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Darktrace vs Nozomi Networks

Darktrace sells security for AI systems and agents, for network, cloud and OT environments, and for email and collaboration tools. Nozomi Networks sells a platform for OT and IoT visibility and security that combines visibility from the endpoint to the air with continuous monitoring and AI-powered analysis. CISO Tribune files both under OT and ICS security. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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Darktrace vs Nozomi Networks: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
DarktraceDarktrace sells security for AI systems and agents, for network, cloud and OT environments, and for email and collaboration tools.darktrace.comNozomi NetworksNozomi Networks sells a platform for OT and IoT visibility and security that combines visibility from the endpoint to the air with continuous monitoring and AI-powered analysis.nozominetworks.com
What it sells
  • Darktrace / EMAIL[14][15]Email security that catches phishing, business email compromise, executive impersonation and social engineering attacks.
  • Nozomi GuardianA security sensor that passively observes and analyzes local network traffic for OT and IoT asset visibility.
  • Nozomi ArcA sensor that extends coverage to assets that Nozomi Guardian and Guardian Air sensors cannot reach.
  • Nozomi Central Management ConsoleA physical or virtual appliance that manages Guardian network security sensors from a single location.
  • Nozomi Asset IntelligenceA subscription feed that enriches data collected by passive and active discovery and third-party ingestion methods.
  • Vantage IQ[5]An AI assistant that can take the role of a SOC analyst, OT engineer or CISO through custom Personas.
Categories
Headquarters
Cambridge, United Kingdom[2]Not stated on its pages
Founded
2013[2]Not stated on its pages
Ownership and funding
Owned by Thoma Bravo since 2024[3][12][13][17]Owned by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation since 2026[4][5][7]
Named customers
  • Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast[4]
  • HARMAN International[5]
  • City of Las Vegas[6]
  • Centre Parcs[7]
  • Banco Galicia[8]
Not stated on its pages
Recent news
  • September 24, 2026Darktrace launched Signal Labs, a research unit that tests how AI models and agents misbehave in sandboxed environments, and published its first findings.[9]
  • September 22, 2026Darktrace made its SECURE AI product generally available, giving enterprises tools to discover AI use, monitor people and agents, and act on policy risks.[10]
  • August 4, 2026Darktrace announced an integration that feeds behavioral risk signals about AI agents from its SECURE AI product into the Microsoft Agent 365 portal.[11]
  • November 9, 2026Nozomi Networks announced that its Vantage for Government platform has achieved FedRAMP Moderate certification.[16]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[13]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Not written yetIts pages address power generation, transmission and distribution networks, and upstream, midstream and downstream operations. They describe visibility and security across R&D, manufacturing and distribution facilities. On deployment, the pages describe on-prem, hybrid and cloud options, including air-gapped OT networks and globally distributed enterprises.
Last verified
October 10, 2026September 27, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Darktrace and Nozomi Networks are both filed under OT and ICS security.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Darktrace's primary category is Network detection and response; Nozomi Networks's is OT and ICS security.
  • Darktrace is also filed under Email security. Nozomi Networks is also filed under IoT and medical device security.
  • Darktrace lists Darktrace / EMAIL. Nozomi Networks lists Nozomi Guardian, Nozomi Arc, Nozomi Central Management Console, Nozomi Asset Intelligence and Vantage IQ.
  • Darktrace is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Darktrace was founded in 2013.
  • Darktrace is owned by Thoma Bravo, since 2024. Nozomi Networks is owned by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, since 2026.
  • Darktrace publicly names Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, HARMAN International, City of Las Vegas, Centre Parcs and Banco Galicia.

What it sells: Darktrace

What Darktrace / EMAIL does[14][15]
Darktrace / EMAIL learns from each organization's own activity and users, not a shared cross-customer model. Darktrace says it catches phishing, business email compromise, executive impersonation, and social engineering attacks. Behavioral detection extends across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Slack. Each employee's risk score adapts their email controls.

