CTERA Ransom Protect Hits 100% Detection Rate in Evaluation

CTERA’s Ransom Protect feature achieved 100 percent detection across leading ransomware families, according to an independent evaluation of the intelligent data management provider’s solution.

Available as part of its CTERA Cyber Protection Data Service, the company says the results highlight the feature’s rapid ransomware detection, prevention, and protection capabilities across eight prominent ransomware families, including advanced strains such as REvil and LockBit.

Real-world ransomware simulations show minimal impact and perfect detection rate

Conducted by SYNERGY7’s Cybersecurity Lab powered by Dell Technologies on the Govdocs1 dataset, the evaluation measured both detection and mitigation performance under real-world ransomware attack simulations. 

Each attack was executed twice: once to measure pure detection capability without active blocking and once with the ransomware mitigation feature enabled, limiting the encryption and stopping the attack.

Key findings of the evaluation include:

• 100% Detection Rate: All ransomware families were detected before encryption was completed.
• Rapid Mitigation: Median time to block attacks was 24.5 seconds.
• Minimal Data Impact: With the mitigation feature enabled, attacks resulted in less than 10 percent file encryption, with a median of 2.28 percent files affected, compared to full dataset encryption when the feature was disabled.
• Full Attack Coverage: The tests completed a full attack chain evaluation, from initial compromise to attempted encryption and data exfiltration, ensuring real-world relevance.

Synergy7 CEO Harel Ram emphasized the hesitation many organizations feel around testing ransomware defenses with live malware in their own environments.

“One of the most significant challenges in cybersecurity is the validation gap. While vendors make bold claims about ransomware protection, customers are rightly hesitant to unleash actual ransomware within their own environments to verify them. Our mission is to bridge that gap with rigorous, independent testing that replicates the sophisticated attacks enterprises now face,” said Ram.

“CTERA Ransom Protect demonstrated remarkable resilience in our labs, consistently detecting and neutralizing advanced threats within seconds. These results provide customers with objective, real-world proof they need to be confident in their data’s security without exposing their own systems to risk,” Ram added.

From ‘post-attack cleanups’ to proactive prevention

Meanwhile, CTERA CEO Oded Nagel also stressed the importance of shifting from a reactive to a proactive security approach, particularly regarding modern and emerging threats.

“This validation from Synergy7 highlights the power of our AI-driven, data-centric approach to security. Instead of relying solely on reactive recovery, CTERA Ransom Protect automates threat detection and response in real-time,” said Nagel.

“This shifts the paradigm from lengthy, costly post-attack cleanups to proactive prevention, safeguarding data integrity and dramatically reducing the operational burden on security teams.”

If you’re interested in learning more about the test, the full Synergy7 Ransomware Test Report for CTERA is available here. 

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