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Int'l Business Times
24-07-2025
- Business
- Int'l Business Times
Fenix24 Grows Global Cybersecurity Business with Breach Recovery Guarantee
The cybersecurity marketplace is home to numerous service providers who claim that their technology can consistently and completely repel ransomware and other forms of cyberattack, while protecting customer data from corruption and exfiltration. However, Fenix24 is turning that paradigm on its head—and the company is steadily growing because of its emphasis on "recovery over resistance." Fenix24 is recognized as the world's leading cyber breach recovery company, thanks to the deep security knowledge of its experts combined with robust prevention and protection capabilities, as well as a recovery guarantee. Together, these aspects deliver the most comprehensive cyber resilience program available today. Restoring IT systems and retrieving lost, encrypted data is where Fenix24 truly differentiates itself from its competitors. Fenix24 doesn't just clean up after a breach. It rebuilds, re-engineers, and hardens IT environments better than before. Operating as the " World's First Civilian Cybersecurity Force ," Fenix24's cyber warriors treat recovery like a combat mission—rapid, repeatable, highly disciplined, and integrated with prevention strategies. When every minute counts, Fenix24 delivers recovery of impacted systems often in days, not weeks or months. Data Backup Expertise Differentiates Fenix24 in the Marketplace The continued rapid advancement of modern threat actors makes no system of resistance foolproof, according to John Anthony Smith, Founder and Chief Security Officer of Fenix24. He asserts that at some point, an organization will be attacked—so be prepared to respond. Smith says the good news is that post-breach recovery can be assured with minimal operational downtime. This is accomplished through the proper orchestration of immutable data backup technology. "Data backup technology is your primary weapon of cyber defense against threat actors, including the actions by people inside the organization, whether intentional or not," Smith explained. In fact, if a customer uses Fenix24's managed data backups, Fenix24 guarantees recovery—with no additional costs. This is an unmatched pledge among modern cybersecurity providers. Securitas Summa: A Comprehensive Program of Cyber Resistance and Recovery Securitas Summa is Fenix24's comprehensive cybersecurity offering that stitches everything together. Designed with proprietary knowledge about today's advanced threat actor behavior, Securitas Summa is where recovery isn't the end, but rather, a jumpstart to long-term security. It's where the magic happens and Fenix24's four "battalions" come together: Athena7 : IT security assessments, strategy, and planning. : IT security assessments, strategy, and planning. Grypho5 : Ongoing, security-based management. : Ongoing, security-based management. Argos99 : Expert insights into data, assets, and infrastructure. : Expert insights into data, assets, and infrastructure. Fenix24: Ransomware rapid response, remediation, and recovery. Integral to Fenix24's offerings, the battalions have developed a battle-tested disaster recovery playbook—refined across thousands of breach incidents, including many affecting Fortune 500 companies. Moreover, Fenix24 teams can deploy in less than an hour of receiving notification of an incident, including legal, forensic, IT, and cybersecurity experts working in sync from the outset. Success Channels Global Expansion Fenix24 is currently operating in 93 countries, having expanded into Europe and Asia. Further expansion is planned in 2025, including more acquisitions and business partnerships to accelerate the company's steady growth. The acquisition of appNovi, the first Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture (CSMA) software company, in April 2025 provides Fenix24 with unparalleled visibility into application dependency mapping, including production infrastructure and virtual and cloud environments integrated with comprehensive asset tracking. This strategic acquisition complements Fenix24's recent acquisition of vArmour, the leading provider of Application Relationship Management software. Supporting the Argos99 battalion, vArmour has been at the forefront of cybersecurity, helping large enterprises better understand and reduce their attack surface by highlighting and mapping relationships as well as dependencies between applications.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
St. Cloud to notify more than 7 thousand residents impacted by ransomware data breach
Thousands of St. Cloud residents are getting letters in the mail telling them their personal information was compromised duringa 2024 ransomware attack. According to the city, the attack happened between March 17th and March 25th last year when an unauthorized actor tapped into city systems to access personal information. The city said after the attack, they hired a third-party company which quickly started to investigate. The company found names, addresses, medical information, taxpayer IDs, and social security numbers were compromised. In total, 7,797 people were impacted, according to a city spokesperson. After the investigation, the city said it, worked to send notices as quickly as possible to those impacted. Letters were mailed to affected residents last week. 'Their data is probably sitting on the dark web right now, and it's likely being sold in some way, shape, form, or fashion to other threat groups,' said John Anthony Smith, Founder of Fenix 24, a company that has helped hundreds of organizations recover after data breaches. According to Smith, St. Cloud is just the latest local city to become a target. 'Counties and cities are maintaining tax records. They're maintaining property records. They're maintain portions of these records that don't get disclosed publicly. And therefore, threat actors are commonly going to target these types of files,' said Smith. According to a statement published to the city's website, 'As a precautionary measure, the City encourages individuals to remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft by reviewing account statements, credit reports, and explanations of benefits for unusual activity and to detect errors. Any suspicious activity should be promptly reported to your credit card company, bank, or other applicable institution.' Smith suggests a few extra measures, too. 'I would suggest to citizens that they get credit monitoring, they freeze their credit reports, and lastly you should probably change how you buy things You should be using credit cards not debit cards.' Smith said credit cards offer greater protection against fraud than debit cards, which is why he recommends the switch. He said anyone who receives a letter from the city should be extra skeptical of messages or emails from unknown accounts asking for personal information. The city is now offering one year of credit monitoring to anyone impacted by the breach and has created a dedicated toll-free number where people can get their questions answered. That toll-free assistance line that has been established at 1-(800) 939-4170, available Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time (excluding major U.S. holidays). You can see the city's full statement about the security breach here. Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.
