Your Antivirus Can't Stop What It Hasn't Seen. FileSure Can.
Traditional security tools detect known threats. FileSure controls what's allowed to happen to your files — stopping unknown threats the same way it stops known ones.
Detection vs. Control — Two Very Different Approaches
Detect & React
Traditional Security
Traditional antivirus, EDR, and most DLP tools maintain a database of known threats. When they see something that matches, they block it. When they don't recognize it — which happens with every new ransomware variant — it gets through.
- Requires signature updates to catch new threats
- Zero-day malware bypasses detection entirely
- Complex to configure and maintain
- Won't run on legacy Windows systems
- Generates high volumes of alerts requiring analysis
- Expensive licensing and dedicated security staff
Define & Prevent
FileSure Approach
FileSure operates at the Windows kernel level and intercepts file operations before they complete. You define what's allowed. Everything else is blocked — including threats nobody has seen before.
- No signatures needed — stops unknown threats
- Zero-day ransomware blocked by default
- Simple rule-based configuration
- Works on all Windows versions including legacy
- Precise alerts on specific defined events
- Affordable per-workstation pricing
Feature Comparison
How FileSure stacks up against traditional security tools
| Feature | FileSure | Traditional Antivirus | Enterprise DLP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stops zero-day ransomware | ✓ Yes — by design | ⚠ Only after signature update | ✗ Not designed for this |
| Works on legacy Windows | ✓ All versions | ✗ Limited/none | ✗ Modern OS only |
| File access audit trails | ✓ Complete | ✗ No | ⚠ Limited |
| Application-level control | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ⚠ Content-based only |
| USB/removable media control | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ⚠ Some products |
| Privileged user monitoring | ✓ Yes | ✗ No | ⚠ Limited |
| HIPAA/PCI audit readiness | ✓ Built in | ✗ No | ⚠ Partial |
| Works offline | ✓ Yes | ⚠ Limited | ✗ Usually no |
| Performance impact | ✓ <2% CPU | ⚠ 5-15% CPU | ✗ High |
| Legacy system support | ✓ XP through Win11 | ✗ Modern only | ✗ Modern only |
| Price | ✓ $65/workstation/yr | ⚠ $30-100/endpoint/yr | ✗ $50-200/endpoint/yr |
| Implementation time | ✓ Days | ⚠ Weeks | ✗ Months |
"But We Already Have Antivirus"
FileSure Works Alongside Your Existing Security — It Doesn't Replace It
Most FileSure customers run it alongside their existing antivirus. They're complementary tools. Antivirus handles known malware. FileSure handles everything else — including the things antivirus misses.
Antivirus misses a zero-day ransomware variant → FileSure blocks it at the file system level
Employee tries to copy files to USB → FileSure catches and blocks it (antivirus doesn't do this)
Auditor asks for 6 months of file access logs → FileSure has them (antivirus doesn't do this either)
"We're Looking at Enterprise DLP"
Enterprise DLP Is Powerful. It's Also Complex, Expensive, and Won't Run on Your Legacy Systems.
Enterprise DLP platforms like Symantec, Forcepoint, and Microsoft Purview are built for large organizations with dedicated security teams, modern infrastructure, and six-figure budgets. If that's you, they're worth evaluating.
If you have:
- Fewer than 500 endpoints
- Legacy systems that can't be replaced
- An IT team rather than a dedicated security department
- A compliance requirement but not an enterprise security budget
...then FileSure does what you actually need, at a price that makes sense, without the implementation project.
Side-by-Side With Specific Alternatives
FileSure vs. Windows Built-in Auditing
Windows Auditing
- Complex to configure
- Massive log volumes
- Hard to query
- No blocking capability
- No alerts
FileSure
- Simple rule creation
- Focused logs
- Easy search
- Blocking + auditing
- Built-in alerts
Verdict: Windows auditing tells you what happened after the fact. FileSure prevents it and tells you at the same time.
FileSure vs. Microsoft Purview (formerly AIP/MIP)
Purview
- Content-inspection based
- Requires Microsoft 365
- Complex deployment
- Modern systems only
- Expensive
FileSure
- Application-control based
- Works with any email/storage
- Simple deployment
- All Windows versions
- Affordable
Verdict: If you're all-in on Microsoft 365 enterprise, Purview is worth evaluating. If you're not, FileSure is simpler and works on what you have.
FileSure vs. CrowdStrike/SentinelOne EDR
EDR Tools
- Excellent threat detection
- Very expensive
- Requires security expertise
- Modern systems only
- Detection-based
FileSure
- Behavioral prevention
- Affordable
- Simple to operate
- All Windows versions
- Prevention-based
Verdict: EDR tools are excellent at detecting sophisticated attacks. FileSure prevents file-based attacks before they execute. Many organizations run both.
The Honest Answer
FileSure isn't trying to be everything. It does one thing exceptionally well: control what happens to your files at the Windows kernel level, on every Windows system you have, for a price that makes sense.
If you need threat hunting, incident response, or network security — you need other tools too. FileSure fits alongside them, not instead of them.
If you need file access control, audit trails, ransomware prevention, and data loss prevention — FileSure does all of that, on systems from legacy to modern, without the enterprise complexity.
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