Key takeaways: Dell and Halcyon have collaborated to introduce the only commercial PC equipped for ransomware resilience, which combines Dell’s hardware security with Halcyon’s AI-powered, multi-layered defense. This solution adds ransomware-specific protection to existing security tools, helping ensure business continuity, data integrity, and reduced downtime.
In the face of evolving digital threats, securing your business operations is more critical than ever. Ransomware attacks are growing in number and sophistication, disrupting finances, damaging reputations, and causing significant downtime. To help you stay ahead of cybercrime, we are excited to announce a new collaboration with Halcyon, the leading anti-ransomware solution provider. Together, Dell and Halcyon now deliver a dedicated layer of defense designed to protect your organization from the
impact of downtime and data loss caused by ransomware attacks, enabling operational continuity.
Let’s talk through the resilient framework we’re helping organizations build and why.
Why invest in ransomware resilience?
First, the why. Traditional endpoint security solutions are essential but intentionally designed to address a broad spectrum of threats. Ransomware requires a more specialized approach. That’s because, unlike other threats, ransomware is a highly lucrative, human-driven, criminal operation that takes advantage of vulnerabilities in legitimate tools, visibility gaps, and other stealthy techniques to gain privileged access. They find ways to bypass and disable security controls, often using an employee PC as their entry point to your broader network. Once they establish control and persistence, they move through the environment to attack servers, exfiltrate sensitive data, destroy backups, and as a final act, encrypt your data and hold it for ransom.
All of this happens fast. Within hours, if not minutes, operations can grind to a halt as businesses face ransom demands to restore normal activity. Brand reputation and financial stability can be ruined if attacks are not identified and neutralized immediately.
Halcyon is the first platform built from the ground up to combat ransomware. Its multi-layered defense model, including capabilities to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from ransomware, is engineered to intervene at every stage of an attack, from initial infiltration to data encryption and exfiltration. That, combined with Dell’s unique built-in hardware and firmware security, takes Dell’s most secure commercial PCs** to a new level: Commercial PCs equipped for ransomware resilience.
A purpose-built solution for AI-powered ransomware resilience
So, how do Dell and Halcyon close the front door that ransomware operators rely on to breach your environment? What makes this collaboration so effective?
The Halcyon anti-ransomware platform is designed to complement your existing security tools. With AI and behavioral models trained exclusively on ransomware, Halcyon adds a specialized layer of protection, including several key capabilities:
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- Rapid file recovery: Captures encryption keys during attacks, enabling quick restoration without paying ransom.
- Data exfiltration protection: Stops “double extortion” attempts by monitoring for suspicious network activity to stop data theft attempts.
- 24/7 expert support: Every deployment includes a team of ransomware and recovery specialists, providing expert-led monitoring and recovery support at no extra cost.
Together, these capabilities help ensure business continuity, maintain data integrity and availability, and minimize downtime.
Does ransomware resilience really make a difference?
Recent customer discussions demonstrate the value of ransomware-specific protection.
Recent customer engagement studies also illustrate the impact of
ransomware resilience across sectors. Organizations in sectors such as finance, healthcare, government, retail, and manufacturing are prime targets due to the sensitive data they manage and the high cost of downtime.
Halcyon adds a ransomware-specific shield to your security stack, minimizing impact, maintaining operational capabilities, and accelerating recovery from an attack.
Caption: Learn how Halcyon provides end-to-end ransomware protection.
The bottom line: Our collaboration with Halcyon is more than technology; it’s about delivering security outcomes. PCs are often the entry point for ransomware. With Dell and Halcyon, organizations activate zero trust principles to prepare for the worst-case scenario and stay resilient. Armed with a concrete plan and purpose-built countermeasures, customers can detect, respond to, and recover from incidents efficiently.
An exclusive offering for a resilient future
Dell is the first and only PC manufacturer to offer Halcyon’s ransomware resilience solution as an out-of-the-box option for commercial PCs.*** This exclusive collaboration provides a tangible solution to a pressing customer need while simplifying procurement. By joining forces with Halcyon, Dell is taking a definitive step to eliminate the business risks of downtime and data loss caused by ransomware. This collaboration empowers you to protect your assets, maintain operational continuity, and innovate with confidence, knowing you are prepared for whatever comes next.
Learn more about Dell and Halcyon’s solution here. Contact your rep or a Dell security specialist at: global.security.sales@dell.com to upgrade to the latest Dell Pro PCs and add Halcyon for enhanced, out-of-the-box ransomware protection.****
*Based on internal analysis of worldwide PC market, February 2026. Applicable to PCs on Intel and AMD processors. Not all features available with all PCs. Additional purchase required for some PC features. Halcyon software must be purchased in conjunction with a Dell PC and activated per the Terms & Conditions to enable commercial PC’s equipped for ransomware resilience. Backed by partner validation, February 2026.
**Based on Dell internal analysis, October 2025 (Intel) and March 2025 (AMD). Applicable to PCs on Intel and AMD processors. Not all features available with all PCs. Additional purchase required for some features. Intel-based PCs validated by Principled Technologies, July 2025.
***Based on partner validation, February 2026
****Terms and Conditions of commercial PCs equipped for ransomware resilience can be found here.
