
GuardMode is pre-backup solution that provides an additional layer of protection to a backup and recovery solution, specifically for ransomware and ransomware-like threat detection. It is distributed as an agent installable on Windows and Linux hosts. It exposes a REST API and has built-in plugin architecture that can be used for integration with existing security or data protection infrastructure.
Vendor
Catalogic Software
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Ransomware Detection and Recovery Built-In to your Backup Software
GuardMode provides early detection of ransomware or data-related anomalies before you backup your data. GuardMode, ransomware protection for backups, is complementary to the endpoint and edge protection, monitoring file shares and system behavior, even over the network, instead of relying on a specific binary fingerprint. GuardMode maintains and regularly updates over 4000 known ransomware threat patterns, and assesses affected files. While ransomware detection solutions were built for security teams to use, GuardMode was designed with the backup administrator and your backup solution in mind, with an easy to configure detection mechanism and the ability to guide administrators in recovering the critical affected data.
Features
- **Early Detection to Block Ransomware: **Know what files were impacted and when. Detect, alert and act early!
- **Roll back just the Affected Data: **Restore only the affected data without brute-force reversion to a point-in-time snapshot.
- **Customizable Alerting: **GuardMode allows for customizable alerts, so an admin can be notified immediately in case of an attack.
- **Minimize Disruption: **Integrate with snapshots and maximize customer investments in primary storage.
- **Easy to Use: **Easy to set up and use, and can be integrated with existing security solutions, making it an effective addition to an overall security strategy.
- **Proactive Detection: **Continuously monitors for ransomware-like behaviors and takes action to block it, providing proactive detection for known and unknown threats.