What it sells: Nozomi Networks

What Nozomi Guardian does
Nozomi Guardian sensors can be deployed as hardware appliances, virtual machines, embedded devices or containers. Nozomi Guardian sensors receive and process data from other Nozomi security sensors and collectors and send it to either an on-prem Nozomi Central Management Console or the Nozomi Vantage cloud management platform.
What Nozomi Arc does
Nozomi Arc combines host-based detection and threat prevention with lightweight network sensing. Arc Embedded is a security sensor developed with OEMs to run inside industrial controllers at Purdue levels 0-1. Arc Embedded monitors east-west communications, process variable readings and controller logic changes to detect threats and anomalies.
What Nozomi Central Management Console does
Nozomi CMC collects, aggregates and analyzes data across sites to provide consolidated visibility, management and reporting. Nozomi CMC can be deployed on-prem, at the edge, in a customer cloud or paired with Vantage SaaS.
What Nozomi Asset Intelligence does
Nozomi Asset Intelligence uses artificial intelligence curated by Nozomi Networks Labs data engineers to enhance cyber device profiles with missing information. Asset Intelligence can enrich basic profiles with data from matching assets such as image, detailed description, asset type, vendor, product name, OS and lifecycle.
What Vantage IQ does[5]
Vantage IQ can take the role of a SOC analyst, OT engineer, CISO or any role needed through custom Personas. The AI assistant covers threat investigation, vulnerability prioritization, compliance and board reporting.

Questions about Darktrace and Nozomi Networks

What do Darktrace and Nozomi Networks sell?
Darktrace sells Darktrace / EMAIL. Nozomi Networks sells Nozomi Guardian, Nozomi Arc, Nozomi Central Management Console, Nozomi Asset Intelligence and Vantage IQ.
Are Darktrace and Nozomi Networks in the same category?
They share OT and ICS security. Darktrace's primary category is Network detection and response and Nozomi Networks's is OT and ICS security.
Where are Darktrace and Nozomi Networks headquartered?
Darktrace is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
When were Darktrace and Nozomi Networks founded?
Darktrace was founded in 2013.
Who owns Darktrace and Nozomi Networks?
Darktrace is owned by Thoma Bravo, since 2024. Nozomi Networks is owned by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, since 2026.
Which customers do Darktrace and Nozomi Networks name?
Darktrace publicly names Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, HARMAN International, City of Las Vegas, Centre Parcs and Banco Galicia.
Who are Darktrace and Nozomi Networks sold to?
Its pages address power generation, transmission and distribution networks, and upstream, midstream and downstream operations.
What have Darktrace and Nozomi Networks announced recently?
September 24, 2026: Darktrace launched Signal Labs, a research unit that tests how AI models and agents misbehave in sandboxed environments, and published its first findings. November 9, 2026: Nozomi Networks announced that its Vantage for Government platform has achieved FedRAMP Moderate certification.

About Darktrace

Darktrace sells security for AI systems and agents, for network, cloud and OT environments, and for email and collaboration tools. Darktrace says it understands behavior across people, networks, applications, cloud, and AI. Darktrace says its Adaptive AI learns an organization's own operational patterns, unlike security tools that rely on static rules or training data from other organizations. Darktrace says its AI learns from each organization's own business data to identify anomalous activity for each asset across domains.[1][14]

Darktrace says a dynamic understanding of every email user in an organization allows Darktrace / EMAIL to take a targeted response to threats that others miss. Darktrace learns from each organization's own activity and users, not a shared cross-customer model. Darktrace says its email security catches phishing, business email compromise, executive impersonation, and social engineering attacks. Darktrace says its behavioral detection extends across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Slack. When credentials are compromised, Darktrace responds autonomously by terminating sessions, forcing re-authentication, and restricting access across email, SaaS, and cloud. Darktrace says each employee's risk score adapts their email controls, so protection strengthens for higher-risk users as training progresses. The Darktrace Email Analysis Agent integrates with Microsoft Defender and Security Copilot to streamline investigation and response for SOC teams.[1][15][16]

Darktrace says one solution detects, investigates, and contains threats across network, cloud, OT, endpoint, and identity, and learns the environment from the ground up. Darktrace / HYBRID NETWORK passively ingests traffic from on-premises and virtual networks, multi-cloud environments, OT, endpoints, and identities. Darktrace analyzes encrypted and decrypted traffic across network, cloud, and OT to surface activity that does not fit the environment. Darktrace then contains that activity with response actions taken natively or through firewalls, EDR, SOAR, and ITSM tools. Darktrace says it can flag account takeover, privilege escalation, and insider misuse when an identity stops matching how that identity normally behaves. When a threat is identified, Darktrace automatically acquires host and workload artifacts across endpoints, cloud, containers, and SaaS environments. Darktrace says its approach detects zero-day threats an average of 8 days before public CVE disclosure.

