Strengthening Ransomware Defense: SecuritySnares Partners with Pondurance to Stop Attacks Earlier

Ransomware continues to evolve faster than traditional security models can keep up.

Attackers are leveraging zero-day variants, living-off-the-land techniques, and rapid execution methods that bypass signature-based tools and outpace even advanced detection and response workflows. By the time many solutions identify an attack, encryption and data exfiltration are already underway.

To address this growing gap, SecuritySnares has partnered with Pondurance, a leading managed detection and response (MDR) provider, to bring earlier-stage ransomware disruption and prevention to organizations facing increasingly sophisticated threats.

This collaboration combines Pondurance’s operational MDR expertise with SecuritySnares’ purpose-built ransomware prevention platform, RansomSnare, enabling organizations to stop ransomware before it can cause damage.

Moving Earlier in the Attack Lifecycle

MDR plays a critical role in modern cybersecurity by providing visibility, investigation, and response across complex environments. However, as ransomware continues to accelerate, the window between initial compromise and impact has narrowed significantly.

This partnership is designed to shift defense earlier. By integrating RansomSnare into Pondurance’s security operations, organizations gain the ability to interrupt ransomware at the moment it attempts to act. This reduces reliance on reactive containment and minimizes the risk of disruption. The result is a more proactive security posture that limits attacker progress before it escalates into a full incident.

How RansomSnare Stops Ransomware from Working

At the core of this partnership is RansomSnare, SecuritySnares’ proprietary ransomware prevention platform. RansomSnare is designed around a simple principle: every ransomware attack must encrypt data or exfiltrate it to succeed. Rather than attempting to identify every possible variant of ransomware, RansomSnare focuses on stopping these core actions at the point of execution.

When a malicious process attempts to encrypt files or transfer data, RansomSnare immediately terminates the process and alerts the security team. This happens at the first attempt, preventing spread, escalation, and operational disruption. Because the attack is stopped instantly, security teams can investigate and respond without the urgency and pressure of an active breach.

A Different Approach to Detection and Prevention

RansomSnare operates using a lightweight, mathematically driven algorithm that does not rely on signatures, behavioral models, or machine learning.

This approach provides several key advantages:

• Effective against unknown and zero-day ransomware variants
• No dependency on continuous updates or model training
• Minimal system resource impact
• Consistent, deterministic performance

Over the past five years, this model has successfully blocked all ransomware variants without requiring updates. In addition to stopping encryption, RansomSnare also prevents:

• Data exfiltration by blocking tools and techniques used in double-extortion attacks
• Malicious scripting activity, including PowerShell and other interpreters
• Wiper attacks that attempt to delete or corrupt data irreversibly
• File share encryption, protecting critical shared storage environments

This ensures that ransomware cannot achieve its objectives and removes the leverage attackers depend on.

Extending Prevention Through MDR

Through this partnership, Pondurance enhances its MDR capabilities with an additional layer focused on prevention at execution.

This allows organizations to:

• Detect and interrupt ransomware earlier in the attack chain
• Reduce incident severity and response urgency
• Minimize downtime and operational impact
• Strengthen overall cyber resilience without replacing existing tools

RansomSnare complements MDR by eliminating the most damaging phase of ransomware attacks and enabling security teams to operate from a position of control rather than reaction.

A Shared Commitment to Proactive Security

Both SecuritySnares and Pondurance share a common goal: helping organizations stay ahead of rapidly evolving threats.

“Ransomware continues to evolve faster than traditional detection and response approaches,” said Doug Howard, CEO of Pondurance. “By integrating RansomSnare, we can identify and disrupt attacks earlier, helping customers reduce downtime and prevent malicious encryption.”

At SecuritySnares, we believe ransomware prevention should be a foundational layer of every security strategy.

Partnering with Pondurance allows us to extend that capability through a proven MDR provider that understands how to operationalize early-stage defense at scale.

See How Prevention Changes the Equation For Your Organization

Ransomware does not have to result in disruption, data loss, or ransom payments. By stopping attacks at the moment they attempt to act, organizations can fundamentally change the outcome.

To learn more about how SecuritySnares and Pondurance are working together to stop ransomware before damage occurs, request a live demo.