BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED

Darktrace Active AI Platform

Darktrace is a cybersecurity solution that uses artificial intelligence to detect, investigate and respond to threats in real time, protecting networks, cloud environments and endpoints by learning normal behaviour and identifying anomalies without relying on predefined rules.

Features

• Self-Learning AI for complete visibility into network traffic
• Self-Learning AI for protection against malicious / suspicious emails
• Correlation of threats with deep contextual understanding of business operations
• Complete visibility of attack paths
• Continual automated investigation of alerts, combined with real-time autonomous response
• Complete transformation of security operations to a proactive state
• Delivers instant visibility into known and novel threats
• Interrupt cyber attacks with precise actions without business disruption
• Automate incident recovery process

Benefits

• Reduces alert triage time by an average of 92%
• Reduces alert triage time by an average of 92%
• 85% decrease in downtime to respond to a threat
• Reduce time to identify potential OT threats by 95.83%
• 30% increase in visibility of cloud assets

• Education pricing available
• Free trial available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

727075903295093

Contact

Richard Read
01372 418 500
tenders@bytes.co.uk

About your service

• Service categories:

  Application Development and Deployment

  AI platforms

  AI software services

  • Anomaly Detection AI Software Services
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: XDR, SIEM, Incident Response
• Cloud deployment model: Public cloud
• Service constraints: No
• System requirements:
  • Architectural requirements vary based on customer environment, no limitations known
  • Email journaling currently supported on Microsoft 365

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Darktrace support doesn't provide specific SLAs for response times. Support will triage all issues based on their priority, any urgent issue should be brought to the attention of support by calling the support line.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes
• Support levels: Darktrace provides remote assistance support for the Darktrace Products. In addition to the Standard Support Services provided to all Customers, Customers have the flexibility to choose between different; Support Service Options listed below to address Customer’s specific needs.; ; Darktrace provides all Customers with the following Standard Support Services:; • Helpdesk; • Software Updates; • Hardware Support; • Health Checks and System Diagnostics (requires Call Home to be active)
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Dedicated Account Team and, consistently featuring Account Executive, Cyber Technologist and Customer Success Manager - complimentary on-site training sessions.Online customer portal with training materials, videos, courses and certifications
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: If using physical appliance, full data wipe is carried out. If using cloud appliance, instance is deleted
• End-of-contract process: Access to UI terminated, data wipe occurs. If there is a physical appliance on the customer site it is returned to Darktrace
• Documentation accessibility standard: None or don’t know
• How the documentation is accessible: Via Customer Portal - online or at request of the account team

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • ChromeOS
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: The mobile app allows users to view and manage alerts and response actions. The web interface provides more detailed logging and analysis tools, as well as configurtaion options
• Service interface: Yes
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Description of service interface: The Threat Visualizer interface, powered by Darktrace's self-learning technology, continuously assesses the behavior of devices and users across the digital estate. Activity from remote endpoint devices, servers located in local datacenters, serverless architecture in public cloud environments or users working in third-party SaaS services is surfaced side-by-side.; ; Anomalous interactions and activity are highlighted to the end-user and prioritized for investigation by Darktrace's Cyber AI Analyst. Many operators start with these high-level investigations and then analyze detailed metadata and device or user activity in specialized interfaces.; ; The Threat Visualizer interface is flexible and accommodates a number of workflows and threat-investigation processes.
• Accessibility standards: None or don’t know
• Description of accessibility: We haven't complied with any specific accessibility standard
• Accessibility testing: None
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: The Darktrace API provides a method of accessing additional information about a particular alert or device in the Darktrace system. The API uses HTTP GET requests to return formatted JSON data containing the requested information and HTTP POST or DELETE requests to configure the system. The API can be an incredibly useful tool to integrate Darktrace with third-party SIEM or SOC environments, or perform bulk actions on devices and model breaches.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: No
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Modify model sensitivity, LDAP integration, subnet labelling, Autonomous Response: Passive/Human Confirmation/Fully autonomous,Permission Admin can allow admin users to restrict access to those via lesser granted permissions, Anonymisation mode can restrict visibility to users and remove potentially sensitive details (IP addresses, device names etc.)