For cloud, Darktrace says its Adaptive AI continuously monitors activity across cloud assets, workloads, APIs, containers, and identities. Darktrace says Cyber AI Analyst automatically investigates alerts and connects related cloud and infrastructure activity. Darktrace's coverage extends across Compute, Serverless, Containers, IAM, Storage Services, and beyond. Darktrace draws data from lightweight host-based server agents or a combination of traffic mirroring and API logs. Darktrace supports security investigations by combining its detection and response capabilities with Amazon Security Lake.[18][19]

For operational technology, Darktrace maintains a live asset inventory, obtained through passive and active scanning, and immediately reveals CVEs and End-Of-Life status. Darktrace says it identifies and contains threats across converged IT and OT environments with Adaptive AI. Darktrace says Cyber AI Analyst automatically investigates alerts and correlates related activity across OT and IT environments. Darktrace says it automatically maps its models to the MITRE for ICS attacks/techniques, and says it helps organizations meet NIST and other regulations and standards.[20]

Darktrace calls its endpoint functionality Network Endpoint eXtended Telemetry (NEXT), which shows the endpoint process root cause for network threats. Darktrace says Cyber AI Analyst autonomously investigates alerts, gathers evidence, tests hypotheses, and delivers incident context. Darktrace responds autonomously with targeted actions that contain threats and avoid business disruption. Darktrace lets customers set response policies with configurable actions based on device types, user groups, locations, business hours, and operational requirements. Darktrace complements Microsoft Defender for Endpoint by connecting endpoint signals with behavioral understanding across a wider infrastructure.[15][21]

Darktrace says action can be taken independently or via integrations with native security controls, and that alerts are sent wherever the customer wants them. Darktrace extends its autonomous response to Check Point firewalls and to Palo Alto firewalls. Darktrace incidents and model breach alerts can be analyzed in CIM compatible Splunk dashboards. Darktrace enriches its AI decision-making with alerts from the Crowdstrike Falcon platform. Darktrace's Cyber AI Analyst integrates with Microsoft Copilot for Security.[14][15][22][23]

HARMAN International uses Darktrace coverage for email, network, and OT systems. Centre Parcs turned to Darktrace to protect its network, email, and cloud environments with a single AI security platform. Darktrace says organizations across all sizes and industries rely on it to get proactive about cyber security.[14][16][20]

Darktrace on the record

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Darktrace full record

  1. [1]ProductsDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Darktrace named technology pioneer by world economic forumDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Darktrace announces formal completion of its acquisition by thoma bravoDarktrace · darktrace.com · published October 1, 2024 · Tier A
  4. [4]Coca cola beverages northeastDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Harman internationalDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]City of las vegasDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Center parcs darktraceDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Banco galiciaDarktrace · darktrace.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Darktrace launches signal labs to research emerging risks of enterprise ai agentsDarktrace · darktrace.com · published September 24, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Darktrace extends behavioral security with general availability of darktrace secure aiDarktrace · darktrace.com · published September 22, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Darktrace among first cybersecurity companies selected to integrate risk signals into microsoft agent 365Darktrace · darktrace.com · published August 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Darktrace | The Essential AI Cybersecurity PlatformDarktrace · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Darktrace / HYBRID NETWORK Reviews & Product Details - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 24, 2026 · Tier C
  14. [14]AI Cyber Security Solutions | Harden Defenses Inside & OutDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Microsoft Azure Security & Compliance | Security ServicesDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]AI-Based Email Security Software | Email Threat ProtectionDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Network Security Management | AI Network Security ProtectionDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Cloud Security Solutions | AI for Cloud Cyber SecurityDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]AWS Data Loss Prevention, Security Compliance, & ProtectionDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]Operational Technology (OT) Cyber Security SolutionsDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  21. [21]AI Endpoint Security | Cyber Security Endpoint Protection SuiteDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  22. [22]Network Security Integrations | Darktrace/NetworkDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  23. [23]Integrations | Darktrace/EndpointDarktrace · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A

Nozomi Networks full record

  1. [1]Guardian Sensor | OT Network MonitoringNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]VantageNozomi Networks · nozominetworks.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]OT & IoT Endpoint Security | Nozomi ArcNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Nozomi networks enters next phase of growth as mitsubishi electric completes acquisitionNozomi Networks · nozominetworks.com · published January 28, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]OT Security Platform | Nozomi NetworksNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed October 27, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]The Leader in OT Cybersecurity Technology | Nozomi NetworksNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed October 27, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Industrial Cyber Threat Detection & ResponseNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed October 27, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]OT & IoT Vulnerability Management | Nozomi NetworksNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Technical Specifications | Nozomi NetworksNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]OT Asset Discovery and Inventory ManagementNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Nozomi CMC | On Prem Security ManagementNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Cybersecurity Asset Intelligence | Nozomi NetworksNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Continuous OT and IoT Network MonitoringNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Data Center Cybersecurity Solutions | Nozomi NetworksNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Building Automation System CybersecurityNozomi Networks · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Nozomi Networks Vantage for Government Achieves FedRAMP Moderate CertificationNozomi Networks · published November 9, 2026 · Tier A

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