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Darktrace (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

How safe is Darktrace for cybersecurity?

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: whether the data is stored in the EU (2 points), whether there is a certification or GDPR guarantee (1) and whether the provider is established in the Netherlands or the EU (1). 3 or 4 points is Strong, 2 Good, 1 Limited, 0 Unknown. How we measure for cybersecurityLimited

Darktrace publishes limited privacy guarantees. Ask the provider for clarification before you put confidential cybersecurity data into it.

Where does Darktrace stand in cybersecurity?

Position 13 of 25 options for cybersecurity (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong5
Good7
Limited1
Unknown5
Caution7

Published safeguards

–Provider based in NL/EUNot known
–Data in the EU (according to provider)Not known
✓Publishes certification (ISO/NEN/GDPR)Yes

The language model is not publicly disclosed; Cyber AI Analyst uses Darktrace's own machine learning models (DEMIST-2, DIGEST). Hosting via AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, including in the Netherlands and Ireland (EU), but also in the US and the UK; the customer's location determines the region. ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27018, ISO 42001 and Cyber Essentials. It is not publicly disclosed whether customer data is used for training. Established outside the EU (UK).

How to use Darktrace safely

  • Use the business variant and sign a data processing agreement (DPA).
  • Do not enter unnecessary personal data into prompts; anonymise where possible.
  • Ask the provider explicitly where data is stored and processed.
  • Keep a professional in the loop: a security tool sees everything: log files, emails, usernames and network traffic.

Stronger or equally strong in cybersecurity

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Questions

How safe is Darktrace for cybersecurity?
Darktrace publishes limited privacy guarantees. Ask the provider for clarification before you put confidential cybersecurity data into it. Limited or partly unknown guarantees: ask the provider.
Does Darktrace train on my data?
The language model is not publicly disclosed; Cyber AI Analyst uses Darktrace's own machine learning models (DEMIST-2, DIGEST). Hosting via AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, including in the Netherlands and Ireland (EU), but also in the US and the UK; the customer's location determines the region. ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27018, ISO 42001 and Cyber Essentials. It is not publicly disclosed whether customer data is used for training. Established outside the EU (UK).
What should I watch out for with AI in cybersecurity?
A security tool sees everything: log files, emails, usernames and network traffic. That is personal data, so you need a data processing agreement and must know where the data is stored. Also ask whether the AI assistant is trained on your data. WithSecure (Finland) says it processes data for Luminen in AWS in Europe and does not train foundation models on customer data. Sekoia stores data in Germany or elsewhere in the EU/EEA and is ISO 27001 certified. SoSafe (France) can run self-hosted. With Microsoft Security Copilot you choose the geo of your workspace, but sharing data with Microsoft is on by default. For Charlotte AI, ESET LiveAI and Mindgard the hosting location is not public. Never let an agent act on production systems without analyst approval, and record who makes the 24-hour report under the Cybersecurity Act when an incident occurs.

Source documents

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Last checked: 6 November 2026 · How we check

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