DC Daily Roundup: A New Tool to Fight Ransomware; a Local Founder’s ‘Shark Tank’ Debut; Maryland’s Data Center Compromise

Adlumin, a DC-based cybersecurity company, released a new product aimed to stop and prevent file encryption.

CEO and cofounder Robert Johnston said that he saw a failure in the industry when it comes to protecting files from ransomware attacks. It’s often the case that by the time the threat is detected, a majority of files are destroyed. Speed, and the methodologies used to stop the attack, matter.

“Recovery from ransomware is a lot easier when nothing important got encrypted,” he said. “That’s our slogan.”

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