Darktrace Cyber AI Research Center
“Research unlocks the unknowns; it also helps shed light on what we are collectively up against.” - Jack Stockdale OBE, CTO
The Darktrace AI Research Centre is foundational to our continued innovation.
Teams of mathematicians and other experts examine how AI can be applied to real-world problems.
Their aim is to discover new paths forward to augment human capabilities.
With over 200 patents and patents pending, the AI Research Centre comprises more than 200 R&D employees, including experts with ~100 master's degrees and 20 doctorates in disciplines from astrophysics to linguistics to data science.
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 9,000 customers from the world’s most complex threats, including ransomware, cloud, and SaaS attacks.
Our roots lie deep in innovation. The Darktrace AI Research Center based in Cambridge, UK, has conducted research establishing new thresholds in cyber security, with technology innovations backed by over 125 patents and pending applications. The company’s European R&D center is located in The Hague, Netherlands.
Rather than confined to work on product roadmaps, researchers are free to experiment and explore, guided by creative insight arising from pure research. Yet we have never shied away from taking on real challenges faced by the industry, and the AI Research Centre operates with a common goal of solving these challenges with AI and mathematics.
The AI Research Centre has produced numerous award-winning breakthroughs, which have gone on to form the AI capabilities that today comprise our products contained in the Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform. Please see below a selection of research abstracts stemming from these research initiatives.
Featured Research
Read our Darktrace Discourse paper, authored by one of our researchers based at the Centre. The author has seven years’ experience in the automation of complex cyber-centric processes with specialization in the offensive domain, and holds a PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Cambridge.
This paper outlines Darktrace's Attack Path modeling (APM) capabilities, exploring how real-time, automated, dual-aspect, multi-data-source, end-to-end APM can be used to give blue teams a comprehensive view of realistic, risk-prioritized attack paths so that resources can be best allocated to defend key assets.
Read our second Darktrace Discourse paper, authored by John C. Allen, MBA, CRISC, and VP Cyber Risk & Compliance, Darktrace. This paper reviews the current state of incident recovery and sets forth seven areas of innovation to improve Recovery from cyber incidents, based on a core capability: Real-Time Adaptive Incident Response.
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