Darktrace PLC (LSE:DARK) has launched new risk and compliance models to help its 8,400 customers around the world address the increasing risk of IP loss and data leakage through the use of AI.
The cyber security firm said the new suite includes guardrails to monitor, and when necessary, respond to activity and connections to generative AI and large language model (LLM) tools.
Darktrace said 74% of active customer deployments have employees using generative AI tools in the workplace.
In one instance, in May 2023, Darktrace claims it detected and prevented an upload of over 1GB of data to a generative AI tool at one of its customers.
Ahead of London Tech Week, Poppy Gustafsson, Darktrace’s chief executive, said: “Society should be able to take advantage of these incredible new tools for good, but also be equipped to stay one step ahead of attackers in the emerging age of defensive AI tools versus offensive AI attacks."
Britain has been hit by a wave of cyber attacks from Russia-based hackers in the past few months, including incidents at payroll firm Zellis that affected the BBC, British Airways and Boots, at Capita and also Royal Mail.