Pondurance, a managed detection and response (MDR) cybersecurity leader serving the mid-market, announced the launch of RansomSnare, a highly advanced new offering that has been built into its industry-leading MDR solution and is designed to prevent ransomware attacks before they cause operational or regulatory damage.
RansomSnare marks a new level of sophistication in the ability to defend against ransomware attacks by immediately terminating malicious activity as soon as it attempts to encrypt files and, importantly, prevents data exfiltration. This happens well before traditional detection mechanisms are able to raise an alert.
Unlike signature-dependent or behaviorally trained controls that require ongoing updates and prior variant knowledge, RansomSnare does not require updates, baselines, or prior knowledge of threat profiles. This provides defenders with a deterministic prevention layer that can protect against new ransomware strains.
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Doug Howard, CEO of Pondurance, commented: “Ransomware is evolving faster than many organizations can keep up. While EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) agents can provide visibility and detection in some cases, they often rely on signatures, heuristics, or behavioral baselines that ransomware variants are increasingly designed to evade. With RansomSnare, we are adding a defensive capability that stops the ransomware process in its tracks before it encrypts files and before data is siphoned off the network. This enhances our MDR offering by closing a critical gap that standalone EDR solutions can miss and doing so in a way that is lightweight, reliable, and effective for mid-market customers.”
Meeting the Rising Threat of Ransomware
Ransomware remains one of the most challenging cyber threats to businesses and mid-market companies. Industry studies indicate that over half of mid-market companies have been victims of ransomware attacks in the last year, with the overall cost of recovery, including downtime and lost productivity, often running into millions of dollars.
As threat actors increasingly steal sensitive data before locking systems for ransom, organizations in regulated sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and education face heightened risk of compliance violations and breach notifications.
How RansomSnare Strengthens MDR Protection
RansomSnare enriches Pondurance’s existing MDR capabilities with advanced ransomware prevention designed to:
- Terminate ransomware activity the moment encryption begins
- Block both encryption and data exfiltration attempts
- Operate independently of signature or behavior baselines
- Maintain a lightweight system footprint with minimal performance impact
- Provide centralized visibility and alerting with optional SIEM integration
- Deliver protection during recovery to help prevent reinfection after rollback