IGEL Unveils Emergency Mode to Enhance Business Continuity and Security

IGEL Unveils Emergency Mode to Enhance Business Continuity

In a significant stride towards bolstering business operations, IGEL®, a global software entity known for its IGEL Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform™, has announced the general availability of the much-anticipated Emergency Mode. This function is a pivotal addition within IGEL’s Business Continuity Disaster Recovery™ (BCDR™) suite, designed to facilitate rapid recovery of secure access during emergencies caused by cyberattacks or system outages.

The Necessity for Enhanced Recovery Solutions

As cyber threats continue to evolve, companies are facing an alarming increase in attacks. The FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report indicated a 14.42% rise in ransomware complaints and predicted more assaults from sophisticated adversaries. While organizations can swiftly recover their data centers, networks, and applications, employees often remain inoperative due to affected Windows devices being investigated or replaced. Emergency Mode emerges as a crucial solution to bridge these gaps in endpoint recovery, enabling administrators to remotely restart IGEL OS on supported hardware without user intervention.

Immediate Impact on Critical Services

For sectors that demand immediate functionality, such as healthcare, finance, public services, and critical infrastructure, Emergency Mode offers a seamless way to maintain essential services. By restoring secure user access within minutes, it empowers businesses to ensure continuity in patient care, financial transactions, public services, and other critical operations while incident response teams examine the compromised Windows environments.

Utilizing the Universal Management Suite™ (UMS™), administrators can initiate a restart for individual devices, selected groups, or entire fleets, keeping the devices locked on the IGEL operating system until an administrator switches them back to Windows. Moreover, the Windows partition is isolated during incidents for forensic investigations and compliance checks, allowing users to continue their work using the same device while security teams carry on their assessments.