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AdeelAgha - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead - Cyber Security & Compliance at Al Tuwairqi Group
Real User
Easy to deploy, stable, and scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "The AI-based pattern is the most valuable feature."
  • "There is a high ratio of false positive information."

What is our primary use case?

The solution is used as an anti-phishing tool.

What is most valuable?

The AI-based pattern is the most valuable feature. The AI monitors users' patterns in how they draft and send emails, so if there is a change in the pattern the email is flagged.

What needs improvement?

There is a high ratio of false positive information. For example, AI capabilities can sometimes make it difficult to distinguish between a legitimate email and a phishing email. This is one of the features that need to be manually sorted out and aligned. We need to improve this feature by putting DNS into the micro.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for three years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support team is good and they provide support on a priority level.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost is moderate.

What other advice do I have?

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

Our organization chose Darktrace because of its phishing capabilities.

Darktrace is the best way to secure a gateway and I recommend the solution to others.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Pedro-Cunha - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Security Officer at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
Real User
The solution's reports are intuitive and informative
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is the solution's ability to trim out the false positives and point your attention to the real important stuff."
  • "The level of tracking within the network from the transmission level up to the machine level can use improvement."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the solution's ability to trim out the false positives and point your attention to the real important stuff.

What needs improvement?

The level of tracking within the network from the transmission level up to the machine level can use improvement.

The solution works similarly to an intrusion prevention system at the network level. It would be a nice improvement to have an add-on that can act at the post level.

The cost of the solution can be reduced to make it more appealing to customers.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable but costly to do.

How are customer service and support?

The customer support team is responsive and tries to resolve the issue proactively.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is straightforward and easy to integrate.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The setup cost for the entry-level is pricy. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

It takes a team of five to maintain the solution.

This solution can reduce the resources required to run a security operation center by two-thirds.

The solution's reports are intuitive and informative.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Wally Lee - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President | Head of Information Systems & Manufacturing Engineering at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Self-maintaining, works autonomously, and prevents data excavation
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is that it works autonomously."
  • "The solution can improve the reporting."

What is our primary use case?

The solution automatically monitors everything on the network to prevent anti-phishing by monitoring, responding, and restoring the system. It prevents data excavation.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is that it works autonomously. So you only need to look at the exceptions.

What needs improvement?

The solution can improve the reporting. Currently, it only runs weekly and the reporting is complex. It is more of a network monitoring system, basically AI.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable and solid.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable and designed to be enterprise-wide.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously we used Intercept X which is more at the virus level endpoint, but Darktrace is an overall network and phishing solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup did not appear complex.  

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was completed by a vendor technician. The setup was simple and took a couple of hours.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is about $6,000 per quarter.

What other advice do I have?

I give the solution ten out of ten.

Our organization has about 50 nodes and there is no maintenance involved because it is self-maintaining. I recommend the solution, it is better than SIM.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Head of Security at DFCC
Real User
Stable security solution that offers behavioral analytics for the monitoring of traffic
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature has been the behavioral analytics that allows us to monitor all the traffic."
  • "The dashboard and reporting for this solution could be improved as it is currently complex. The GUI for this solution could also be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We are a financial Institute and make use of the IDS solution. We have the SIM called QRadar. We analyze all the traffic clouds with Darktrace and SIM.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature has been the behavioral analytics that allows us to monitor all the traffic.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes the solution gives some false positives which could be improved. The dashboard and reporting for this solution could be improved as it is currently complex. The GUI for this solution could also be improved. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is very good but we would like to get some information from APAC because we are in APAC region.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We considered McAfee and other solutions but based on budget and features, we decided to go with Darktrace.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward and so is the maintenance. 

What about the implementation team?

The deployment was done in-house.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Security Manager at Yarix S.r.l.
Real User
Simple to set up with an excellent Enterprise Immune System and Cyber AI Analyst
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial setup is simple."
  • "There aren't so many third-party vendor platforms natively integrated with the platform."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for network traffic analysis, to identify potential threats running on our customers' ICP environment, and to generate alerts to our SOC.

What is most valuable?

The Enterprise Immune System, Cyber Artificial Intelligence Analyst, and Antigena technology are all very useful aspects of the product.

The solution is quite stable.

The scalability is great.

The initial setup is simple.

What needs improvement?

It can always improve here and there, however, in general, it's already quite complete. 

The solution could have better integration capabilities. There aren't so many third-party vendor platforms natively integrated with the platform. 

They need a better-automated response setup.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for a few years at this point. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I've found the solution's scalability to be very good. It can scale from one endpoint to many thousands of endpoints. We have a lot of implementations that are quite sizable for our customers.

We have 20 to 30 clients on the solution at this time. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is fine. That said, we are very skilled and therefore we don't require the help of technical support all that often.

How was the initial setup?

We find the implementation process to be quite painless. We only had to identify the right place in which put the appliances, and then they start learning.

