– UK, Cambridge – Darktrace plc (LON: DARK), a global leader in cyber security AI, today announced the appointment of Elaine Bucknor to its Board as Non-Executive Director effective from 1 June 2023.
“Elaine is a highly accomplished Non-Executive Director, technology executive, and leader who has tremendous experience in shaping and executing technology strategies to support organisational transformation and growth. We’re thrilled to have someone of her calibre join our Board. Her direct experience as CISO for Sky means that she will bring immensely valuable cyber security experience to our Board, alongside her broader industry expertise. We look forward to her contribution as Darktrace continues to scale and deliver on its mission of freeing the world of cyber disruption.” said Board chair, Gordon Hurst.
About Elaine Bucknor
Elaine Bucknor has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry. Her last executive role was at Sky, one of Europe’s leading broadcasting and media companies and one of the UK’s largest telecommunications and mobile businesses, where she worked for over ten years and was an integral part of its senior leadership team, with overall responsibility for the Sky group’s technology strategy. She was also Sky’s Group CISO, owning and delivering Sky’s strategic plan for cyber security.
Before Sky, Elaine Bucknor held operational and consultancy roles with multinational market leaders in the Telecommunications, Media, Technology, Travel, Utilities, and Financial sectors, including at ITV, the BBC, and AOL/Carphone Warehouse, where she advised at Board, executive and leadership level on technology capabilities for growth, efficiency, and resilience in highly disrupted markets.
Elaine Bucknor also serves as a Non-Executive Director of AIM-listed conveyancing software company, Smoove plc, and Notting Hill Genesis group, one of the UK’s largest housing associations.
Elaine Bucknor said, “I’ve seen first-hand the scale and complexity of cyber threats that organizations increasingly face and how hard it is for security and technology teams to get ahead of these attacks. I’ve long been an admirer of Darktrace’s unique self-learning AI which has become a last line of cyber defense for more than 8,000 customers around the world. I’m looking forward to joining Darktrace’s Board and helping the company to accelerate the delivery of its first-class proactive cyber security solutions to more of the leading organizations around the world.”
About Darktrace
Darktrace a global leader in cyber security artificial intelligence is on a mission to free the world of cyber disruption. Breakthrough innovations in the Darktrace Cyber AI Research Centre in Cambridge, UK have resulted in over 135 patent applications filed and research published to contribute to the cyber security community. Rather than study attacks, Darktrace’s technology continuously learns and updates its knowledge of ‘you’ and applies that understanding to optimize your state of optimal cyber security. Darktrace is delivering the first ever Cyber AI Loop, fuelling a continuous end-to-end security capability that can autonomously spot and respond to novel in-progress threats within seconds. Darktrace employs over 2,200 people worldwide and protects over 8,400 customers globally from advanced cyber threats. Darktrace was named one of TIME magazine’s ‘Most Influential Companies’ in 2021.
Source: https://darktrace.com/
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