Darktrace goes from one employee to 25 in eight APAC countries in 2015

Darktrace has now seen its Enterprise Immune System technology adopted by more than 250 organisations across the world. The company, valued at more than US$100 million following US$22.5 million in Series B funding from venture capital firm Summit Partners in July, says new customers include "one of the world’s leading games and interactive entertainment companies headquartered in Asia Pacific (APAC)".

The company expanded operations in APAC beyond Singapore and Japan to include Australia, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand and South Korea, and said it currently serves more than 80 organisations in the region. 

“2015 has been an exciting year for us in the APAC region,” said Sanjay Aurora, Managing Director, Darktrace APAC. “We started and scaled the regional business from ground up, going from one employee in our regional headquarters in Singapore to 25 employees in eight countries in the space of nine months. Just last week, Kyocera Communication Systems, an IT service provider subsidiary of Kyocera, a multinational electronics and ceramics manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto; a New Zealand based bank with more than 20 branches nationwide; and a global energy and commodities trading company came on board as regional customers. As we continue to demonstrate our Immune System technology’s strong proof of value, we expect our regional footprint to continue on a similar growth trajectory in the months ahead.”

Added Nicole Eagan, CEO, Darktrace: “As governments across the world make cyber security a top priority, growing adoption, industry recognition and involvement in trade missions are endorsements of our achievements in the field, which contribute to and align with public and private sector goals of incorporating new technologies to improve the state of the world. In 2016, we look forward to further enhancing our Immune System technology and helping to protect more organisations in today’s fast-moving and sophisticated online threat environment.” 

 
Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System appliance incorporates mathematics and machine-learning technology from the University of Cambridge to analyse network, device and user behaviour and detect anomalous activity within organisations’ networks in real-time.