Security company Cigent launches SSD with built-in anti-extortion software

CTOnews.com April 25 news, data security company Cigent Technology recently announced the launch of Cigent Secure SSD+ hard drive, built-in anti-extortion software technology, can better protect users' sensitive data.

Cigent's main business is the data Defense Software as a Service (software-as-a-service) security suite, which the company hopes to launch in the face of increasingly rampant blackmail software, to better protect users' data before being encrypted by the ransomware.

There is a microcontroller on the SSD that monitors all traffic passing through the controller, CTOnews.com reported, citing Cigent. It uses machine learning to determine which traffic is normal I / O and which are blackmail software operations. Once blackmail software activity is detected, the SSD automatically locks on multiple authentication, and the user can access it with a preset password.

The exact launch date and price of the SSD have not been announced.