Millions of Reasons to Revolutionize Your Cybersecurity Approach     

Microsoft announced that 8.5 million users were affected by the recent and unfortunate CrowdStrike sensor update causing Windows systems to crash globally. The “fix” required a multi-step (sometimes onsite) manual system repair on every single machine in the network. Some companies did not have backups or an incident response strategy. Some could not unlock encrypted backups due to misplaced or lost passwords, leaving business systems completely shut down with some still struggling to come fully online a week later.  

Running in Place with Outdated Security Models                                                                                                                                   Anti-Virus, EDR, and XDR endpoint security software that requires constant signature updates is a familiar, but failing model. It’s impossible to assess, patch, and update the millions of viruses currently on the Internet, with thousands more being released daily. Any unknown, or variations of old viruses disguised in a new wrapper (thanks A.I.), will trigger a cloud call to the vendors’ servers for identification. This creates potential false positives requiring deeper, time-intensive human investigations. Vendors then offered Managed Detection Response (MDR) services as a band-aid for understaffed and overburdened IT teams. Implementing these security measures will not guarantee you won’t be hacked and ransomed due to the 24/7 onslaught of A.I. powered malware Bots.

The Time Factor in Cybersecurity

In the world of cybersecurity, response time is of the essence:

It could take cybersecurity professionals several months to identify, report, patch, and distribute information about a new attack.

If your security software has to ask for help, it’s already too late! Cyber-attacks launch in 200 milliseconds. If a single critical file gets encrypted, it can shut down your entire business operation.

The Limitations of Traditional Cybersecurity

Traditional cybersecurity vendors offer a range of products and services designed to protect organizations from known threats. These include:

1. Antivirus and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions

2. Firewalls and network security appliances

3. Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services

While effective against known threats, they face significant challenges:

• Delayed Response: When encountering an unknown threat, these systems often need to consult vendor servers for guidance, introducing critical delays.
• Human Intervention: Many alerts require human analysis to determine if they are genuine threats or false positives, creating bottlenecks in response times.
• Constant Updates: With thousands of new threats emerging daily, vendors struggle to keep their threat databases current.
• AI-Generated Threats: AI-powered attacks have exponentially increased the volume and sophistication of threats, outpacing traditional defense mechanisms.

Problem with Flawed Certification Processes                                                                                         

Most cyber security software on Windows run in kernel mode and are supposed to be Microsoft certified through their WHQL program (Windows Hardware Certification). This rigorous process requires everything to be thoroughly tested on a wide variety of hardware before being released. The process is very time-consuming making it difficult to quickly release frequent time-sensitive updates. It seems CrowdStrike certified their base software on Windows through the program, but loaded updates and signatures which were not fully tested.

How does your current vendor test their updates, and which certifications do they adhere to?? 

Introducing a New Paradigm in Autonomous Endpoint Cyber-Security                                                                                                 

Cyber Crucible security software does not require daily updates because the agent resides completely on the machine and does not rely on signature updates or need to go to the cloud for information on how to handle an unknown exploit. It will instantly and automatically stop the attack in under 200ms. Our release schedule is about once per month and we fully certify any updates through Microsoft WHQL before the release. Works on all version of Windows

Cyber Crucible Automatic Instant Threat Neutralization!

When any unknown process tries to execute in the Windows Kernel, the malware is suspended and unable to function before causing any damage or downtime. The forensic data is then automatically packaged up and delivered to the IT team.

In the two years since introduction, we have stopped 100% of all data and ransomware attacks for our customers.



Conclusion

While traditional cybersecurity solutions remain important, they are increasingly insufficient in the face of modern cyber threats. Autonomous prevention represents the next evolution in cybersecurity, offering real-time, AI-driven protection that can keep pace with the speed and sophistication of today's attacks.

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