Darktrace Antigena Wins ‘Outstanding Security Automation’ at 2021 Computing Excellence Awards

Darktrace, a leading autonomous cyber security AI company, today announced that its Autonomous Response technology, Darktrace Antigena, has received the ‘Outstanding Security Automation Award’ at the 2021 Computing AI & Machine Learning Excellence Awards.

The Computing AI & Machine Learning Excellence Awards recognize the best companies, individuals, and projects in the AI space today.

Darktrace’s Autonomous Response technology was recognized for its unique ability to contain a wide variety of in-progress cyber-attacks in seconds, removing a significant burden from overworked and outpaced security staff. The technology’s top use case is ransomware. It takes proportionate action to thwart all strains of ransomware in real time, without disrupting normal business operations.

“As private sector companies, governments and critical infrastructure are being targeted by ransomware as a service, Darktrace’s Autonomous Response capability has never been more important,” commented Nicole Eagan, Chief Strategy Officer, AI Officer, Darktrace. “Empowering defenders with enterprise and industrial strength cyber AI, which sees the early signs of ransomware and takes surgical action, provides leadership teams with much needed reassurance.”

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