RCS - Darktrace PLC - New Darktrace Models Address GenAI Concerns

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RNS Number : 3214C  Darktrace PLC  12 June 2023

Darktrace Addresses Generative AI Concerns with Introduction of AI Models That
Help Protect Data Privacy and Intellectual Property

 

New Darktrace data indicates 74% of active customer deployments have employees
using generative AI tools

 

Darktrace introduces new risk and compliance models to help CISOs as they
balance the opportunity and risk of inadvertent IP loss and data leakage from
the use of generative AI and LLM-based tools

 

June 12(th), 2023, Cambridge UK - In response to growing use of generative AI
tools, Darktrace today announces the launch of new risk and compliance models
to help its 8,400 customers around the world address the increasing risk of IP
loss and data leakage. These new risk and compliance models for Darktrace
DETECT (https://darktrace.com/products/detect) ™ and RESPOND
(https://darktrace.com/products/respond) ™ make it easier for customers to
put guardrails in place to monitor, and when necessary, respond to activity
and connections to generative AI and large language model (LLM) tools.

 

This comes as Darktrace's AI observed 74% of active customer deployments have
employees using generative AI tools in the workplace 1  (#_ftn1) . In one
instance, in May 2023 Darktrace detected and prevented an upload of over 1GB
of data to a generative AI tool at one of its customers.

 

New generative AI tools promise increases in productivity and new ways of
augmenting human creativity. CISOs must balance the desire to embrace these
innovations to boost productivity while managing risk. Government agencies
including the UK's National Cyber Security Centre
(https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/chatgpt-and-large-language-models-whats-the-risk)
have already issued guidance about the need to manage risk when using
generative AI tools and other LLMs in the workplace. In addition, regulators
in a variety of jurisdictions (including the UK, EU, and US) and in various
sectors are expected to lay out guidance to companies on how to make the most
of AI without exacerbating its potential dangers.

 

"Since generative AI tools like ChatGPT have gone mainstream, our company is
increasingly aware of how companies are being impacted. First and foremost, we
are focused on the attack vector and how well prepared we are to respond to
potential threats. Equally as important is data privacy, and we are hearing
stories in the news about potential data protection and data loss," said Allan
Jacobson, Vice President and Head of Information Technology, Orion Office
REIT. "Businesses need a combination of technology and clear guardrails to
take advantage of the benefits while managing the potential risks."

 

At London Tech Week, Darktrace's Chief Executive Officer Poppy Gustafsson will
be interviewed by Guy Podjarny, CEO of Snyk, in a fireside chat on 'Securing
Our Future by Uplifting the Human,' where they'll discuss how can we
future-proof organizations against cyber compromise and prepare teams to fend
off unpredictable threats.

 

Commenting ahead of London Tech Week, Poppy Gustafsson said:

 

"CISOs across the world are trying to understand how they should manage the
risks and opportunities presented by publicly available AI tools in a world
where public sentiment flits from euphoria to terror. Sentiment aside, the AI
genie is not going back in the bottle and AI tools are rapidly becoming part
of our day-to-day lives, much in the same way as the internet or social media.
Each enterprise will determine their own appetite for the opportunities versus
the risk. Darktrace is in the business of providing security personalized to
an organization, and it is no surprise we are already seeing the early signs
of CISOs leveraging our technology to enforce their specific compliance
policies.

"At Darktrace, we have long believed that AI is one of the most exciting
technological opportunities of our time. With today's announcement, we are
providing our customers with the ability to quickly understand and control the
use of these AI tools within their organizations. But it is not just the good
guys watching these innovations with interest - AI is also a powerful tool to
create even more nuanced and effective cyber-attacks. Society should be able
to take advantage of these incredible new tools for good, but also be equipped
to stay one step ahead of attackers in the emerging age of defensive AI tools
versus offensive AI attacks."

To complement its core Self-Learning AI for attack prevention, threat
detection, autonomous response, and policy enforcement, the Darktrace Cyber AI
Research Center continually develops new AI models, including its own
proprietary large language models, to help customers prepare for and fight
back against increasingly sophisticated threats. These models are used across
the products in Darktrace's Cyber AI Loop (https://darktrace.com/products)
™.

"Recent advances in generative AI and LLMs are an important addition to the
growing arsenal of AI techniques that will transform cyber security. But they
are not one-size-fits-all and must be applied with guardrails to the right use
cases and challenges," said Jack Stockdale, Chief Technology Officer,
Darktrace. "Over the last decade, the Darktrace Cyber AI Research Center has
championed the responsible development and deployment of a variety of
different AI techniques, including our unique Self-Learning AI and proprietary
large language models. We're excited to continue putting the latest
innovations in the hands of our customers globally so that they can protect
themselves against the cyber disruptions that continue to create chaos around
the world."

 

 

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About Darktrace

 

Darktrace (DARK.L), a global leader in cyber security artificial intelligence,
delivers complete AI-powered solutions in its mission to free the world of
cyber disruption. Breakthrough innovations from the Darktrace Cyber AI
Research Centre in Cambridge, UK and its R&D centre in The Hague,
Netherlands have resulted in over 135 patent applications filed and
significant research published to contribute to the cyber security community.
Darktrace's technology continuously learns and updates its knowledge of 'you'
for an organization and applies that understanding to achieve an optimal state
of cyber security. It is delivering the first ever Cyber AI Loop, fueling a
continuous end-to-end security capability that can autonomously prevent,
detect, and respond to novel, in-progress threats in real time. Darktrace
employs over 2,200 people around the world and protects over 8,400
organizations globally from advanced cyber-threats. It was named one of TIME
magazine's 'Most Influential Companies' in 2021.

 1  (#_ftnref1) Based on data obtained on June 2(nd), 2023, from active
customer deployments with Call Home enabled, where Darktrace detected
generative AI activity at some point.

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