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Run alongside EDR

Use case

What to run alongside EDR to stop ransomware on servers.

Run a control that doesn't depend on recognizing the attack. EDR asks whether activity matches an attack it recognizes. Mimic Networks runs alongside EDR and asks whether a change to a protected server was authorized, then stops unauthorized changes at the point of execution. That includes an attempt to stop or tamper with a security tool you've put under protection, such as the EDR agent.

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What Mimic does

What Mimic does on the server.

Ask a different question.

Mimic runs alongside EDR. The difference is the question each asks at the kernel: EDR asks whether activity matches an attack it recognizes; Mimic asks whether the change was authorized.

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Stop the change, not the strain.

Mimic decides inline, before the change executes. Mimic stops exploitation at the point of execution, so it doesn't need a signature for the ransomware or the tool behind it.

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Keep protected tools running.

Put a security tool such as the EDR agent under protection, and an attempt to stop it or change it is an unauthorized change like any other. Mimic stops it at the point of execution.

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Both run. Each asks a different question.EDR and Mimic Networks run side by side on a server and ask different questions. When a process tries to stop a protected security tool, Mimic asks whether the change was authorized and stops it at the point of execution. THE CHANGE A process tries to stop a protected security tool EDR Does this activity match an attack it recognizes? OUTCOME Detects and responds when it does MIMIC NETWORKS Was this change to a protected server authorized? OUTCOME Not authorized: stopped at the point of execution DASHCAM RECORDS THE ATTEMPT. EVENTS GO TO YOUR SIEM AND SOAR PLATFORMS.
Both run. Each asks a different question.EDR and Mimic Networks run side by side on a server and ask different questions. When a process tries to stop a protected security tool, Mimic asks whether the change was authorized and stops it at the point of execution. THE CHANGE A process tries to stop a protected security tool EDR Does this activity match an attack it recognizes? OUTCOME Detects and responds when it does MIMIC NETWORKS Was this change to a protected server authorized? OUTCOME Not authorized: stopped at the point of execution DASHCAM RECORDS THE ATTEMPT. EVENTS GO TO YOUR SIEM AND SOAR PLATFORMS.
Both run. Each asks a different question.

Questions

Is Mimic a replacement for EDR?

No. Mimic Networks runs alongside EDR, and the two ask different questions. EDR still finds and investigates attacks across your endpoints. Mimic enforces on the servers it protects, where an unauthorized change stops whether or not anything recognized the attack.

What happens when attackers try to disable EDR?

If the EDR agent is under Mimic's protection, an attempt to stop it or change it is an unauthorized change. Mimic stops it at the point of execution and DashCam records what was attempted, by which process and when. Mimic's own processes are protected at the kernel, so user-space processes, including privileged ones, can't terminate or modify them, and an attempt to tamper with enforcement is itself an unauthorized change that fails the same check.

How is this different from application allowlisting?

Allowlisting decides which applications may run, at launch. It doesn't, by itself, check what an allowed application changes afterward. Mimic checks the change, whichever process makes it, against the protected server's known-good profile. An approved tool used in an unapproved way still meets the same check.

Proof

How you'll see it work.

DashCam records each blocked attempt: what it tried to change, when and the process behind it, so a test leaves evidence your team can read afterward.

Limits

Where Mimic stops.

  • Mimic Networks protects Windows Server 2016 and later, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and later.
  • It doesn't run on laptops, desktops or network devices.
  • In Maintenance Mode, Mimic suspends enforcement and keeps monitoring.
  • Mimic doesn't replace EDR. Detection and response still cover endpoints Mimic doesn't run on, and they investigate what happened.
  • Mimic constrains only the steps that need an unauthorized change. Activity inside a server's authorized state proceeds, including data theft through access the server already allows.

Who it's for

For your role.

CISOs

You already pay for detection, and it still has to recognize the attack. Mimic adds a check that doesn't, on the servers where an outage costs the most.

What is known-good enforcement?

Security engineering

Your question is coexistence, so answer it in pre-production with your EDR running. Enforcement runs as a file system mini-filter driver on Windows and through eBPF on Linux, with the enforcement logic in a WebAssembly sandbox implemented in Rust, from a single module on both.

How kernel-level enforcement works

Security operations

Mimic feeds enforcement events to your SIEM and SOAR platforms, so your team sees them alongside the rest of its telemetry. DashCam keeps the record of what was attempted, by which process and when.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

No. Mimic Networks doesn't match signatures or behavior patterns. It checks each change to a protected server against that server's known-good profile and stops unauthorized changes at the point of execution. A new strain, a renamed binary and a familiar admin tool used the wrong way all meet the same check. That's the difference from EDR, which asks whether activity matches an attack it recognizes.

Mimic protects Windows Server 2016 and later, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and later. You pick the servers and the critical applications on them, and Mimic builds a known-good profile for each. It doesn't run on laptops, desktops or network devices, so your EDR keeps covering those. Start with the servers where an outage or a ransom would cost the most.

The change doesn't execute. DashCam records each blocked attempt: what it tried to change, when and the process behind it, so your team can work from facts rather than reconstruction. Mimic also feeds enforcement events to your SIEM and SOAR platforms, so your security operations team sees them alongside the rest of its telemetry.

Enforcement overhead is tunable, and you measure it yourself before you buy. Take a performance baseline on your own pre-production servers, install Mimic and run the same tests with your EDR and the rest of your stack in place, then compare. Mimic decides inline, before the change executes. No reboots required.

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