Minerva Labs (Acquired by Rapid7)

Minerva is the industry's pure ransomware prevention solution, working seamlessly alongside existing EDR/EPP/XDR solutions without causing any degradation to the endpoints. Ransomware has become the single most destructive threat in the industry today with the average cost of a ransomware attack in 2021 running in at $4.6. In 2021 a ransomware attack occurred every 11 seconds, costing the industry over $20 Billion. 80% of ransomware victims in 2021 had up-to-date EDRs installed, which emphasizes how existing tools are not built to prevent ransomware. Existing EDRs are not enough. They are built to detect the malicious activity first, and only then to respond. Ransomware needs to infect as many systems in the network before detonating. The more it infects, the higher the ransom demand can be Therefore, Ransomware is specifically designed to bypass existing security measures in order to infect as many systems in the network as possible Minerva Armor is purpose built to defeat Ransomware before it can do any damage * Prevents both known and unknown ransomware without even needing to detect it * Stops ransomware before it can execute, through proprietary anti-evasion techniques which turn ransomware’s security bypass mechanisms against themselves. * Protects your EDR agent from being abused * Reduces EDR alerts that you need to respond to by up to 80% * The Minerva agent uses