SaaS-based data protector/cyber-resilience supplier HYCU is integrating Halcyon’s ransomware attack detecting software into its R-Shield offering to become a one-stop shop for ransomware prevention and recovery.
R-Shield, part of HYCU’s R-Cloud offering, provides always-on detection and recovery capabilities for distributed IT environments with VMs, data warehouses, finance applications, storage buckets, and git repositories, protecting them against cybercriminal attacks and human error. Halcyon’s software and services are built specifically to defeat ransomware attacks proactively. They disrupt threats at every stage of the attack lifecycle, from pre-execution to data exfiltration and encryption. Halcyon has a With 24/7 active team of experts chasing down ransomware and offers a ransomware warranty. It says it eliminates the need for ransom payments, ensures operational continuity, and protects businesses from data extortion.
Simon Taylor, Founder and CEO, HYCU, said: “Good enough doesn’t cut it when it comes to cyber resilience. Organizations need more than backup and recovery. They need confidence that ransomware can be detected early, prevented when possible, and recovered quickly. Integrating Halcyon into R-Shield delivers a comprehensive ransomware detection, prevention, and recovery capability for our growing customer base.”
HYCU says that joint customers will be able to:
- Detect: Identify ransomware behavior directly on endpoints and production workloads before backup data is impacted.
- Prevent: Stop ransomware activity, including encryption and exfiltration attempts reducing the number of attacks that can ever reach the backups.
- Recover: Enable rapid, application-centric recovery across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Jon Miller, CEO and co-founder of Halcyon, said:“Organizations today face a growing gap between their confidence in ransomware preparedness and the reality of modern attacks, especially as more data moves to the cloud. Our partnership with HYCU extends Halcyon’s platform to protect these environments, delivering the resilience organizations need to prevent ransomware from running and to rapidly recover if an attack occurs.”
HYCU recently added malware scanning for Amazon EC2 and Azure backups, helping customers confirm clean restore points and recover with confidence.
It claims that, by bringing Halcyon’s prevention and exfiltration defense into its software platform, it delivers an integrated capability set that raises the bar for what data protection solutions must offer in an era of relentless ransomware.
Both Halcyon and HYCU are Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) businesses and BCV partner Enrique Salem sits on both boards.
BCV led HYCU’s $87.5 million Series A round in 2021, with Salem joining the board then, and was an investor in the $53 million Series B round in 2022. BCV also led Halcyon’s $40 million B round in 2023 with Salem joining its board, and BCV Partner/operating partner Jeff Williams becoming Halcyon’s Chief Revenue Officer to help scale sales and go-to-market efforts.
Neither Halcyon nor HYCU are owned outright by Bain, but Bain exerts considerable influence on both companies and this integration between the two reflects that influence.
Salem said: “As AI makes attackers stronger, forward-thinking organizations have realized that they can no longer approach ransomware resilience with disconnected tools. With the combination of prevention, protection, and recovery in a single, coordinated system, these two purpose-built solutions are coming together to close a critical gap in enterprise security and giving organizations a more complete way to protect the full estate.”
Bootnote
Dell PCs can have Halcyon integration. Several cyber-resiience suppliers have ransomware detection facilities aimed at preventing ransomware infecting their backups, such as Acronis, Cohesity, Commvault, Druva, Rubrik and Veeam. Halcyon protects production data.
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