Newly issued patent recognizes RackTop innovation in zero-trust protection, incident response, and rapid recovery for unstructured data. (USPTO)
RackTop Systems is proud to announce the issuance of U.S. Patent 12,561,437, titled “Cybersecurity active defense and rapid bulk recovery in a data storage system.” (USPTO)
This patent reflects RackTop’s continued innovation in protecting unstructured data against modern cyber threats. The patented technology provides a zero-trust approach to defending file systems from malicious activity, with capabilities designed to detect suspicious file-level operations, block compromised accounts or machine addresses, prevent data exfiltration or corruption, alert administrators, preserve immutable snapshots for recovery, and intelligently guide the automatic restoration and remediation of affected files.
A critical element of this patent is BrickStor’s guided incident response workflow. BrickStor can identify files associated with a malicious event, generate recommendations based on datapoints such as client IP address, SID or username, timestamp, and file operation type, and present those recommendations in an incident dashboard that helps administrators quickly isolate, remove, and restore impacted files. Where conventional storage and backup solutions typically leave much of the investigation and recovery process to manual administrator effort, BrickStor provides a guided, intelligence-driven workflow designed to compress recovery from weeks of manual work to minutes for affected data sets.
This patent builds on RackTop’s earlier work in cyberstorage and active defense, and is listed as a continuation-in-part of an earlier RackTop application that resulted in U.S. Patent 11,868,495, reinforcing the company’s long-term investment in zero-trust data protection and cyber-resilient storage architecture.
“At RackTop, we believe storage must play an active role in cyber defense,” said Jonathan Halstuch, CTO. “This patent underscores our commitment to helping organizations detect malicious activity earlier, contain threats faster, and recover critical data with greater speed and confidence.”
As ransomware, insider threats, and data exfiltration attacks continue to evolve, organizations need more than passive storage. They need intelligent, policy-driven cyberstorage that helps detect abnormal behavior, preserve recoverable data states, and accelerate response when incidents occur. This patent represents another milestone in RackTop’s mission to deliver zero-trust data security for the enterprise.
To learn more about RackTop’s approach to cyberstorage and ransomware resilience, visit https://www.racktopsystems.com/brickstor-sp/