Darktrace Nominated to Compete for Double ‘ASTORS’ Awards in 2022

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Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security artificial intelligence, is pleased to announce two of the company’s Cyber and Industrial Cyber Products have been nominated to compete in the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program.

Darktrace RESPOND (Formerly Darktrace Antigena)

Every other cyber company learns from historical attack data to stop known attacks from getting inside an organization.

This approach doesn’t work against advanced or novel threats.

Acting as an Enterprise Immune System, Darktrace learns each organization’s ‘digital DNA.’ Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI doesn’t rely on historical data.

Instead, it analyzes and determines ‘normal’ behaviors for users and devices across a digital estate.

By evolving its understanding to learn the businesses, not the breach, Darktrace is fundamentally different from other vendors.

(See how Darktrace’s Autonomous Response technology fights back in seconds, and more. Courtesy of Darktrace and YouTube.)

Through its Autonomous Response technology Darktrace RESPOND, Darktrace’s AI uses this understanding to identify anomalous behavior and interrupt attacks in real-time before they escalate into a crisis and disrupt business operations.

This is the only technology of its kind. From internet-connected machinery to email, endpoints, and SaaS applications, Darktrace can protect the entire business, wherever data lives.

Darktrace RESPOND can enforce normal 24/7, whether the organization experiences an out-of-hours ransomware attack or an insider exfiltrating sensitive data. Darktrace globally responds to a threat every three seconds.

Darktrace RESPOND can defend any technology in any environment. With coverage areas ranging from network to the cloud to email and SaaS, Darktrace RESPOND continues to augment the world’s ability to respond to complex and novel cyber-attacks.

With the critical visibility allowed by Self-learning AI, this autonomous response technology has recently been extended to protect endpoints and better integrate with Zero Trust architectures through partnerships with Microsoft and AWS.

According to Darktrace, there are no other cyber vendors capable of defending the range of environments covered by Darktrace RESPOND.

Darktrace RESPOND intercepts complex, multi-step ransomware attacks, combatting malicious activity at machine speed, anywhere within an enterprise.

(From the initial phishing email through to encryption of devices, see through a hypothetical attack scenario highlighting how Darktrace RESPOND (formerly Antigena) neutralizes an intrusion using Autonomous Response technology. Courtesy of Darktrace and YouTube.)

In the wake of the ransomware breach of Colonial Pipeline, Darktrace protects customers from similarly damaging attacks across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors designated by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Here are some real-world examples from Darktrace’s over 6,800 customers.

Last year, Darktrace RESPOND defended all customers when REvil, the ransomware group said to be behind the attack on Colonial Pipeline, exploited a vulnerability in Kaseya software. Darktrace prevented attackers from encrypting data or disrupting the critical software supply chain.

Darktrace Antigena
Darktrace RESPOND (formerly Antigena)
Autonomous, always-on action to contain and disarm attacks within seconds.

The newly established Darktrace Federal division continues to prioritize this mandate of cyber-defense across U.S. government institutions and organizations operating critical infrastructure.

At the end of 2021, Darktrace protected against increased insider threats resulting from ‘the Great Resignation.’ While many employee resignations were not malicious, the risk of data leaks, compromised workers, and unrecovered devices concerned security teams.

Darktrace RESPOND protects against these threats by understanding ‘normal’ for each employee and endpoint device across an organization’s entire digital infrastructure and responding to anything outside of that normal.

As cyber-attacks get faster, more advanced, and more automated, security teams are overwhelmed and outpaced.

Autonomous Response changes the stakes for defenders by giving security teams the ability to contain fast-moving threats, even when they are not in the office or online and cannot respond fast enough.

Darktrace’s AI does not replace human security teams – it augments them, giving them greater resources to focus on strategic tasks. It helps businesses make micro-decisions so humans can focus on higher priority responsibilities.

