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Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP) is an AI-powered cybersecurity toolkit that focuses on detecting and preventing unknown cyber threats from harming a company`s endpoints. In today`s business landscape, where many employees work remotely, protecting assets turned out to be more and more complex.
Traditional antiviruses are still useful tools, but they are less than enough in the ever-changing threat landscape we`re experiencing. While traditional AVs only protect machines from known threats, AEP solutions block zero-day attacks, file, fileless, and script-based threats that weren`t yet identified. This kind of cybersecurity tool is built on machine learning and behavioral analysis.
Advanced Endpoint Protection solutions provide enhanced security capabilities to safeguard laptops, mobiles, desktops, servers, and other devices belonging to a company`s digital perimeter.
The Difference Between AV and Endpoint Protection
A good Antivirus software is the first line of defense for your endpoints. It is supposed to scan systems and files in order to detect the known malware that already infected them. Once it does that, an AV removes it from the compromised system and/or file.
Classic AV solutions use a signature-matching process to identify malicious code. They need a database of known malware to compare files against it. More recently, AV solutions, like Next-Generation Antivirus (NGAV), use AI and machine learning to increase malware-detecting efficiency.
However, there is more to endpoint protection than using an antivirus or an NGAV. Endpoint protection (or endpoint security) is a series of strategies, practices, and applications that a company uses to prevent malware, viruses, data breaches, etc. to affect its endpoints.
Advanced Endpoint Protection Features
Advanced Endpoint Protection solutions are based on the latest technologies and are designed to detect and block the most sophisticated cyberattack methods. Using a variety of state-of-the-art tools and technologies, AEPs provide robust security for all kinds of endpoints in a company. Here are the most important features of AEPs:
Machine Learning
Machine learning cybersecurity solutions analyze large amounts of data and extract patterns referring to behaviors of users and endpoints. These advanced systems are able to detect either typical or unusual behavior and alert IT staff when necessary. In addition, they can also independently trigger automatic security processes. The result is they contain the threat and quarantine an infected endpoint faster than any other solution could do. Machine learning is at the moment the fastest way to detect new, advanced, or zero-day threats.
Encryption and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Sensitive data should always be encrypted, be it at rest or in transit. To bolster defense, your endpoint security solution should also offer a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tool. This way, you will be able to detect and monitor what happens with the company`s data. Thus, you will be able to prevent any unauthorized access and potential data leakage.
Integrated Threat Intelligence
Staying up to date with the latest threats, and keeping an eye on new IoCs and attack patterns is a must in the rapidly changing domain of cybersecurity. So, it is critical that an endpoint security solution integrates threat intelligence. Fresh information about new malware, phishing campaigns, malicious IP addresses, and harmful domains puts security teams on guard and reduces the risk of a successful attack.
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
EDR solutions offer real-time monitoring and analysis of all machines` activities. EDR tools collect data and check it for IoCs or anomalous activities. Additionally, they provide actionable insights to help investigate and remediate incidents. Thus, security teams are able to detect and respond faster to advanced threats. Best EDR platforms integrate an NGAV solution.
Sandboxing
Advanced Endpoint Protection solutions use sandboxing techniques to quarantine suspect files or malware for analysis. This method helps security specialists to discover and prevent the execution of Zero Day attacks.
Flexible Deployment
Endpoint security tools should be easy to deploy and use, both on-premises and in cloud. Also, they should integrate and be able to work alongside the other internal security solutions.
Advanced Endpoint Protection Benefits
Cyberattacks evolved and became more and more sophisticated during the past years. It is a common thing now that a threat actor uses various, coordinated tactics that can easily evade traditional security systems. Additionally, zero-day vulnerabilities are exploited every day, leading to data losses and system disruption.
So, AEP brings companies a bolstered security posture, able to respond to new-generation threats. There are many other benefits of using Advanced Endpoint Protection solutions, that make a SecOps team`s life easier.
Let`s take a look at the most common ones:
Enhanced Protection
AI and machine-learning-based endpoint protection software enable security teams to collect and analyze relevant data faster and with increased precision. With their aid, security admins gain better system visibility and can detect anomalous activities faster. This lead, of course, to faster and better-coordinated responses that help block, mitigate, or contain an incident.
Better Threat Detection and Response
AEP offers more precision in detecting and responding to threats. Advanced techniques like behavioral analysis, integrated threat intelligence, and EDR platforms help find and block malware faster. That is opposed to traditional security measures, which only detect already known threats. Thus, by using an AEP solution, you obtain a more secure digital environment.
Lower Risk of Data Breaches
Being able to detect a threat before it gets to spread across the system or inflict in-depth harm means lowering the risk of data breaches and additional incidents. Imagine, in the case of ransomware, what it would mean to be able to restrict and contain the impact so that it doesn`t get to encrypt or exfiltrate sensitive and important data.
Easier Management of Endpoint Security
AEP tools rely on automating tasks. Monitoring and analyzing large amounts of data can be exhausting for the team. In case of a cyberattack, if the team is overwhelmed by the process, they might not be able to respond fast enough. Alert fatigue is also a factor to consider when choosing to use an automated endpoint security solution. AEPs enable SecOps teams to focus on evaluation and remediation.
Also, an AEP solution offers a unified platform that brings together various security functions and offers more visibility across the system.
- End-to-end consolidated cybersecurity;
- Complete visibility across your entire IT infrastructure;
- Faster and more accurate threat detection and response;
- Efficient one-click automated and assisted actioning
Heimdal`s Advanced Endpoint Protection Solution
Heimdal’s Extended Detection and Response (XDR) solution revolutionizes endpoint security by bringing together 10 functionalities into one user-friendly platform.
By leveraging the power of machine learning and AI-driven intelligence, our EDR software delivers prompt and precise defense against a wide range of threats.
We safeguard companies from advanced ransomware, insider threats, admin rights abuse, APTs, software exploits, brute force attacks, DNS and DoH vulnerabilities, phishing, and social engineering.
Most important, our machine learning AI-driven technology is able to predict and block unknown malicious domains with 96% accuracy. This means any attempt of internal or external malicious communication is blocked before it can start.
Heimdal’s XDR is easy to deploy and use, since it operates in the background without causing any slowdowns or disruptions. Thus, it saves time and resources.
Furthermore, Heimdal’s Managed XDR (MXDR) service combines our XDR solution and the expertise of our security professionals in a unified platform that helps companies with a large digital perimeter and complex attack surface to stay ahead most sophisticated cyber threats.
Wraping Up
A dynamic and ever-changing threat landscape calls for cutting-edge defense technologies. Using a professional Advanced Endpoint Protection solution, you make sure you`ll benefit the ultimate security tools. It is increasingly obvious that AI and machine learning technologies are the future, so don`t hesitate to integrate them into your cyber defense strategy.
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