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title: "Ransomware Incident Response with adam:ONE® | ADAMnetworks"
description: "Use adam:ONE® for ransomware incident response: restore connectivity first, remove threats second, and neutralize attacks with Zero Trust controls."
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Proven in Critical Incidents

# adam:ONE: The Ultimate Incident Response Tool

When ransomware strikes, traditional IR tools focus on detection and removal. adam:ONE flips the script: restore operations first, remove threats second.

## The Traditional IR Problem

Conventional incident response prioritizes threat detection and removal while operations remain down. This approach extends downtime and increases business impact.

### Traditional Approach

- Threat actors maintain potential access
- Operations remain down during investigation
- Extended business impact and revenue loss
- Weeks or months to full recovery

### adam:ONE Approach

- Complete radio silence to threat actors
- Operations restored within hours using AI-driven dynamic allowlisting
- Minimal business impact and downtime
- Rapid recovery as first step, not last

## Key IR Capabilities

How adam:ONE transforms incident response from reactive to proactive

### Immediate Isolation

Deny-by-default posture instantly cuts off all unauthorized connections

### Full Visibility

Layer 2 visibility provides automatic device inventory and connection tracking

### Micro­segmentation

Protect IT, IoT, OT, and ICS devices with granular network controls

### C2 Blocking

Sever command and control communications within hours, not days

## Case Study: Anycorp

\*Company name redacted for security

Manufacturing enterprise with 10,000+ employees across 5 major facilities in 4 countries

### The Breach

- Initial access via phishing campaigns
- 6 months dwell time undetected
- 400 of 3,000 devices infected with ransomware
- All but one backup encrypted
- Enterprise-grade security completely evaded

### The Response

- adam:ONE deployed as central IR tool
- Existing firewalls replaced immediately
- All sites moved to ZTc posture
- Radio silence to C2 servers within hours
- Microsegmentation for IT, IoT, OT, and ICS

### The Outcome

- Ransom never paid
- Only a single weekend shift lost globally
- Windows XP ICS controllers protected by ZTc
- 5,000+ re-infection attempts neutralized
- adam:ONE still protecting organization today

### The Power of ZTc in IR

Zero Trust Connectivity enabled the IR team to take complete control. By implementing deny-by-default networking, adam:ONE severed all connections to threat actors while allowing the organization to orchestrate recovery for each endpoint methodically.

Adaptive AI facilitated dynamic allowlists to restore critical services. Any connection attempts by lingering malware or new attacks from threat actors were automatically defeated by the ZTc posture.

Case Study Operational Technology

### adam:ONE® vs Ransomware in OT Incident Response

Real-world case study demonstrating how adam:ONE® successfully stopped ransomware in an operational technology environment during active incident response.

[Read the case study](https://adamnet.works/case-studies/manufacturing-ransomware-incident-response.md)

## The Same Protection, Before the Breach

Here's the revelation: the ZTc posture that enables rapid incident response can be implemented before a breach occurs. The same deny-by-default networking, microsegmentation, and C2 blocking that neutralizes active attacks can prevent breaches entirely.

Why wait for an incident to deploy the world's most effective IR tool? Organizations using adam:ONE proactively enjoy the same level of protection without ever experiencing a breach.

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