Index Engines Fortifies Ransomware Defense with AI Patent and Global Expansion

HOLMDEL, N.J. – January 14, 2026 – As organizations worldwide grapple with an escalating ransomware crisis, New Jersey-based Index Engines has announced a landmark year of growth, driven by the widespread adoption of its flagship CyberSense technology. The cyber resilience firm capped off 2025 with significant global expansion, a pivotal new U.S. patent for its AI-driven detection engine, and a strategic partnership with industry giant Hitachi Vantara, solidifying its position as a critical player in the fight for data integrity.

The announcements come at a time when the threat landscape is more perilous than ever. Recent industry reports, including Verizon's 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, show a startling 37% increase in ransomware attacks, which now feature in nearly 44% of all analyzed breaches. For businesses, the stakes are not just about paying a ransom; the average cost to recover from an attack, excluding any extortion payment, soared to $1.53 million in 2025. It is this high-stakes environment that is driving an urgent search for solutions that offer certainty in a landscape of doubt.

The Relentless Threat and the Race for Resilience

Organizations are no longer asking if they will be attacked, but when. According to Index Engines, the primary motivations for customers adopting its CyberSense platform are a profound uncertainty about their ability to recover data after an attack, witnessing peer organizations suffer debilitating breaches, and a strategic imperative to bolster their overall cyber resilience posture. This demand is fueling significant growth in regulated and asset-intensive industries where data is the lifeblood of operations.

In 2025, Financial Services and Healthcare continued to lead adoption, driven by stringent compliance mandates and their status as prime targets for cybercriminals. The healthcare sector, in particular, faces a dire outlook, with breaches in this industry ranking as the most expensive and frequent. However, the need for data integrity is spreading rapidly. Index Engines reported a notable 62% year-over-year growth in the telecommunications sector and significant new sales across 48 industries, including health insurance, construction, agriculture, and state government.

"These numbers tell a clear story: ransomware is relentless, and organizations are responding with urgency," said Jim McGann, Chief Marketing Officer at Index Engines, in the company's official announcement. "CyberSense is the gold standard for data integrity and confident data recovery. Organizations can't afford to risk their livelihood with uncertainty."

Under the Hood: Patented AI and Near-Perfect Detection

At the heart of Index Engines' momentum is the technological prowess of CyberSense, which promises to detect ransomware-induced corruption with 99.99% accuracy. This claim, validated by third-party analysis from the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), is what allows organizations to confidently identify the last known clean backup, dramatically reducing recovery time and business interruption.

The solution's effectiveness was further enhanced in July 2025 with the granting of U.S. Patent #12248574. This patent protects a sophisticated, AI-driven process developed in the company's CyberSense Research Lab. The breakthrough automates the collection and analysis of emerging ransomware threats by detonating real malware variants in a secure, controlled environment. This allows the system's machine learning models to be continuously trained on real-world attack patterns, a distinct advantage over methods that rely on simulations.

This patented process powers an engine that performs deep, byte-level analysis of files within backups and snapshots. Using over 200 content-based analytics, the technology scrutinizes data for subtle signs of corruption—such as partial encryption or header manipulation—that often evade traditional security tools. The AI models are trained on a massive dataset, including petabytes of data and over 7,500 ransomware variants, enabling them to recognize both known and zero-day threats with remarkable precision. This deep forensic capability is what provides the confidence needed to restore operations without fear of re-introducing corrupted data into the production environment.

A Global Alliance Against Cyber Corruption

Index Engines' technological innovation is being matched by aggressive market expansion and a robust ecosystem of strategic partnerships. In 2025, the company expanded CyberSense's footprint to 82 countries, up from 70 the previous year, with significant new traction in South America and Africa. This global reach is amplified by a strategy of embedding its technology within the platforms of the world's leading storage and data protection vendors.

The most recent milestone in this strategy is a new OEM partnership with Hitachi Vantara, which joins existing collaborations with Dell Technologies, IBM, and Infinidat. The integration, which became globally available in October 2025, embeds CyberSense's integrity-checking technology directly into Hitachi Vantara's VSP One Block hybrid cloud infrastructure. The joint solution comes with a Cyber Resilience Guarantee, providing customers with a unified platform for rapid, clean data recovery and predictable business continuity.

This ecosystem approach is a cornerstone of the firm's strategy. By integrating with major enterprise platforms like Dell's PowerProtect Cyber Recovery and IBM's Storage Defender, Index Engines positions CyberSense as a critical enabling technology rather than a standalone product. This allows the company to reach a vast enterprise customer base and deliver its advanced detection capabilities as a seamless part of a larger, comprehensive cyber resilience architecture. For CISOs, infrastructure architects, and storage directors—the key buyers of the technology—this integration simplifies deployment and ensures that data integrity checks are a native part of their data protection workflows, from the data center to the cloud.

As cybercriminals continue to innovate, leveraging AI to create more sophisticated and evasive attacks, the focus for defenders is shifting from prevention alone to rapid and reliable recovery. By providing a verified path to restoring trusted data, Index Engines is addressing a critical gap in enterprise resilience, enabling businesses to move beyond the breach and confidently resume normal operations.