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Each customer's deployment will utilise hardware and/or virtual appliances that are dedicated to that deployment. Deployment resources are not shared with other customers.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Darktrace

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: None

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 4.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: ‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CREST-approved service provider
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001
• Data sanitisation type: Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation / Secure Erase

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: API, CSV
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats:
  • CEF
  • LEEF
  • JSON
  • HTTP
  • Active MG
  • Jira
  • Email alerts
• Data import formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data import formats:
  • LDAP integration
  • Syslog log ingestion

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: TLS (version 1.2 or above)
• Data protection within supplier network: TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: High
• Approach to resilience: Physical appliances have redundancy in built, with multiple HDD/SSDs. A deployment can be setup with High Availability, utilising multiple master appliances.Cloud master appliances will utilise AWS high availability architecture
• Outage reporting: Appliances are monitored through Darktrace NOC, to identify any hardware/software issues NOC alerts are distributed to contacts specified by the customer via Darktrace Customer Portal.

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Username or password
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Darktrace can be integrated with LDAP and SSO for authentication. Secondly, Darktrace offer an admin panel were administrators are able to control permissions for a user or group of users, reset passwords, enforces MFA, and create new user accounts.
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least every 6 months
• Management access authentication:
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Description of management access authentication: Darktrace can be integrated with LDAP and SSO for authentication. Secondly, Darktrace offer an admin panel were administrators are able to control permissions for a user or group of users, reset passwords, enforces MFA, and create new user accounts.

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: User-defined
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: User-defined
• How long system logs are stored for: At least 12 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Darktrace has a formally defined and documented information security policy, which is reviewed/updated annually and communicated to all employees.
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Configuration and change management approach: Only software on the company’s approved software list may be installed on laptops, workstations and phones. A formal change control procedure is in place. Access to administrative credentials is restricted and devices are built to a standard specification. Development and Operations teams manage instances of customised or in-house software.; ; All policies and processes forming our ISMS are assessed against our ISO 27001 Standard
• Vulnerability management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: Darktrace Internal Security and Development Teams remain abreast of security notifications for any underlying libraries and platforms and will push out patches as part of the regular product or system updates. Darktrace leverages Python and NPM security tools in development environments to identify weaknesses, misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. Issues are remediated in line with the vulnerability management standard; ; All policies and processes forming our ISMS are assessed against our ISO 27001 Standard
• Protective monitoring type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring approach: User activity is logged and routinely monitored for the purposes of error detection and security. The Security Team maintains necessary and proportionate levels of security monitoring coverage across the enterprise, including SaaS systems, on-premise infrastructure, and cloud environments.; ; All policies and processes forming our ISMS are assessed against our ISO 27001 Standard
• Incident management type: Complies with a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v4.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: Incidents are raised to the Security Team. Business impact of the incident is assessed and if customer data is at risk, customers are notified within 24 hours. Evidence is collected and stored securely by the Security Team and accessed only by investigators. All investigators are independent of the incident itself. A formal incident report is written to determine the root cause, this is then reviewed to determine corrective or preventative actions ; ; All policies forming our ISMS are assessed against our ISO 27001 Standard.
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: Yes
• Description of free trial: Darktrace's Proof of Value allows organisations access to the entire AI Platform to showcase the technology over a 30 day period.
• Link to free trial: Darktrace.com/cloud-trial

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 5%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 5%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 5%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 5%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 5%
• Over £5,000,001: 5%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Citation ISO Certification Ltd
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Wednesday 5 March 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: Peers Quality Assurance Ltd
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Wednesday 1 November 2023
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: N/A
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: Yes
• Who accredited the PCI DSS certification: SecurityMetrics
• PCI DSS accreditation date: Thursday 23 October 2025
• What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover: N/A
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: 3990f676-b304-42c4-9776-0869f2d32229
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 21e94cf4-cda7-4d3a-8343-71e6363aef69
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications: IASME Cyber Assurance L2

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • New apprenticeships on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Monitoring of employee engagement rates (by protected characteristic) and, where necessary, the development of actions to ensure all voices are heard across the diversity of the workforce
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
    • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals

  • Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

    Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

    • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
    • Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at tenders@bytes.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.