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Darktrace Announces Partnership with Bechtle to Expand Access to the Darktrace ActiveAI Security PlatformTM and Develop Joint Offerings to Bechtle Customers

Cambridge, UK
September 10, 2024

Darktrace, a global leader in cybersecurity AI, today announced a partnership with Bechtle, one of Europe’s leading IT providers. This collaboration will strengthen Darktrace's presence in the DACH region and provide unique AI based cybersecurity solutions to Bechtle's extensive customer base.

Bechtle, with its strong foothold in the European IT market, serves about 70,000 customers of all sizes from the industrial and public sectors. As a long-standing Microsoft partner, Bechtle has established itself as a trusted IT provider across Europe. Through this partnership, Darktrace will work closely with Bechtle's DACH partner managers to offer the state-of-the-art Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform™ to Bechtle's customers, complementing Bechtle's existing security offerings, and helping to free security teams from the manual, time-intensive alert triage process.

"We are thrilled to partner with Bechtle, a leading IT services provider in Europe," said Dan Monahan, SVP of the Global Partner Organization at Darktrace. "This collaboration allows us to combine our unique Self-Learning AI Engine with Bechtle's extensive reach and expertise. Together, we will empower organisations to transform security operations from a focus on reactive threat detection to proactive cyber resilience."

As part of the partnership, Darktrace and Bechtle will explore opportunities to develop joint service offerings. The companies will work together to identify areas where they can expand their collaboration to deliver greater value to customers from across the Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform.

"Partnering with Darktrace is an important move for Bechtle as we recognise the immense potential in their AI-driven cybersecurity solutions," said Florian Macher, Head of Partner Management, Security, at Bechtle Logistik & Service GmbH. "We are excited to bring Darktrace's innovative technology to our customers and help them build resilient and secure digital infrastructures."

The partnership also includes financial incentives for growth, demonstrating the commitment from both companies to drive mutual success and expand their market presence in the DACH region.

Darktrace recently introduced the Darktrace Defenders Partner Program, a reimagined partner program designed to better empower partners and accelerate adoption of the Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform and products. The program includes new enablement, education and an improved portal for partners so they can help their customers take a more proactive approach to cyber resilience.    

For more information about Darktrace and its partnership with Bechtle, please visit www.darktrace.com.

About Darktrace

Darktrace (DARK.L), a global leader in cybersecurity artificial intelligence, is on a mission to free the world from cyber disruption. Breakthrough innovations from our R&D teams in Cambridge, UK, and The Hague, Netherlands have resulted in over 200 patent applications filed. Rather than study historic attacks, Darktrace's technology continuously learns and updates its knowledge of your business data and applies that understanding to help transform security operations to a state of proactive cyber resilience. The Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform™ provides a full lifecycle approach to cyber resilience that can autonomously spot and respond to known and unknown in progress threats within seconds across the entire organization, including cloud, apps, email, endpoint, network and operational technology (OT). Darktrace, which listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2021, employs over 2,400 people around the world and protects over 9,700 customers globally from advanced cyber threats. To learn more, visit https://darktrace.com/.

About Bechtle

With more than 100 system houses and IT e-commerce in 14 countries, Bechtle is one of Europe’s leading IT providers and never more than a stone’s throw away. Bechtle also has a worldwide partner network to fulfil the needs of its customers on every continent. Founded in 1983, the Bechtle Group is headquartered in the southern German town of Neckarsulm and currently employs over 15,000 people. Over 70,000 customers from the industrial and public sectors rely on Bechtle to drive their digital transformation with a cross-vendor portfolio that spans the whole world of IT infrastructure and operations. Bechtle is listed on the MDAX and TecDAX indexes. In 2023, the company generated a revenue of €6.42 bn.