technology. It detects anomalies in ICS traffic, including unauthorised command sequences and rogue device connections, without disrupting production systems.

Business outcome: Protect critical infrastructure and industrial environments from cyber threats without impacting operational continuity.

• Zero-day and novel threat detectionDarktrace's unsupervised learning approach detects threats that have never been seen before, including zero-day exploits and novel malware variants.
• Autonomous containment speedAntigena can contain a threat in seconds, far faster than any human-led response, stopping lateral movement and data exfiltration.
• Cross-environment visibilityUnified detection across network, cloud, email, and endpoints eliminates blind spots and provides a single source of truth for security teams.
• Reduced SOC analyst burdenCyber AI Analyst automates Tier 1 and Tier 2 investigations, allowing human analysts to focus on complex, high-priority incidents.

• Enterprise-only pricingDarktrace is not affordable for small or mid-market organisations — expect six-figure annual commitments for even modest deployments.
• Operational complexityThe platform requires dedicated security personnel to manage, tune, and respond to alerts — it is not a set-and-forget solution.
• False positive tuningWhile detection is strong, the self-learning model can initially generate noise as it learns your environment, requiring careful tuning in the first 4-6 weeks.
• Professional RealityDarktrace is a powerful tool, but it is not a replacement for a well-staffed SOC — it augments human analysts but still requires skilled operators to manage and respond to incidents effectively.

Enterprise SOC modernisation

Large enterprises replacing legacy SIEM and EDR tools use Darktrace to reduce alert fatigue, automate Tier 1 investigations, and achieve sub-second containment of active threats. Security teams can focus on strategic initiatives rather than manual triage.

Insider threat detection

Organisations concerned about data exfiltration by employees or compromised accounts use Darktrace's behaviour-based detection to spot unusual access patterns, large data transfers, or off-hours activity that signals an insider threat.

Critical infrastructure protection

Utilities, manufacturing, and energy companies deploy Darktrace OT to monitor ICS/SCADA environments for unauthorised commands, rogue devices, and protocol anomalies without disrupting production systems.

Ransomware containment

Organisations at high risk of ransomware use Darktrace's Antigena to automatically isolate infected devices and block command-and-control communications within seconds, preventing encryption from spreading across the network.

Request a proof-of-value (POV) deployment through Darktrace's sales team or a certified partner — this typically runs 4-6 weeks in your live environment.

Deploy Darktrace sensors across your network, cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), email (Microsoft 365), and endpoints to establish baseline 'pattern of life' data.

Configure Antigena response policies — decide which threats should be contained autonomously and which require human approval before action is taken.

Train your SOC team on the Darktrace interface and alert triage workflow, including how to use Cyber AI Analyst reports and Antigena response logs.