Darktrace, the AI cyber defence firm, has today announced that Phoenix Pharmahandel, the second largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Europe, has deployed cyber AI to protect the organisation’s data from trust attacks and insider threat.
The pharmaceutical giant that operates 164 distribution centres, with 36,000 employees across 27 countries has had growing concerns about the threat from insiders across its vast and dispersed workforce.
Sven Milstein, Head of IT Operations & Service Delivery Management, revealed that Darktrace is protecting the 140,000,000 patients it serves from falsified medicines. With a vast, global supply chain, the organisation must be able to trust the data that verifies packages, such as serial numbers, at every stage of the distribution process.
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“We are seeing more and more attacks aiming to undermine data integrity. Not only jeopardising our reputation, but public safety,” commented Sven. “When it matters most, we can trust that Darktrace’s AI will spot subtle and stealthy attacks, allowing us to have full confidence in the medicines we deliver.”
According to a spokesperson from Darktrace: “By deploying Darktrace across both their IT and OT systems, Phoenix Pharmahandel now has unprecedented visibility across its entire digital estate. The organisation is using this visibility to monitor compliance and improve its infrastructure.”
Speaking to Information Age, Andrew Tsonchev, Director of Technology, Darktrace Industrial, said: “More and more organisations are realising the powerful role AI defence can play in their cyber security program.”
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