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of the company’s award-winning Digital
Transformation project, which includes smart
sensors, automation and Blockchain ledgers
overseeing the supply chain.
As Elfassi said: “Darktrace gives us the
confidence to innovate, which makes all the
difference in a competitive market.”
Darktrace AI has given Tristar meaningful
control over its digital infrastructure as it
expands beyond physical networks and into
interconnected, virtual systems. Even as its
systems grow more complex, Darktrace’s
self-learning technology will continue to
adapt, learn and react, so that Tristar can
always remain one step ahead in the face of
a rapidly evolving threat landscape.
“I’ve not seen anything else that can
compare to Darktrace,” said Elfassi. “It
has changed how we think about our key
systems and services.”
traffic on its systems in a single pane of glass,
while surfacing intuitive and graphical insights
for deep, context-based threat investigations.
We asked Yassim Elfassi, the new Group
Chief Information Officer at Tristar Group,
further questions about the solutions.
Benefits
“We deployed Darktrace’s AI and have
not looked back. The Enterprise Immune
System does the legwork for us, spotting
genuine threats in real time and Antigena
responds before they can escalate,” said
Yassim Elfassi, Group Chief Information
Officer at Tristar Group.
Darktrace’s cyber AI gives the advantage
back to the defenders, not only working
24/7 to detect and contain attacks, but
also filtering each threat by its level of
criticality, allowing security teams to
optimise their resources.
“For a small security team, Darktrace’s AI is a
game changer. It immediately starts learning
and identifying threats, no matter where they
are on our systems, without the need for any
prior configuration,” said Elfassi. Darktrace has
given Tristar’s security team the time needed
to focus on adding value to the business.
With its data protected by cyber AI, and
every device on its systems visualised and
monitored, the company can modernise its
IT systems and pursue the latest advances
in technology, improving efficiency and
cutting costs. Darktrace is the cornerstone
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Can you outline why you needed
to gain visibility of your
infrastructure, ahead of selecting
the Darktrace solution?
Innovation is central to our ethos – we
have implemented devices that monitor
driver fatigue across our vehicles and our
warehouses have been transformed by
automation. But the advent of IoT has
fundamentally changed the game of
securing our organisation from cyberattacks.
For all their convenience and appeal, IoT
has fundamentally changed the game
of securing our digital infrastructure from
cyberattacks. These connected devices were
not created with security in mind and can
provide attackers with more places to hide
in the pursuit of compromising sensitive
systems or equipment. If successful, we
are not just risking reputational damage
or financial loss but serious effects on the
safety of our staff as well as the environment
due to the materials that we work with.
Why did you select Darktrace?
Most of the innovations we have adopted are
in their infancy which means that traditional
tools, that rely on knowledge of how devices
have been hacked in the past, are useless
for defence. The beauty of AI is that is
has no rules for how to defend a particular
device, so it can work anywhere on any bit
of technology – regardless of whether that’s
corporate IT or a robot in our warehouse. As
well as being a compelling solution at the
right price, Darktrace is like an extra pair of
hands – spotting even the most sophisticated
threats before they do damage.
How was the implementation – did
you encounter any challenges and if
so, how were these resolved?
The implementation process was quick and
simple. It was installed on our infrastructure
in under an hour and provided visibility
immediately. It was quite surprising to see
that after such a short period of time, the
platform was showing us our entire digital
business from cloud to IoT.
How far has the system future-
proofed your business?
Cybersecurity is not a solvable problem and,
frankly 100% security is not possible. With AI
in tow, I sleep a little easier at night knowing
that if there was a threat emerging it would
be spotted before it was too late. We know
that AI attacks are on the horizon that will be
extremely difficult for humans alone to spot so
Darktrace is no longer just a nice-to-have but a
must-have in this new era of cyberthreat. n
DARKTRACE’S CYBERDEFENCE AI
IMMEDIATELY STARTED LEARNING THE
NORMAL ‘PATTERN OF LIFE’ FOR EVERY
USER AND DEVICE IN THE BUSINESS.
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