Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Endpoint Detection and Response

Endpoint detection and response technologies assist security teams in detecting abnormal endpoint behaviour so that threats may be eliminated promptly and the damage of an attack is minimised.

Endpoint detection and response technologies are used to identify and analyse threats on endpoints. EDR tools are often capable of detection, investigation, threat hunting, and reaction. Endpoint detection and response has advanced into a critical component of any endpoint security solution because there is simply no better way to detect an intrusion than to monitor the target environment being attacked, and the tracking data collected by an EDR platform allows for full triage and investigation.

How EDR Works

EDR solutions are technological platforms that can notify security teams to malicious behaviour and allow for rapid investigation and containment of endpoint attacks. An endpoint might be a workstation or laptop for an employee, a server, a cloud system, or a mobile or IoT device.

EDR systems usually gather endpoint data, such as process execution, endpoint communication, and user logins; analyse data to detect abnormalities and malicious behaviour; and record data about harmful activity, allowing security teams to investigate and respond to events. Furthermore, they enable automatic and human measures to contain threats on the endpoint, such as isolating the device from the network or erasing and reimaging it.

EDR Security Features

Integration – Endpoint protection should be integrated with additional security solutions because it does not address all conceivable attacks. Companies should verify that the EDR product they select integrates seamlessly with their existing stack.
Insights – Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and machine learning are used in advanced EDR solutions to automate threat detection and alerting procedures.
Response – EDR technologies provide response capabilities that assist operators in resolving and investigating issues.
Forensics – EDR technologies provide forensic capabilities to assist in tracking risks and surfacing similar behaviours that could otherwise go undetected. It can assist in establishing timelines and identifying affected systems prior to a breach.
Automation – Advanced EDR solutions may resolve activities automatically. Stop or disconnect infected processes automatically, notify appropriate parties and isolate or disable suspicious endpoints and accounts.

The Four EDR Processes

Discover, Prevent, Detect & Stop, Remediate

Discover

EDR provides the most advanced automated attack surface policy control, as well as vulnerability evaluations and identification, enabling security teams to:

Minimize the attack surface using proactive risk-based policies.
Find and manage rogue devices such as unsecured, unprotected or unmanaged devices and IoT devices.
Track Applications
Virtual patching identifies and mitigates system and application vulnerabilities.

Prevent

EDR solutions provide intelligent machine-learning anti-malware software to stop attacks before infection initiates.

Offline protection safeguards unconnected endpoints
Enable machine learning, kernel-based NGAV
Improve discoveries with real-time threat intelligence feeds from a cloud database that is constantly updated.
Use application control to add permitted or prohibited apps to pre-defined lists quickly. This functionality is vital for securing sensitive systems.

Detect & Stop

To secure data and avoid breaches, EDR identifies and disarms file-less malware and other sophisticated threats in real time.

Stop breaches immediately and reduce threat dwell time.
Entire log history of malicious activity
Eliminate ransomware encryption and file/registry corruption.
Virtual patching identifies and mitigates system and application vulnerabilities.
Use OS-centric detection to detect stealthy infiltration attacks, such as memory-based and “living off the land” attacks.

Remediate

Manually or automatically roll back destructive changes made by previously contained threats—on devices across the IT environment.

Analyse the attack chain and harmful changes made, if any.
Cleanup and roll back malicious changes automatically.
Improve incident response and resolution by automating incident classification.
Automate incident response – removing files, terminating
malicious processes, reversing any changes, isolating applications and notifying users.

Organisations Need Endpoint Detection And Response

Ransomware is among the most dangerous cyber security threats right now. Ransomware detections on corporate networks are at an all-time high and it’s not only the big names and Fortune 500 corporations that are being targeted. Cybercriminal gangs, lone wolf threat actors, hacktivists, and state-sponsored hackers are targeting organisations of all sizes in search of large paydays from firms with caches of valuable data on their networks. Again, the value of the data is more important than the size of the organisation. Local governments, schools, hospitals, and managed service providers (MSPs) are all equally vulnerable to data breaches and ransomware infections.

Endpoint security is critical to safeguarding your endpoints, employees, data, customers, and company from a deadly array of cyber threats and the harm they may cause.

Fortinet EDR Solutions

FortiEDR provides real-time, automated endpoint security with incident response orchestration across any communication device. Workstations, servers, and cloud workloads running current and legacy operating systems, as well as manufacturing and OT systems, are all covered by this service. The unified platform provides flexible deployment choices as well as predictable running costs.

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