April 22, 2024

Enhancing Cybersecurity: Align Introduces New Ransomware Prevention Feature

Align Enhances Cybersecurity Services with New Ransomware Prevention Feature

Enabled for Align Guardian, Powered by Adlumin

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, April 22nd, 2024 – Align, the premier global provider of technology infrastructure solutions and Managed IT Services, announces the inclusion of a new ransomware prevention feature to enhance its Align Guardian Managed Detection and Response offering powered by Adlumin. This innovative solution is designed to detect and halt ransomware in its tracks, safeguarding files from encryption and providing organizations with the peace of mind to focus on their core business operations. The solution demonstrated incredible success in benchmark tests amongst the most notorious ransomware groups, saving on average 99% of files from encryption.

Untitled designThe new Ransomware Prevention feature is now an integral part of Align’s Guardian solution and has been automatically enabled for all Managed Services clients. This enhancement bolsters Align’s comprehensive cybersecurity suite, complementing existing offerings such as operational cybersecurity risk assessments, vulnerability management solutions, cybersecurity education, and beyond.

Vinod Paul_Circle_2024"We are committed to providing best in class cybersecurity solutions to our clients,” says Vinod Paul, President of Align Managed Services. “With our focus on providing managed services to the alternative investment industry, remaining ahead of the curve when it comes to cybersecurity solutions is imperative. In an industry where cyber threats run rampant, partnering with companies like Adlumin to provide proactive threat detection and response ensures our clients have the best solutions available to keep their data confidential and secure.”

Align consistently improves its cybersecurity solutions to meet the demands of the evolving threat landscape, keeping clients’ data and information secure. Align Guardian, included in Align’s full suite of cybersecurity solutions and powered by Adlumin, provides next-generation managed detection and response (MDR) to protect businesses from cyber-attacks that traditional security defenses cannot detect. The new feature provides capabilities to provide comprehensive defenses that block ransomware attack attempts, efficiently kill enacted ransomware, take automated responsive actions to contain attacks, and provide recovery assistance.

To learn more about Align’s full suite of cybersecurity solutions, go to www.align.com/align-cybersecurity.

 About Align

Align is a premier global provider of technology infrastructure solutions. For over 37 years, leading firms worldwide have relied on Align to guide them through IT challenges, delivering complete, secure solutions for business change and growth. Align is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has offices in New York City, London, Virginia, Arizona, New Jersey, Chicago, San Francisco, Salt Lake City & Portland. Learn more at www.align.com.

Press Contact: 

Ashley Holbrook
aholbrook@align.com

About Adlumin
Adlumin is the security operations command center that simplifies complexity and keeps organizations of all sizes secure. Its innovative technology and seamless integrations create a feature-rich platform that includes everything a sophisticated security team needs, while empowering channel resellers, service providers and organizations of any size with the collaboration and transparency required to establish a coordinated and mature defense. Adlumin is headquartered in Washington, DC and is backed by investors including SYN Ventures, First In Ventures, Washington Harbour Partners and BankTech Ventures.

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“Align is our trusted provider for all our Managed Services and cybersecurity needs. They provide us best-in-class IT services that not only help drive productivity and growth, but ensure we meet both current and evolving compliance and security requirements with ease. As consultants to financial advisors, trust and reliability are indispensable to our operations, which is why we never hesitate to refer Align to our very own client base. Align isn’t just our partner, they are an extension of our team. We look forward to entrusting them with our IT infrastructure for years to come.”

Ed Fasano - Experienced Advisory Consultants LLC