DARKTRACE AI PROTECTS STUDENTS’ INTERCONNECTED DEVICES AT UWCSEA

DARKTRACE AI PROTECTS STUDENTS’ INTERCONNECTED DEVICES AT UWCSEA

Top Asia School Benefits From Flexible IT Policy While Keeping
Network Safe with Enterprise Immune System

Singapore, April 26, 2017 – Darktrace, the leader in Enterprise
Immune System technology, has today announced that the United World College of
South East Asia (UWCSEA) has deployed its self-learning technology to catch
sophisticated cyber-threats able to silently infiltrate its growing network.
The school enriches students’ learning experience by providing every student
with their own device. In addition, older students and parents are able to use
personal devices on the network. Whilst this open approach supports learning,
it simultaneously creates more network vulnerabilities, adding pressure on the
school’s lean infrastructure team responsible for protecting users and
sensitive data.

UWCSEA is one of the most well-respected
schools in the Asia-Pacific region, providing a holistic, values-based K-12
education across two campuses, with over 5,500 students and 1,000 staff. As a
leading educational institution, UWCSEA encourages its students to embrace
technology and digital applications to facilitate their learning. However, with
more than 200 applications and several thousand devices in the hands of
students, UWCSEA’s vast network is exposed to risk at any point. In the face of
a rapidly-evolving threat landscape, UWCSEA decided to deploy Darktrace’s
unique self-learning technology for cyber defence to spot silent and stealthy
threats which could infiltrate the network via a student’s phone, laptop or IoT
device.

“UWCSEA prides itself on educating
through technology, without compromising the safety of students and their data.
Our open-access policy for the school’s community has ultimately increased the
complexity of our digital infrastructure, but Darktrace gives us complete
network visibility, allowing us to spot emerging threats before they become
serious,” said Ben Morgan, Director of IT, UWCSEA. “Artificial intelligence for security is no
longer an option – it’s a must-have. It is simply not
possible for small IT teams in organisations like ours to keep up with all the
new threats and sophisticated threat-actors on their own. Darktrace has delivered on the promise of AI
in cyber security and allows us to stay abreast of this new landscape while
lessening the burden on our staff overall.”

Shortly after installation, Darktrace alerted
the security team to a serious anomaly within its network – a PC had been
infected with malware – and no other tool from their security stack had
reported the issue. The team was able to immediately take action and focus on
remediating the problem before the infection could spread.

“We are thrilled that
UWCSEA has selected Darktrace to keep its students, parents and staff
protected,” commented Sanjay Aurora, Managing Director, Asia Pacific at
Darktrace. “The move towards machine learning technology is paramount for any
organisation in the fight against today’s evolving threat. By securing the
network from the inside out, we are now catching advanced threats that the
school’s perimeter defences are powerless against.”

About Darktrace

Darktrace is the world’s leading 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 virtualized networks, as well as IoT
and industrial control systems. A self-configuring platform, Darktrace requires
no prior set-up, identifying advanced threats in real time, including
zero-days, insiders and stealthy, silent attackers. Headquartered in San
Francisco and Cambridge, UK, Darktrace has 23 offices worldwide. For more
information, please visit www.darktrace.com