FEATURE: REGIONAL CYBERSECURITY
Greg Wyman, Bufferzone
Security, tells us endpoint
protection is critical to the
cyberdefense strategy of
all organizations in the
APAC region. He argues:
“Reducing the attack surface
at the endpoint delivers a
very powerful and compelling
solution to all sizes
of organizations.”
The least exciting and
often ‘boring’ element in
a cybersecurity strategy
is endpoint protection.
Who cares about another
AV, NGAV (Next Gen AV), EDR (endpoint
detection and response) or MDR (managed
endpoint detection and response) product?
Let’s spend a minute or two to understand
endpoint protection’s evolution as this is
now critical to all organizations.
Detection-based AV
For years, anti-virus has been the
foundation of endpoint security. Basically,
a virus was discovered in the wild and the
AV companies frantically wrote signatures
to prevent that specific malware from
infecting their customers.
With the explosion of malware threats (over
230,000 per day) and malware’s ability to
morph every 15 seconds – writing definitions
for every virus has become ineffective and
the industry has evolved to NGAV.
How evolving endpoint
protection can stay ahead of
cybercrime
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