In May 2021 Microsoft announced it was partnering with Darktrace, a leading autonomous cyber security AI company that uses self-learning artificial intelligence to respond to threats at machine speed. Founded in Cambridge, UK, in 2013, Darktrace provides best-in-class cyber AI to protect organizations against attacks of all kinds; including insider threats, espionage, supply chain attacks, phishing and ransomware. The technology works “on the job” to learn from data, users and activity across all enterprise environments, learning a sense of “self” to distinguish between benign and malicious behavior. (Courtesy of Darktrace and Facebook)
In May 2021, Microsoft announced it was partnering with Darktrace, a leading autonomous cyber security AI company that uses self-learning artificial intelligence to respond to threats at machine speed.
Founded in Cambridge, UK, in 2013, Darktrace provides best-in-class cyber AI to protect organizations against attacks of all kinds, including insider threats, espionage, supply chain attacks, phishing, and ransomware.
The technology works on the job to learn from data, users, and activity across all enterprise environments, learning a sense of self to distinguish between benign and malicious behavior. (Courtesy of Darktrace and Facebook)

Darktrace DETECT/OT (formerly Industrial Immune System)

Cyber-attacks present one of the most pressing issues of our times – and it’s not just businesses that are impacted.

The increase in cyber-attacks from both cyber-criminals and nation-state actors also jeopardizes the critical infrastructure and utilities on which society relies, presenting real-world threats to economic and national security.

As we saw from the recent attack on Colonial Pipeline, attacks now run at machine speed, outpacing human security teams’ ability to detect and respond to malicious activity.

Overwhelmed security teams can no longer keep up with the speed of cyber-attacks that threaten to shut down power grids and disrupt how we work.

The boundaries of modern-day businesses are blurred, particularly with the convergence of IT and OT/ICS technologies due to increased remote working in industrial and manufacturing environments.

Security teams in this space must defend an increasingly complex attack surface because of rapid digital transformation and an explosion in IoT.

Darktrace /OT protects complex industrial environments against known and unknown attacks at every level of the Purdue model, with complete visibility across your OT environment and protection from specialized OT and hybrid IT/OT threats.
Darktrace/OT protects complex industrial environments against known and unknown attacks at every level of the Purdue model, with complete visibility across your OT environment and protection from specialized OT and hybrid IT/OT threats.

The legacy security tools traditionally present in ICS environments do not go far enough to defend this complex attack surface from the increasingly disruptive, machine-speed attacks on critical infrastructure.

It is often impossible to mitigate security risks with the decades-old equipment in environments like long-standing nuclear power plants, and it won’t be replaced any time soon.

CISOs don’t need more lists of things to fix; they need businesses, power plants, and other critical infrastructure to be self-resilient and effectively protected.

For organizations operating critical infrastructure across all 16 sectors designated by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Darktrace DETECT/OT uses Self-learning AI to fill this critical gap.

Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI offers security teams a breadth of contextual understanding and visibility, autonomously identifying and mitigating against these risks rather than just alerting these organizations that they are vulnerable.

At its core, Darktrace DETECT/OT exists to deliver AI-powered technology that can autonomously defend these organizations that humans depend on in daily life from sophisticated, stealthy, and machine-speed cyber-attacks.

This immune system technology uses Self-learning AI to understand ‘normal’ behavior for each unique business, detect anomalous events or behaviors, and build a robust and bespoke cyber-defense based on enforcing this ‘normal.”

(Learn how Darktrace DETECT/OT (formerly Darktrace Industrial Immune System) platform protects organizations around the clock, protecting the entire dynamic workforce across cloud and SaaS, email, IoT, endpoints and the corporate network. Darktrace AI provides a unified view over all environments, leveraging machine learning technology to autonomously detect, investigate and respond to cyber-threats in real time, no matter where or when they appear. Courtesy of Darktrace and YouTube.)

Whether Darktrace has seen the attack before, its AI fights back, making important decisions efficiently and at machine speed.

Customers are always protected even if Darktrace encounters a brand-new, novel attack where the response couldn’t possibly have been pre-programmed.

This AI empowers employees to focus on what they do best and enables executives to bring in innovative, emerging technologies while the business remains safe and secure.

Today, this ability for the machine to fight back is, on average, stopping ransomware within one second of detecting threatening activity.

