McAfee vs Morphisec

About Morphisec

Morphisec is a prevention-first cybersecurity platform that stops ransomware and AI-driven attacks before they execute. Morphisec is powered by patented Automated Moving Target Defense (AMTD) and protects thousands of organizations across millions of endpoints, servers, and workloads.

Automated Moving Target Defense is Morphisec’s patented technology and the foundation of the whole platform. Automated Moving Target Defense morphs application memory at load time. Morphisec says it was inspired by military strategy and believes that a moving target is far more challenging to hit than a stationary one. Morphisec describes its technology as using the same techniques as cyber adversaries, utilizing polymorphism, deception, and evasion to obfuscate targets and enhance security.^[3]

Morphisec stops ransomware at the point of execution. AMTD prevents the exploits and in-memory techniques that launch an attack. Dedicated anti-ransomware engines stop encryption and data theft. Adaptive Recovery captures encryption keys to restore files without backups or ransom.

Adaptive Exposure Management prioritizes vulnerabilities, automates the assessment of security controls, identifies high-risk software and addresses security misconfigurations. Security controls validation in Adaptive Exposure Management gives continuous assurance that security software is deployed and configured. Risk Analyzer produces a single cyber risk score from business context and usage based insight.

Infiltration Protection continually changes the attack surface. Morphisec provides runtime memory protection that stops the exploits and in memory techniques that start an attack, across the MITRE ATT&CK chain. Morphisec provides credential theft protection for browser stored credentials and hash dumps. Morphisec provides hacking tool protection that blocks PsExec, Mimikatz, Cobalt Strike and living off the land techniques. Impact Protection defends critical assets and data. Morphisec provides tamper protection, wiping protection and data encryption protection. Backup integrity prevents Volume Shadow Copy from being disabled or deleted. Morphisec provides automatic blocking of ransomware driven theft, plus per tool policy governance.

Adaptive Recovery restores encrypted files by intercepting encryption keys in real-time and preserves critical forensic data in tamper-proof storage. Data Recovery restores encrypted files by intercepting encryption keys during ransomware execution. Forensic Recovery secures logs and attacker footprints in tamper proof storage. Morphisec AI Usage Control discovers and governs every AI tool, agent, local LLM, browser extension, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector running on endpoints, including shadow AI. Morphisec AI Usage Control governs AI by behaviour at the execution layer rather than by reading prompts. The AI Exposure Assistant ranks vulnerabilities by exploitability and business risk. The AI Incident Assistant turns telemetry into plain language root cause summaries.

Morphisec adds a prevention layer beneath the EDR, NGAV, or XDR that a customer already runs. Morphisec has a team of incident response experts who help customers triage and contain in-progress incidents and conduct forensic analysis. Morphisec backs its prevention with a 100% Ransomware-Free Guarantee, which reimburses subscription fees in full if a ransomware breach occurs on a protected endpoint. Morphisec addresses the threats and security needs of the banking, financial services, and insurance industries in a virtual event.^[4][5]

Morphisec CTO Michael Gorelik leads the malware research operation and sets technology strategy. Morphisec states that more than 7,000 customers worldwide have joined the company. Morphisec has an address at 122 Grand St, New York, NY 10013. Morphisec has an address at HaEnergia Street 77, Be'er Sheva, Israel.^[3][5]