About Darktrace
Darktrace is a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader (December 2025) and Peer Insights Customers Choice for Email Security, delivering Self-Learning AI that continuously adapts to each organization without rules or signatures. Darktrace/EMAIL provides cloud-native protection against phishing, BEC, supply chain attacks, and account takeover—responding 30x faster than legacy tools. The ActiveAI Security Platform enables cross-domain detection across email, network, cloud, endpoint, and identity. Autonomous Response (Antigena) can automatically neutralize threats. Deploys in minutes via native Microsoft 365/Google Workspace API integration. 17% of threats bypassing SEGs are caught by Darktrace.
Why Notable
Pioneer in AI-driven cybersecurity; Self-learning AI
Email Security: Evaluation & Deployment
| Gartner MQ Position (Dec 2025) |
Leader |
| Gartner Peer Insights Score |
4.5 |
| Deployment Model |
API-based |
| Pre-Delivery Blocking |
Yes |
| MX Record Required |
No |
| Deployment Speed |
Minutes via native API |
| Supported Platforms |
Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Microsoft Exchange |
| Admin Console |
ActiveAI Security Portal |
| Licensing Model |
Per-user subscription |
| Primary Market |
Mid-market, Enterprise |
| MSP Support |
Yes - Managed Email Security for MSSPs |
Feature Coverage
ActiveAI Platform
| Cross-domain detection |
full |
Unified detection across email, network, cloud, endpoint |
| Cyber AI Analyst |
full |
Agentic AI for automated investigation |
| NEXT Agent |
full |
Network Endpoint eXtended Telemetry agent |
| SOC Alert Triage Dashboard |
full |
Multi-tenant visibility and AI-driven triage |
| ActiveAI Security Portal |
full |
Unified control and configuration |
Analytics
| 32M+ phishing emails analyzed (2025) |
full |
Extensive threat intelligence dataset |
| Threat landscape reporting |
full |
Annual threat analysis reports |
| Attack pattern insights |
full |
Visibility into emerging attack trends |
Autonomous Response
| Antigena Email |
full |
Autonomous threat response for email |
| Antigena SaaS |
full |
Autonomous response for Microsoft 365 apps |
| Email removal |
full |
Automatic removal of malicious emails |
| Content neutralization |
full |
Automatic disabling of malicious attachments/links |
| User logout forcing |
full |
Force logout of compromised accounts |
| User account disabling |
full |
Automatic account disable for high-risk activity |
| IP blocking |
full |
Automatic blocking of malicious IP addresses |
| 30x faster response |
full |
Response time compared to legacy tools |
| Confirmation mode |
full |
Human approval option for autonomous actions |
Deployment
| API-only deployment |
full |
No MX changes required |
| API plus journaling option |
full |
Enhanced visibility with journaling |
| Minutes to deploy |
full |
Rapid deployment via API integration |
| No mail flow disruption |
full |
Zero impact on email delivery |
Google Integration
| Google Workspace API |
full |
Native Google Workspace integration |
| Gmail protection |
full |
Full Gmail environment protection |
MSSP Features
| Managed Email Security |
full |
AI-native managed service for MSSPs |
| Multi-tenant management |
full |
Centralized MSSP management portal |
| AI-driven alert investigation |
full |
Automated triage across customers |
Microsoft Integration
| Microsoft 365 native API |
full |
Seamless M365 integration |
| Microsoft Exchange support |
full |
On-premises Exchange protection |
| Azure hosted |
full |
Platform hosted on Microsoft Azure |
| Azure Marketplace listing |
full |
Available via Azure Marketplace |
| Teams protection |
full |
Microsoft Teams security integration |
Self-Learning AI
| Continuous learning |
full |
AI that adapts to each user and organization's patterns |
| No rules or signatures |
full |
Behavioral detection without static rules |
| Behavioral anomaly detection |
full |
Identifies subtle deviations from normal patterns |
| Dynamic adaptation |
full |
Real-time learning of communication patterns |
| Pattern recognition |
full |
Understanding of normal sender/recipient relationships |
Threat Detection
| BEC detection |
full |
Business email compromise and impersonation detection |
| Phishing detection |
full |
AI-powered phishing and credential harvesting detection |
| Supply chain attack detection |
full |
Vendor impersonation and compromised supplier detection |
| Account takeover detection |
full |
Compromised account and AiTM attack detection |
| Data loss prevention |
full |
Outbound data exfiltration detection |
| 17% SEG bypass catch rate |
full |
Detection of threats missed by gateway solutions |
| 38% AI-assisted attacks (2025) |
full |
Advanced detection of AI-generated threats |
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