By stopping threats in their tracks, companies using Darktrace self-learning AI do not have to shut down systems for days on end and do not have to pay hefty ransoms to criminals.

Recently, at an integrated oil refiner and supplier, Darktrace DETECT/OT technology was critical in stopping a ransomware attack that originated in the corporate network.

Darktrace identified the first signs of this ransomware infection in a desktop device on the network and discovered the device writing its own ransom note files and making a series of connections to rare external destinations via an internal proxy server.

Founded by mathematicians and cyber defense experts in 2013, Darktrace is a global leader in cybersecurity AI, delivering complete AI-powered solutions in its mission to free the world of cyber disruption. We protect more than 7,400 customers from the world’s most complex threats, including ransomware, cloud, and SaaS attacks.
Founded by mathematicians and cyber defense experts in 2013, Darktrace is a global leader in cybersecurity AI, delivering complete AI-powered solutions in its mission to free the world of cyber disruption. We protect more than 7,400 customers from the world’s most complex threats, including ransomware, cloud, and SaaS attacks.

Darktrace also found the device downloading potentially malicious files and making several SMB directory queries.

Self-learning AI detected and correlated these activities as abnormal based on its granular knowledge of ‘normal’ for the organization and this particular device.

Darktrace DETECT/OT flagged this activity and highlighted it as likely ransomware, alerting the customer’s security team before the infection could spread into the OT environment.

With Self-learning AI’s ability to connect patterns across diverse infrastructure, Darktrace defended the industrial system from this machine-speed attack.

Because of Darktrace, the customer avoided the level of disruption and reputational damage seen in the recent cyber-attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS.

Darktrace believes that no organization is invulnerable to this new era of cyber-attacks.

Self-learning AI technology protects over 6,800 organizations – from renewable energy suppliers to education and healthcare providers – letting them focus on their respective goals.

Darktrace’s technology sets it apart from not only every other cybersecurity solution on the market today but also from other approaches to AI. Darktrace is on a mission to free the world of cyber disruption.

Breakthrough innovations in their Cyber AI Research Centre in Cambridge, UK, have resulted in over 100 patents filed and research published to contribute to the cyber security community.

Rather than study attacks, Darktrace technology continuously learns and updates its knowledge of ‘you’ and applies that understanding to optimize your state of optimal cyber security, to deliver Cyber AI Loop; fuelling a continuous end-to-end security capability that can autonomously spot and respond to novel in-progress threats within seconds.

Darktrace, named one of TIME magazine’s ‘Most Influential Companies’ in 2021, employs over 2,000 people worldwide and protects more than 7,400 customers globally from advanced cyber threats. Darktrace was

To learn more, please visit darktrace.com.

Darktrace Nominated to Compete for Two 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon (starting front row, left to right) SIMS Software President & CEO Michael Struttmann; TENEO Risk Advisory Executive Chairman Commissioner Bill Bratton; NEC National Security Systems President Dr. Kathleen Kiernan; TSA Administrator David Pekoske; Fortior Solutions General Counsel Katherine Cowan; NEC Corporation of America Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer Raffie Beroukhim; TENEO Risk Advisory Chief of Staff David Cagno; Infragard National Board Member Doug Farber, Lumina Analytics Co-Founder & Chairman Allan Martin, and AMAROK Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing Mike Dorrington.
2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon (starting front row, left to right) SIMS Software President & CEO Michael Struttmann; TENEO Risk Advisory Executive Chairman Commissioner Bill Bratton; NEC National Security Systems President Dr. Kathleen Kiernan; TSA Administrator David Pekoske; Fortior Solutions General Counsel Katherine Cowan; NEC Corporation of America Senior Vice President & Chief Experience Officer Raffie Beroukhim; TENEO Risk Advisory Chief of Staff David Cagno; Infragard National Board Member Doug Farber, Lumina Analytics Co-Founder & Chairman Allan Martin, and AMAROK Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing Mike Dorrington.

American Security Today’s Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, and now entering it’s Seventh Year, continues to recognize industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness – Management and Response, Law Enforcement, First Responders, as well as federal, state and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to Keep our Nation Secure.

The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards highlight the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.

