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letsdothis3 ago

About Darktrace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darktrace

Darktrace was founded in 2013 by mathematicians from the University of Cambridge and individuals with cyber operations experience at intelligence agencies.[1] Its Enterprise Immune System technology uses AI and unsupervised machine learning to autonomously detect and take action against cyber-threats across all diverse digital environments, including cloud and virtual environments, Internet of Things, and industrial control systems.[2]

Darktrace is backed by several advisors and investors from the technology, business, and cyber security domains. The company's advisory board includes Alan Wade, former CIO of the CIA and Lord Evans of Weardale KCB, former Director-General of the British security service MI5.[3]

The board of directors is chaired by Robert Webb QC, former General Counsel of Rolls Royce and British Airways.[4] Twelve of the company’s 20 directors, including co-chief executives Nicole Eagan and Poppy Gustafsson, used to work at HP Autonomy.[5] The company does not list the members of its main board on its website.

Since the company's inception in 2013, its technology has been deployed more than 9,000 times across 5 continents. Darktrace now has over 850 employees around the world.

Voat posts:

Unicorns do exist - Darktrace = Alice - https://voat.co/v/QRV/3115948

I came across a website today and I'm pretty sure something is up with this group - https://voat.co/v/Conspiracy/2678204

Looks like we've got ourselves another rabbit hole.

letsdothis3 ago

Jonathan Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Evans,_Baron_Evans_of_Weardale

Jonathan Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale, KCB, DL (born 1958[1]) was Director General of the British Security Service, the United Kingdom's domestic security and counter-intelligence service. He took over the role on the retirement of his predecessor Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller on 21 April 2007. Evans was succeeded by Andrew Parker on 22 April 2013.

In 1985 he moved to the protective security function, dealing with internal and personnel security, before switching to domestic counter-terrorism in the late 1980s.[4] For more than a decade he was involved with the effort to combat the domestic threat of groups such as the Provisional IRA during The Troubles.

In 1999, with the violence in Northern Ireland greatly reduced due to the Good Friday Agreement, Evans moved to G-Branch,[5] the section of MI5 which deals with international terrorism. There he became an expert on al-Qaeda[6] and other branches of Islamic terrorism. He rose to head the section in 2001 (only a few days before the September 11, 2001 attacks), a position which put him on the service's board of management. In 2005, he became Deputy Director General before being promoted to head the organisation in 2007.[7]

In November 2007, Evans talked publicly about the threat the UK faces from digital espionage.[8] He spoke at RUSI on National Security in February 2008. He has a Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors.

...In January 2012, the Daily Mail newspaper alleged that Evans had been leading a "lobbying campaign" to allow the use of secret evidence in court, and give government ministers "sweeping powers" to withhold evidence they deem 'sensitive' from civil court hearings and inquests.[11]

Evans was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to defence.

...On 21 October 2014, it was announced that he was to become a Crossbench life peer, having been nominated personally by the Prime Minister.[21] He was created Baron Evans of Weardale, of Toys Hill in the County of Kent, on 3 December 2014.[22] In January 2015 he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.[23] and on 1 November 2018 he was appointed Chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life for a 5-year term.[24]

In December 2018, following controversy about his paid business portfolio in light of his appointment to the Committee, it was announced that he would step down from his position as a Non-Executive Director with HSBC Holdings in early 2019.

Westminster Abbey Institute is run by a Steering Group...Council of Reference - The Lord Evans of Weardale KCB https://www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbey/the-institute/institute-people