How does Lavawall catch ransomware before encryption starts?

By watching the staging phase. Lavawall® hunts for indicators of compromise and correlates them with identity signals, so the reconnaissance, credential abuse, and lateral movement that happen before payload detonation surface as an early warning rather than after files are already encrypted.

Do I have to replace my EDR to use this?

No. Lavawall® runs alongside your existing endpoint protection, not instead of it. It adds IOC hunting, the Akira Ransomware Hunter, and identity threat correlation on top of the EDR you already run, so you keep your current coverage and gain earlier warning.

What is the identity correlation part?

It is ITDR, identity threat detection and response. Many ransomware operators move through stolen or abused accounts before they encrypt anything. Lavawall® correlates identity anomalies with endpoint indicators so a compromised account plus suspicious host activity is caught as one connected event.

Ransomware early warning

Catch ransomware in the staging phase, before encryption starts.

Lavawall® hunts for indicators of compromise and correlates them with identity signals to surface an attack while it is still staging, not after your clients' files are already encrypted. It runs alongside the EDR you already have.

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IOC hunting · Akira Ransomware Hunter · ITDR · works with your EDR

a staging-phase ransomware alert correlating an IOC hit with an identity anomaly before encryption

Warning while there is still time to act

Ransomware is not instant. There is a staging window, and Lavawall® is built to catch it.

IOC hunting

Continuously hunts endpoints and cloud tenants for the indicators of compromise that appear during reconnaissance and lateral movement.

Akira Ransomware Hunter

A dedicated hunter tuned to the behaviours and artefacts of active ransomware operators, so a known playbook is caught as it unfolds.

Identity correlation (ITDR)

Correlates identity anomalies with endpoint indicators, so a compromised account plus suspicious host activity is one connected alert, not two missed ones.

Runs beside your EDR

Adds early warning on top of the endpoint protection you already run. Keep your current coverage and gain the staging-phase view it lacks.

How it works

Step 1

Deploy alongside your EDR

Push the Lavawall® agent to endpoints and connect your cloud tenants. It runs beside your existing endpoint protection.

Step 2

Hunt and correlate

IOC hunting, the Akira Ransomware Hunter, and identity monitoring run continuously and correlate signals across host and account.

Step 3

Act in the staging window

A correlated early-warning alert fires while the attack is still staging, giving you time to isolate and respond before encryption.

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Why staging-phase detection wins

By the time endpoint protection sees files being encrypted, the attacker has already been inside for hours or days. They have done reconnaissance, abused credentials, and moved laterally, and the encryption you finally detect is the last step, not the first. Catching it there means paying for recovery instead of preventing damage.

Lavawall® shifts the detection earlier. It hunts for the indicators and identity anomalies that appear during staging, correlates them into a single early warning, and does it alongside the EDR you already run. Built and used internally by ThreeShield, a Calgary audit firm with CISSP and CISA staff, it reflects how real intrusions actually unfold.

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Common questions

How does Lavawall® catch ransomware before encryption starts?: By watching the staging phase. Lavawall® hunts for indicators of compromise and correlates them with identity signals, so the reconnaissance, credential abuse, and lateral movement that happen before payload detonation surface as an early warning rather than after files are already encrypted.
Do I have to replace my EDR to use this?: No. Lavawall® runs alongside your existing endpoint protection, not instead of it. It adds IOC hunting, the Akira Ransomware Hunter, and identity threat correlation on top of the EDR you already run.
What is the identity correlation part?: It is ITDR, identity threat detection and response. Many ransomware operators move through stolen or abused accounts before they encrypt anything. Lavawall® correlates identity anomalies with endpoint indicators so a compromised account plus suspicious host activity is caught as one connected event.

See the attack while it is still staging

IOC hunting, the Akira Ransomware Hunter, and identity correlation, alongside your existing EDR.

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