We were able to deploy same day. it's a pretty fast process. 

We have a team dedicated to the delivery that manages Darktrace and other technical solutions and they are in charge of implementation in the customers' ICP environment. More or less, we have more than ten people handling this.

What about the implementation team?

We are capable of handling implementations for our clients. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Our clients pay a yearly licensing fee. I can't speak to the exact costs involved. We have a variety of clients who have licenses with Darktrace.

What other advice do I have?

We are partners of Darktrace.

We utilize both cloud and on-premises deployments. 

I would recommend the solution to other companies and clients.

I'd rate the product at a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1264764 - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Solution Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Beneficial artificial intelligence module, high quality support, and powerful
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Darktrace and the most valuable feature is the artificial intelligence module because that is the tool that determines automatically if there is any risk or not in the network."
  • "The module can improve so that every time it's more intelligent."

What is our primary use case?

Darktrace just scans the entire network and documentation. We then automatically evaluate which behaviors are normal and which are not normal. You can determine what possible risks are in the network.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Darktrace and the most valuable feature is the artificial intelligence module because that is the tool that determines automatically if there is any risk or not in the network.

You don't need a human operator to be involved. The tool can operate by itself... By itself. That's the best and the most important feature because that reduces the amount of time that a person needs to spend on the tool.

The solution is powerful and very useful, it has the ability to avert many attacks.

The tool does almost 95 percent of the work and you only need to run some features to obtain reports.

What needs improvement?

The module can improve so that every time it's more intelligent.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Darktrace for approximately three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of Darktrace is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Darktrace is a scalable solution.

How are customer service and support?

The support from Darktrace is very good, it is perfect.

How was the initial setup?

Darktrace is installed in an appliance and that appliance is installed in the network. 

What about the implementation team?

We have one engineer that does the maintenance of Darktrace. They do the implementation and scanning of the network.

The solution does not require a lot of maintenance, it does most of the operations automatically.

We provide technical services.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost of the solution is expensive for smaller businesses. They will not be able to afford it or might not need this type of security solution.

The license is by device,  if you have 1,000 devices, then the cost is going to be high.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to others is for them to try to determine what are their costs in security. Then they can determine the benefit of Darktrace. They need to first acknowledge what their costs are and then they can start pricing what solution would be best.

I rate Darktrace a ten out of ten.

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reviewer1200357 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead Manager with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Gives us visibility of rogue network traffic, prevents data exfiltration, good technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is that it gives us visibility of rogue traffic that is on the network."
  • "This product needs more in terms of prevention. The detection capabilities work well but once a threat has been detected, Darktrace should work to prevent it from doing anything malicious."

What is our primary use case?

We use Darktrace for security, and to give us better visibility.

How has it helped my organization?

If a user is exfiltrating data, normally we don't have the tools to detect it. With Darktrace, it detects this data. Also, if there is any command-and-control then this solution will highlight that.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is that it gives us visibility of rogue traffic that is on the network.

The detection capabilities are good.

What needs improvement?

This product needs more in terms of prevention. The detection capabilities work well but once a threat has been detected, Darktrace should work to prevent it from doing anything malicious.

Integration with SOAR systems may be helpful, depending on the SOAR.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, Darktrace is very good. It runs in the background 24/7.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good because it covers our whole network.

We have 1,000 business and IT users and for our environment, the scalability is very good. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is good. I would rate them an eight out of ten.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use another similar solution prior to Darktrace.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very straightforward. It took approximately two months to complete the implementation and deployment.

What about the implementation team?

We used a consultant to assist us with the implementation.

One person is enough for the deployment and maintenance.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

There may have been others that we looked at but this is the main one we evaluated.

What other advice do I have?

My advice for anybody who is looking into implementing Darktrace is to do a proof of concept first. Try to out because it's quite useful for providing visibility in the network.

Overall, this is a good product that seems to be working well.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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SOC Manager at Nais Srl
Real User
Good visibility, secure, with a variety of modules for investigating various behaviors
Pros and Cons
  • "The platform has many modules, and each module examines a different situation in the behavior."
  • "It's a very complex platform."

What is our primary use case?

Darktrace is a platform that is used to check all infrastructures. They check the compartmental in the network.

What is most valuable?

It is a very good platform for understanding what is going on in your network or in your environment because it checks all the activities. This is the same when I use activities on the device, server, network, and web, it checks it all.

The platform has many modules, and each module examines a different situation in the behavior.

What needs improvement?

It's a very complex platform.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Darktrace for approximately one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Darktrace is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's a scalable platform.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is not very good.  I believe that the support must be very quick and operational. Support will need to grow in Italy, but I'm not sure about the other side.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's an expensive solution.

What other advice do I have?

While it is complex, and difficult to use, once you understand the correct way to use it, it's a very good platform. I would rate Darktrace a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Integrator
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