New designation will accelerate Darktrace Federal’s ability to deliver AI-powered defense for IT, OT, and email to the federal government
ARLINGTON, Va. – Darktrace Federal today announced that it has achieved its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP®) High Agency Authority to Operate (ATO). With the ATO designation, Darktrace’s Federal agency sponsor has formally recognized that Darktrace Federal’s Cyber AI Mission Defense™ and Cyber AI Email Protection™ environment have demonstrated compliance with the FedRAMP High security requirements and undergone the necessary rigorous security assessment. This formal recognition of Darktrace Federal’s compliance in federal environments marks a critical milestone for accelerating adoption of AI-powered IT, OT, and email cybersecurity solutions to the U.S. federal government via secure cloud-native deployments.
FedRAMP is a U.S. government-wide program that promotes the adoption of secure cloud services across the federal government by providing a standardized approach to security and risk assessment for cloud technologies and federal agencies. Achieving the FedRAMP High ATO indicates that Darktrace Federal has achieved the highest standard for cloud security controls and can handle the U.S. federal government’s most sensitive, unclassified data in cloud environments.
“There has never been a more urgent need to bolster cybersecurity in the US federal government. An increasingly delicate geopolitical landscape combined with the growing use of AI by adversaries to enhance the speed, scale and success of attacks has created a complex threat environment,” said Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal. “Achieving our FedRAMP High ATO enables federal government customers access to Darktrace’s AI-driven IT, OT, and email security solutions designed to stop the most advanced near-peer adversaries, establish behavioral zero trust, and intelligently augment human security teams to ensure mission resilience across the federal government and critical infrastructure. We look forward to partnering with federal government customers to protect their technology infrastructure from cyber attacks in the era of AI.”
Defensive AI tools are now essential for defenders to stay one step ahead of these sophisticated threats. More than half (54%) of global government cybersecurity professionals surveyed in Darktrace’s 2025 State of AI Cybersecurity report that that they are seeing a significant impact from AI-powered cyber threats. However, the majority (89%) believe AI can help significantly improve their defensive capabilities.
Darktrace Federal products use Darktrace’s proven Self-Learning AI, which establishes an ecosystem-specific understanding of normal operational behavior in order to autonomously defend a customer’s environment, organization, and operations.
Darktrace Federal’s Cyber AI platform, consisting of Cyber AI Mission Defense and Cyber AI Email Protection, forms an adaptive knowledge of every device, user, peer group, network segment, and email communication, empowering federal agencies to defend their digital ecosystems against sophisticated threats including nation-state attacks, insider threats, zero-days, phishing attacks and more.
Visit the FedRAMP Marketplace for more information on Darktrace Federal products here.
Additional Resources:
- Learn more about Darktrace’s unique approach to AI by downloading “The AI Arsenal: Understanding the Tools Shaping Cybersecurity.”
- For a technical review of Darktrace Federal’s Cyber AI Mission Defense™ solution, download an independent evaluation from the Technology Advancement Center here.
ABOUT DARKTRACE FEDERAL
Darktrace Federal Inc. delivers complete AI-powered solutions to defend U.S. federal government customers from cyber disruptions and ensure mission resilience. Darktrace Federal is an Arlington, Virginia-based affiliate of Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity that keeps nearly 10,000 organizations ahead of the changing threat landscape every day. Darktrace Federal applies Darktrace’s proprietary AI which learns the unique patterns of life for each customer in real-time and applies that understanding to optimize your state of cybersecurity. To learn more, please visit https://darktrace.com/federal.
