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In 2025, ransomware attacks are becoming more frequent and more expensive. The average ransomware demand is now $2 million, and by 2031, a ransomware attack is expected to occur every two seconds. Attacks cause major business disruptions, compromise sensitive data, and damage your reputation—making proactive ransomware protection essential.
Ransomware Protection & Data Access Transparency
CryptoSpike: Real-Time Defense Against Ransomware
- 650+ companies worldwide rely on CryptoSpike
CryptoSpike is the Leading Solution to Protect Storage Systems from Ransomware
CryptoSpike puts a stop to ransomware in real time, blocking suspicious activity, minimizing damage, and enabling rapid, precise recovery when you need it most. With full visibility into file activity and user behavior, CryptoSpike gives you the insight and control you need to stay one step ahead of evolving threats.
CryptoSpike in Action
What are the Benefits of CryptoSpike?
Challenges
- In 2024, there were 5,414 published ransomware attacks worldwide, an 11% increase compared with the previous year.
- The average downtime after an attack is 21 days.
- The global average cost of a data breach reached $4.48 million in 2024.
- The central storage system in which all data is stored is a “black box.” Oftentimes, it is unclear who caused the damage, when the attack began, and what data was damaged.
- Backups aren’t always a safe fallback — ransomware often targets and disables backup systems.
- It only takes one wrong click by an employee to infect the entire network, with ransomware quickly spreading from a single computer to network-attached storage.
- If an attack occurs, a fast, thorough analysis is crucial: what happened, how the attackers got in, and which data was affected. Without these insights, recovery becomes nearly impossible.
The CryptoSpike Solution
CryptoSpike detects ransomware attacks and unusual behavior by analyzing all data access to your storage system. It stops cyber criminals in their tracks, and immediately gives you the chance to react and restore the exact data you need.
How CryptoSpike Protects Your Data
- Anomaly detection: CryptoSpike analyzes data access in real-time and immediately detects anomalies.
- Blocklist: Using a blocklist provided by ProLion, typical file extensions for ransomware are recognized and blocked.
- User Blocking: Suspicious users are automatically blocked from accessing your data and administrators are immediately alerted to the incident.
- Single File Restore: Thanks to the detailed analysis, explicitly corrupted files can be restored, all other data remains unchanged.
- If needed for data protection purposes, it’s possible for user-specific data and activity to be visible only when two users, e.g. the works council and the IT department, log on to the CryptoSpike server.
Functions
Functionality
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1. Preparation
Installation & Learning Phase
Within a few hours of deployment, CryptoSpike learns how your system works and offers comprehensive protection against ransomware attacks. This enables your IT teams to focus on strategy and growth, instead of worrying about the next attack or dealing with the aftermath of the last attack.
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2. Early detection of attacks and anomalies
Detection
CryptoSpike recognizes suspicious behavior of a user, or malware acting in the name of a user. “Suspicious” can mean encrypting, changing, copying or moving files too often within a defined time period.
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3. CryptoSpike in action
Block & Alert
Blocking the user stops the attack and protects the system from further damage. Previously defined users receive an alert via e-mail.
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4. Data Access Transparency
Transparency & Recovery
CryptoSpike provides a complete picture of which files have been manipulated by which user. Afterward, you can change these files – directly within CryptoSpike – using an ONTAP undo snapshot.
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5. Return to Normal Operations
User Approval
After restoring the system back to its original state and clarifying the facts, CryptoSpike can re-instate the user’s access.
Ransomware Protection & Data Access Transparency
CryptoSpike Features
CryptoSpike is the trusted choice for organizations that need to detect, block, and recover from suspicious activity. With complete data access transparency, you can easily trace who changed what, and when, across your central storage system.
- Detect data access patterns and file extensions that are typical of ransomware
- Block known threats that have passed endpoint protection.
- Immediately and automatically prevent attacks and alert those responsible.
- Access complete documentation of suspicious data transactions.
- Tap into complete data transparency with access traceability at file or user level
- Enable targeted recovery of damaged data directly from the snapshot
- Deploy in three to five hours, on-premise or in the cloud
- Integrate into your existing SIEM platform
- Adjust monitoring policies at the volume or share level in real-time
- If required for data protection reasons, user-specific data is only available via dual verification
Do you have questions?
Frequently asked questions
CryptoSpike currently supports NetApp (FAS/AFF & virtual ONTAP), Lenovo DM-Series, Dell PowerScale, Dell Unity and Dell PowerStore* (starting CryptoSpike 3.3)
Installing CryptoSpike usually only takes a few hours, making it the fastest security project in the world!
CryptoSpike uses native APIs from the storage systems to collect and process the information.
No! User access is unaffected thanks to the use of native APIs.
CryptoSpike makes it possible to implement a so-called “four-eyes principle” which requires two people to access the data, protecting sensitive information.
CryptoSpike was developed with complex environments in mind and supports scaling via agents. We recommend the LandscapeManager add-on to manage distributed storage environments via a common user interface.
Yes, CryptoSpike adds another level of protection to your company’s security strategy and protects your storage system – where your most valuable, business-critical data is centrally stored.
An alert can be sent directly via email or integrated into existing monitoring solutions using an API.
Questions & Demo
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