Thomas Richardson, FDNY Chief of Department; Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, President of NEC National Security Systems; and Richard Blatus, FDNY Assistant Chief of Operations at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon at ISC East.

AST Honors Thomas Richardson, FDNY Chief of Department; Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, President of NEC National Security Systems; and Richard Blatus, FDNY Assistant Chief of Operations, at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon at ISC East.

The United States was forever changed 20 years ago on September 11th, and we were fortunate to have many of those who responded to those horrific tragedies join us at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon.

In the days that followed 9/11, the critical needs of protecting our country catapulted us into new and innovative ways to secure our homeland – which is how many of the agencies and enterprise organizations that are today ‘ASTORS’ Awards Champions, came into being.

Our keynote speaker TSA Administrator David Pekoske delivered a moving and timely address on the strategic priorities of the 64,000 member TSA workforce in securing the transportation system, enabling safe, and in many cases, contactless travel, and more (Be sure to see Interview.)
TSA Administrator David Pekoske addresses attendees at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon in New York City on November 17, 2021. (Be sure to see AST Exclusive Interview, facilitated by Dr. Kathleen Kiernan HERE.)

Our 2021 keynote speaker featured a moving and informative address from TSA Administrator and Vice-Admiral of the United States Coast Guard (Ret), David Pekoske; to our attendees who traveled from across the United States and abroad, on the strategic priorities of the 64,000 member TSA workforce in securing the transportation system, enabling safe, and in many cases, contactless travel.

Commissioner Bill Bratton signing copies of his latest work, ‘The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America,’ at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon. (Be sure to see AST Exclusive Interview with Comm Bratton, facilitated by Dr. Kathleen Kiernan HERE.)

Legendary Police Commissioner William Bratton of the New York Police Department, the Boston Police Department, and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department was also live at the event, meeting with attendees and signing copies of his latest work ‘The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America,’ courtesy of the generosity of our 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Premier Sponsors.

The 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is Proudly Sponsored by New PLATINUM SPONSOR: NEC National Security Systems (NSS), New Premier Sponsors Rajant Corporation, and guardDog AI, and returning Sponsors to date, ATI Systems, Automatic Systems, RX Global, and SIMS Software!

The continually evolving ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program will emphasize the trail of Accomplished Women in Leadership in 2022, as well as the Significance and Positive Impact of Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in our Next Generation of Government and Industry Leaders. #MentorshipMatters

So be on the lookout for exciting upcoming announcements of Speakers, Presenters, Book Signing Opportunities, and Attendees at the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon in November of 2022 in New York City!

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards at https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-awards/.

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Audio Analytics Disaster Preparedness ID Management
Thermal/Infrared Camera Mass Notification System Fire & Safety
Metal/Weapon Detection Rescue Operations Critical Infrastructure
License Plate Recognition Detection Products COVID Innovations
Workforce Management Government Security Programs And Many Others to Choose From!

Don’t see a Direct Hit for your Product, Agency or Organization?

Submit your category recommendation for consideration to Michael Madsen, AST Publisher at: mmadsen@americansecuritytoday.com.

Team TSA
Honoring the 20th anniversary of the Transportation Security Administration (Team TSA at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon.)

In 2021 over 200 distinguished guests representing Federal, State, and Local Governments, and Industry Leading Corporate Firms gathered from across North America, Europe, and the Middle East to be honored among their peers in their respective fields which included:

Register for the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Luncheon Today

In a typical year, DEAC Sabatino oversees the facilitation of legitimate travel for more than 410 million travelers in the air, land, and maritime environments.
Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner (DEAC) Diane J. Sabatino of the Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

American Security Today is delighted to announce, that Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner (DEAC) Diane J. Sabatino of the Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will be the opening keynote speaker at the much-anticipated 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon, on Wednesday, November 16th, 2022.

American Security Today’s Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, and now in its Seventh Year, continues to recognize industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness – Management and Response, Law Enforcement, First Responders, as well as federal, state and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to Keep our Nation Secure.

To take advantage of this exclusive luncheon opportunity to invite your team, guests, clients, and show visitors to a gourmet, affordable, plated meal event in the heart of New York City, for a fabulous networking opportunity!

