Darktrace, the leader in Enterprise Immune System technology, announces that a major Canadian automotive company has deployed Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System in order to defend its corporate systems against cyber-threats.

The company, a subsidiary of a global automotive conglomerate, exclusively manufactures and distributes a range of vehicle types of select brands across the country. As a producer of modern vehicle technologies, specific vehicle parts and provider of financial services to its large customer base, the company places great importance on the protection of its intellectual property and its long-term brand reputation in turn. Moreover, it manages a complex network of around 300 dealerships and 20,000 employees, and recognized the need for a technology capable of defending its internal assets efficiently within such a dynamic system.

Following a four-week Proof of Value (POV) trial period, the company decided to deploy Darktrace’s award-winning Enterprise Immune System due to its unique ability to detect emerging threats, from external and internal sources, as they occur. Powered by machine learning and probabilistic mathematics developed at the University of Cambridge, it models the behaviors of each user, device and the network as a whole to establish a ‘pattern of life’ for the organization. This allows it to spot anomalous activity in real time, which may be indicative of in-progress cyber-threats.

In addition, Darktrace’s Threat Visualizer interface provides the company with a 3D graphical overview of its network activity, enabling it to investigate threats as they occur, dynamically allocate human resources based on threat classifications and ultimately prioritize the most serious threats.

“It is great to see a leading Canadian company within the automotive sector prioritizing its cyber defense,” said Rob Sass, Managing Director USA, Darktrace. “To stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyber attackers in the current cyber landscape, organizations need to take a new approach to proactively defending their critical assets, including confidential customer data. Darktrace’s ‘immune system’ means that this company can stay abreast of new developments within its network, including insider incidents and potential cyber-attackers, and maintain its reputation as a leading brand in its field.”

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Nombrada "Pionera tecnológica" por el Foro Económico Mundial, Darktrace es una de las principales empresas de defensa contra las ciberamenazas del mundo. Su tecnología el Enterprise Immune System detecta en tiempo real amenazas no identificadas anteriormente, gracias al aprendizaje automático y a las matemáticas desarrolladas en la Universidad de Cambridge, que analizan el comportamiento de cada dispositivo, usuario y red dentro de una organización. Algunas de las mayores empresas del mundo confían en el dispositivo de aprendizaje automático de Darktrace en sectores como la energía y los servicios públicos, los servicios financieros, las telecomunicaciones, la sanidad, la fabricación, el comercio minorista y el transporte. La empresa fue fundada en 2013 por destacados especialistas en aprendizaje automático y expertos en inteligencia gubernamental, y tiene su sede en Cambridge (Reino Unido) y San Francisco, así como oficinas en Auckland, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Londres, Los Ángeles, Milán, Bombay, Nueva York, París, Seúl, Singapur, Sídney, Tokio, Toronto y Washington D.C.