If You, Too, Have Been A Victim Of Ransomware, You May Have Thought About The Idea Of What If Hard Drives And Ssds Were Anti-Ransomware.
The good news is that a manufacturer claims to have created a ransomware-proof SSD, so cybercriminals can no longer hold your files, hostage. Read fascinating information about Cigent Secure SSD+ in Hardware City.
The claim of making the first SSD resistant to ransomware
Cogent claims to have created the first SSDs equipped with anti-ransomware technology that protects user data from being encrypted by malware. This feature is a security mechanism at the level of the SSD itself.
Cigent Technology is an American security company that provides services to protect commercial and private users against ransomware and data theft.
In 2021, the company introduced the first self-defense SSD, which it claimed would hide data if it detected an attack.
For this purpose, Cigent has used a software solution called Dynamic Data Defense Engine, which makes unauthorized access to files almost impossible by using encryption.
Returning to the new product of this company, Cigent Secure SSD + has a microprocessor-based on artificial intelligence technology at the hardware level, which uses machine learning and advanced algorithms to detect ransomware.
As you know, ransomware often disables any security mechanism for file recovery and encrypts user data.
In short, this SSD uses a unique mechanism to detect the malicious behavior of ransomware.
Cigent’s ransomware-resistant SSD has unique mechanisms to prevent malware from disabling security controls, but if malware somehow manages to disable or bypass them, the SSD intelligently hides files. ; As if the ransomware is facing an empty SSD! Of course, a small part of the files may be locked before security mechanisms and ransomware detection are activated.
Interestingly, Cigent has promised future updates to add the ability to prevent SSD cloning, data erasure, and file access prevention if installed on any other system other than the user’s computer.
Cogent Secure SSD + anti-ransomware SSD works only with the Windows operating system, but its manufacturer has promised to support Linux shortly. This PCIe NVMe SSD is built in the M.2 2280 form factor and will be available in capacities of 480, 960, and 1920 GB next month.
Cogent also offers a software solution called Data Defense that uses multi-factor authentication to prevent ransomware from accessing user files.
There is also another feature called Data Defense Secure Vault to hide and lock user files on SSD.
The mentioned program has more features, such as read-only mode, to prevent malware manipulation, encryption, or deletion of files. More interestingly, the software solution can notify the security experts of organizations and companies after detecting a ransomware attack to collectively put all SSDs in the mode of dealing with ransomware and unauthorized access (Shields Up).