Why Halcyon? A SOC Operator's Answer.

Halcyon presents a ransomware-specific protection platform emphasizing post-compromise eviction workflows and a Data Exfiltration Protection (DXP) module tailored to detect and interrupt data staging and exfiltration used in double-extortion ransomware. The paper argues the platform’s architectural focus on ransomware provides operational advantages in large-scale vulnerability disclosure events, notes the forensic trade-offs of active eviction, and positions Halcyon as an incident response force multiplier for resource-constrained SOCs.