What is Proactive Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)?

Proactive endpoint detection and response (EDR) is an integrated endpoint security solution that builds on real-time, continuous monitoring, analysis of endpoint data, and automated, rules-based responses to protect a system from advanced persistent threats and potential security issues.

EDR security solutions can detect suspicious behavior on host machines and endpoints, collect data from endpoints, analyze individual events as part of a larger pattern, and investigate the underlying cause of malicious behavior to alert your security team and help them address threats before malicious files may affect your system environment. Endpoint detection and response (EDR) includes two basic concepts:

Threat hunting
Endpoint detection relies on active monitoring to gather contextual information, analyze telemetry collected by the EDR platform, and alert security teams of suspicious activity. Your security analysts can then work with the EDR tool to ensure a comprehensive investigation process, minimize false alarms and develop remediation proposals.

Threat response
After managed threat hunting, your security teams can respond to cyber threats to prevent a security issue or recover affected systems if malware has exploited system vulnerabilities (for example, during zero-day attacks).

The importance of EDR security
Advanced threats can easily overcome a reactive approach to cybersecurity. Traditional antivirus software used to fight malware cannot identify hidden malicious activity unless the malware has already interacted with endpoints on your system. EDR solutions, on the other hand, allow for a proactive defense approach via threat hunting, event data searching, device management and various data analysis techniques to investigate threats and launch a coordinated response to modern cyber attacks.

Endpoint detection and response solutions can continuously monitor and collect information about the status of all endpoints in a network. They use machine learning to determine the root cause of all security incidents and provide insights to optimize response times and endpoint security and combat advanced cyber attacks. Plus, you can manage the best EDR tools from a single console to ease cybersecurity efforts and reduce costs.

Many security teams benefit from the versatility and compatibility of EDR solutions. Your security analysts can combine EDR security with network forensics, threat intelligence, malware analysis, SIEM tools, etc. to investigate suspicious behavior on a broader scale. In this way, threat hunters will build a comprehensive knowledge base to detect, remediate and protect more effectively against malicious attempts in the long term.

EDR solutions are also gentle on your endpoints. Unlike heavy client programs, an EDR solution takes up less space and has minimal impact on all endpoints compared to heavier antivirus programs. In addition, endpoint detection and response solutions allow lightweight monitoring without interfering with endpoint functions. They also act as a stand-alone security analyst, helping your security team create a real-time IR and governance strategy more effectively.

Finally, modern businesses are constantly expanding and extending their digital perimeters. Hosting hundreds of thousands of endpoints on your system means attackers have more potential vulnerabilities to explore. Traditional security measures are not sufficient to protect all access points for attackers. Conversely, an EDR security solution is designed to monitor endpoints and collect data across large networks, so scaling is not an issue.

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