{"id":4912,"date":"2022-02-11T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/?p=4912"},"modified":"2022-02-11T16:14:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T20:14:17","slug":"what-is-endpoint-detection-and-how-can-it-help-your-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/what-is-endpoint-detection-and-how-can-it-help-your-company\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Endpoint Detection, and How Can It Help Your Company?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The editors at Solutions Review have defined and summarized what endpoint detection is and how EDR security solutions can help companies maintain their security.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Endpoint protection or endpoint detection and response (EDR) security solutions collect and analyze threat data from endpoints connected to a network to facilitate real-time identification of malicious events like breaches and attacks. Also, EDR helps companies continuously monitor endpoint devices and respond to detected cyber threats as they occur. <\/span>Typically, an EDR solution has four primary functions\u2014monitor endpoints, collect threat data, apply data analytics to see threat patterns, deploy automatic responses to mitigate identified threats, and forensics analysis to investigate incidents further.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How Endpoint Detection Solutions Work<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n
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EDR software and applications are designed to record events occurring in all workloads and endpoints, thus providing security teams with complete visibility of what’s happening in a network. Full visibility of all endpoint activities is vital to uncovering adverse incidents that could cause data loss, intrusions, or malware attacks. <\/span><\/p>\n

For example, an EDR solution can pinpoint unusual activities, such as unauthorized file transfers or unusual login attempts from unknown devices and during suspicious hours. Therefore, based on this intelligence, security teams can move quickly to thwart potential threats that can compromise a system or data integrity, availability, and confidentiality.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our Free Endpoint Detection & Response Buyer’s Guide<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0helps you evaluate the best solution for your use case and features profiles of the leading providers, as well as a category overview of the marketplace.<\/div><\/em><\/p>\n

In addition, when your company deploys EDR technology, it leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to analyze user activities and behaviors and builds the knowledge continuously. As such, an EDR technology can detect when a specific user exhibits different behavior that appears suspicious, such as attempting to access resources without sufficient privileges. The EDR solution can flag such occurrences as potentially harmful events and immediately alert security teams for further investigations and action. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

EDR solutions also protect a network or system from different types of threats. For example, the technology can protect against malicious scripts, stolen login credentials, and fileless malware. In addition, a robust EDR solution can also track malicious adversaries’ procedures, tactics, and techniques. More importantly, not only can an EDR solution learn the methods attackers use to break into a network, but it can also track the attack path and trace it to the entry point. Therefore, EDR is a multifaceted solution developed to maintain a healthy cybersecurity posture.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n