Go to https://americansecuritytoday.com/product/awards-luncheon/ to secure your seat or reserve a table. ***Limited space available so Register Today. There will be no on-site registrations.

The 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program surpassed expectations with a record number of nominations received from industry leaders and government agencies, and drew over 200 attendees to the ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Banquet – an exclusive gourmet luncheon and networking opportunity which filled to capacity, before having to turn away late registrants.

Your ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon registration includes complimentary attendee access to ISC East where you can meet the world’s most innovative suppliers and cyber experts, immerse yourself in hands-on tech and learn from world-renowned speakers and thought-leaders.

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The traditional security marketplace has long been covered by a host of publications putting forward the old school basics to what is Today – a fast-changing security landscape.

American Security Today is uniquely focused on the broader Homeland Security & Public Safety marketplace with over 75,000 readers at the Federal, State, and local levels of government as well as firms allied to the government.

American Security Today brings forward a fresh compelling look and read with our customized digital publications that hold readers’ eyes throughout the story with cutting-edge editorial that provides solutions to their challenges.

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AST puts forward the Largest and Most Qualified Circulation in Government with Over 75,000 readers on the Federal, State and Local levels.
AST puts forward the Largest and Most Qualified Circulation in Government with Over 75,000 readers on the Federal, State and Local levels.

AST Digital Publications are distributed to over 75,000 qualified government and homeland security professionals, in federal, state, local, and private security sectors.

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AST Reaches both Private & Public Experts, essential to meeting these new challenges.

Today’s new generation of public safety and security experts need real-time knowledge to deal with domestic and international terrorism, lone wolf attacks, unprecedented urban violence, shifts in society, culture, and media bias – making it increasingly difficult for Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Military and Private Security Professionals to implement coordinated security measures to ensure national security and improve public safety.

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These experts are from Government at the federal, state, and local level as well as from private firms allied to the government.

AST provides a full plate of topics in our AST Monthly Magazine Editions, AST Website, and AST Daily News Alerts, covering 23 Vital Sectors such as Access Control, Perimeter Protection, Video Surveillance/Analytics, Airport Security, Border Security, CBRNE Detection, Border Security, Ports, Cybersecurity, Networking Security, Encryption, Law Enforcement, First Responders, Campus Security, Security Services, Corporate Facilities, and Emergency Response among others.

AST has Expanded readership into integral Critical Infrastructure audiences such as Protection of Nuclear Facilities, Water Plants & Dams, Bridges & Tunnels, and other potential targets of terrorism.

Other areas of concern include Transportation Hubs, Public Assemblies, Government Facilities, Sporting & Concert Stadiums, our Nation’s Schools & Universities, and Commercial Business Destinations – all enticing targets due to the large number of persons and resources clustered together.

(See just a few highlights of American Security Today’s 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon at ISC East. Courtesy of My Pristine Images and Vimeo.)

To learn more about ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners solutions, please see the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS Edition Fully Interactive Magazine – the Best Products of 2021 ‘A Year in Review’.

The Annual CHAMPIONS edition includes a review of Annual ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning products and programs, highlighting key details on many of the winning firm’s products and services, including video interviews and more.

It serves as your Go-To Source throughout the year for The Best of 2021 Products and Services endorsed by American Security Today, and can satisfy your agency’s and/or organization’s most pressing Homeland Security and Public Safety needs.

From Physical Security (Access Control, Critical Infrastructure, Perimeter Protection, and Video Surveillance Cameras and Video Management Systems), to IT Security (Cybersecurity, Encryption, Data Storage, Anti-Malware and Networking Security – Just to name a few), the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION has what you need to Detect, Delay, Respond to, and Mitigate today’s real-time threats in our constantly evolving security landscape.

It also includes featured guest editorial pieces from some of the security industry’s most respected leaders, and recognized firms in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.

  • For a complete list of 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Award Winners, begin HERE.

For more information on All Things American Security Today, as well as the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, please contact Michael Madsen, AST Publisher at mmadsen@americansecuritytoday.com.

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