ExecutionProtect
Stop attacks before they ever run.
Most of the damage from an attack happens in the instant a harmful program runs — the download starts, the door opens, the files get encrypted. ExecutionProtect makes sure that instant never arrives. It recognizes what a program is actually trying to do and stops the dangerous ones before they can act — including attacks dressed up to look completely harmless.
Part of the 1stProtect platform. One agent. No slowdown.
The problem ExecutionProtect solves.
Tools that only sound the alarm after something runs are always a step behind — by then, the payload has downloaded or the damage is done. And modern attackers are good at hiding in plain sight:
They borrow trusted tools.
Instead of obvious malware, attackers use the legitimate programs already built into Windows to download and run their attacks — so everything looks routine.
They disguise their files.
A malicious program gets dressed up to look like an ordinary Word document, so an unsuspecting employee opens it without a second thought.
In every case, the thing on the surface looks safe. What gives it away is what it's actually trying to do — and that's exactly what ExecutionProtect watches for.
How it works
Three things. Nothing you don't need.
See what a program is really trying to do.
ExecutionProtect looks past the file name and the surface to the actual behavior — the true intent behind an action.
Block the harmful ones before they run.
Dangerous actions are stopped at the moment of execution, in real time. The legitimate work carries on untouched.
See what you stopped.
Every block comes with a clear picture of what was attempted and where it came from — so the threat is obvious immediately, not hours later.
One engine. 22 modules.
ExecutionProtect doesn't work alone.
It runs on the same single SIGMA engine as the rest of 1stProtect — working alongside CallChainProtect to trace where an attack came from, URLProtect to stop the downloads these attacks rely on, and RansomProtect to contain destructive payloads. One agent, one policy, no conflicts — online, offline, or fully air-gapped.
What it stops:
- —Attacks that hijack trusted, built-in tools to do their dirty work
- —Malware and ransomware, blocked the moment they try to run
- —Unauthorized programs running where they shouldn't
- —Files disguised as harmless documents
- —Suspicious activity launched by programs that have no business launching it
See it in action
Watch it stop three attacks cold.
A trusted tool turned against you. An attacker uses a legitimate, built-in Windows tool to download a malicious file from the internet. ExecutionProtect blocks it on the spot — and shows you exactly what was attempted and what set it off.
Opening a hole in your defenses. Next, the attacker tries to quietly change the firewall to let a malicious file reach the internet. ExecutionProtect blocks the attempt and flags it, with a clear record of where it came from.
A wolf in a document's clothing. Finally, a malicious program is disguised to look like a normal Word document. The moment someone tries to open it, ExecutionProtect recognizes what it really is and shuts it down.
Deploy without breaking anything
Start in Audit Mode. Enforce when you're ready.
ExecutionProtect ships in Audit Mode by default. Watch exactly what's running across your environment — and exactly what would be blocked — without stopping a single thing. Baseline your environment, whitelist what's legitimate, then flip to Enforcement Mode with one config change.
No slowdown
<1% CPU overhead · <100ms enforcement latency
Works anywhere
Cloud · on-prem · Kubernetes · 100% offline / air-gapped
Your data stays on your metal
Raw telemetry never leaves the device · TLS 1.3 · SOC 2 Type II · ISO 27001
Built by the people who built the industry
1stProtect's team comes from CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Check Point, Splunk, Cisco, Oracle, McAfee, Symantec, and NTT Data — the engineers who defined modern endpoint security, now building runtime protection for what comes next.
See ExecutionProtect on your endpoints.
We'll deploy in Audit Mode and show you, in your own environment, exactly what's running today — then stop the threats before they start.
For your security & engineering team
ExecutionProtect performs pre-execution prevention on the user-space SIGMA engine, evaluating process behavior, parent-child lineage, and command-line arguments independent of binary signature or reputation — neutralizing living-off-the-land abuse of native tools (certutil, netsh), masqueraded double-extension executables, and unauthorized tooling. Each prevention is recorded by the on-host MCP AI Investigator and streams to your SIEM/SOAR (Splunk, Datadog, Elastic) via JSON, gRPC, MCP, or Syslog. <1% CPU, real-time enforcement, 100% offline-capable, with Audit and Enforcement modes.