Darktrace announced today that Network Products Guide, the industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, has named the company’s Enterprise Immune System a Gold winner of the 10th Annual 2015 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in the Insider Threat Detection and Solutions category. These industry and peer recognitions from Network Products Guide are the world's premier information technology awards honoring achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners from all over the world were honored in San Francisco on Tuesday, June 29, 2015 during the 10th annual dinner and presentations.

Darktrace's leading solution, the Enterprise Immune System, represents a new class of enterprise-wide cyber defense software that helps large enterprises and government bodies protect themselves against advanced attacks and data compromises from within the network. It is principally designed to counter the most serious and sophisticated forms of attack, including Advanced Persistent Threats and insider threats.

Powered by machine learning and mathematics, the Enterprise Immune System is a linearly-scalable software appliance which is capable of monitoring network, user and device activity across the enterprise, providing a range of cyber capabilities that deliver robust and resilient defense against the full range of cyber compromise and attacks.

An annual achievements and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the coveted annual Hot Companies and Best Products recognition program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, hot technologies, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology.

“We are honored to receive this industry and peer award recognition from Network Products Guide,” said Nicole Eagan, Chief Executive Officer, Darktrace. “The insider threat remains a major challenge for global corporations, and requires a new approach to cyber defense. This prestigious award reinforces our unique ability to address both insider and external threats, by understanding abnormal behaviors within the network in real time.”

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About Darktrace

Named ‘Best Security Company of the Year’ in the Info Security Products Guide 2015, Darktrace is one of the world’s leading cyber threat defense companies. Its Enterprise Immune System technology detects previously unidentified threats in real time, powered by machine learning and mathematics developed at the University of Cambridge, which analyze the behavior of every device, user and network within an organization. Some of the world’s largest corporations rely on Darktrace’s self-learning appliance in sectors including energy and utilities, financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and transportation. The company was founded in 2013 by leading machine learning specialists and government intelligence experts, and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK and Washington D.C., with offices in Dallas, London, Milan, Melbourne, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore and Toronto.