International Baccalaureate (IB), a global non-profit educational foundation offering highly-respected programmes of international education, has deployed Darktrace self-learning technology at its Asia-Pacific and Singapore global centre.
Founded in 1968, the IB currently works with over 4,700 schools in 155 countries. The organisation was aware of targeted advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks on universities, including those in Singapore, which have shown that today’s cyber-criminals are indiscriminate in their choice of targets. Such APT attacks can bypass perimeter defences and infiltrate networks to conduct reconnaissance for more than 200 days without being detected.
IB’s network houses highly sensitive information, including academic grades and medical data of over a million individuals. With five centres globally and a high number of third party vendors and temporary contractors, the IB was concerned that its existing defences would struggle to spot subtle and stealthy attacks on its increasingly complex network.
The school decided to deploy Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System, which leverages advancements in machine learning and probabilistic mathematics to provide the cyber security team with a bird’s-eye view of all activity. The artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms automatically detect emerging attacks, allowing security personnel to mitigate genuine threats before they escalate.
“Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System delivers on the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyber security,” commented Richard Jenkins, Head of Information Risk Management, Cyber Security and Governance, at the IB. “Deployed in under an hour, the AI platform started learning about our network instantaneously and impressed us with its ability to detect the early signs of emerging threats, or dormant vulnerabilities, that our other tools have no way of catching.”
“It is promising to see non-profit organisations like the IB taking the lead in fighting back against novel attacks with cutting-edge AI,” said Sanjay Aurora, MD for Asia Pacific at Darktrace.
“In this new era of threat, human security teams are becoming overwhelmed by sophisticated, pernicious attacks. Rules-based defences will inevitably fail in the face of fast-evolving threats. While there is no silver bullet for cyber security, the IB’s move to Darktrace’s AI gives them an edge in this fierce cyber arms race."
Darktrace is a machine-learning company for cyber security. Created by mathematicians from the University of Cambridge, the Enterprise Immune System uses AI algorithms to automatically detect and take action against cyber-threats within all types of networks, including physical, cloud and virtualised networks, as well as IoT and industrial control systems. A self-configuring platform, Darktrace requires no prior setup, identifying advanced threats in real time, including zero-days, insiders and stealthy, silent attackers.
Founded in 1968, the IB currently works with over 4,700 schools in 155 countries. The organisation was aware of targeted advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks on universities, including those in Singapore, which have shown that today’s cyber-criminals are indiscriminate in their choice of targets. Such APT attacks can bypass perimeter defences and infiltrate networks to conduct reconnaissance for more than 200 days without being detected.
IB’s network houses highly sensitive information, including academic grades and medical data of over a million individuals. With five centres globally and a high number of third party vendors and temporary contractors, the IB was concerned that its existing defences would struggle to spot subtle and stealthy attacks on its increasingly complex network.
The school decided to deploy Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System, which leverages advancements in machine learning and probabilistic mathematics to provide the cyber security team with a bird’s-eye view of all activity. The artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms automatically detect emerging attacks, allowing security personnel to mitigate genuine threats before they escalate.
“Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System delivers on the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) in cyber security,” commented Richard Jenkins, Head of Information Risk Management, Cyber Security and Governance, at the IB. “Deployed in under an hour, the AI platform started learning about our network instantaneously and impressed us with its ability to detect the early signs of emerging threats, or dormant vulnerabilities, that our other tools have no way of catching.”
“It is promising to see non-profit organisations like the IB taking the lead in fighting back against novel attacks with cutting-edge AI,” said Sanjay Aurora, MD for Asia Pacific at Darktrace.
“In this new era of threat, human security teams are becoming overwhelmed by sophisticated, pernicious attacks. Rules-based defences will inevitably fail in the face of fast-evolving threats. While there is no silver bullet for cyber security, the IB’s move to Darktrace’s AI gives them an edge in this fierce cyber arms race."
Darktrace is a machine-learning company for cyber security. Created by mathematicians from the University of Cambridge, the Enterprise Immune System uses AI algorithms to automatically detect and take action against cyber-threats within all types of networks, including physical, cloud and virtualised networks, as well as IoT and industrial control systems. A self-configuring platform, Darktrace requires no prior setup, identifying advanced threats in real time, including zero-days, insiders and stealthy, silent attackers.
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