IT Insight: Why your business needs endpoint detection and response
Summary
Anton Chuvakin of Gartner, the worlds leading research and advisory company, coined the term Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) in 2013. Cybercriminals are constantly at work devising new ways to infiltrate your network devices and steal valuable, private information from vulnerable employees. What makes EDR special is that, in addition to looking out for malicious software like traditional antivirus programs, it also seeks to detect suspicious behaviors such as unusual log-in attempts or file transfers. The SOC helps make sure that the potential threats uncovered do not have legitimate causes (such as an intended software upgrade) and leads the follow-up to that to a security incident. EDR will save you time and money freeing up your IT staff or managed service provider to focus on your business IT needs and uptime for your devices as online threats are prevented.