Endpoint Detection Response (EDR)Solutions to Check Endpoint Threats

What is EDR System?

As technology grows leaps and bounds, threats also follow, sometimes beyond our control. Attackers identify systems that have no endpoint protection and infiltrate into the network and do havoc on valuable data. Ordinary people at times fail to identify such threats and, they become vulnerable to such malicious acts. Here is where EDR solutions come to the rescue. EDR is a software system that detects and records endpoint system-level behaviour, swiftly. It follows many data analytics procedures to dig out suspicious system behaviours.

EDR Solutions help you protect your systems and keep vigil against threats. Endpoint threats are usually detected on devices like Laptops, desktops, smartphones, IoT devices, servers, workstations etc. Endpoints can be either operated privately or by users. As users may not be IT experts, they fail to counter endpoint threats. If the endpoint is owned by a company and they don’t have endpoint protection put in place, the admins lose visibility to protect the network from such threats. So, the induction of EDR solutions to your network is very crucial in today’s business ecosystem. Many IT firms are providing EDR solutions.

Is EDR an Antivirus Software? 

EDR and antivirus are different, and it does not replace antivirus and firewalls. With EDR solutions, you can track and store endpoint threats and set your network right. Cloudlink is one of the leading IT companies who are providing EDR Solutions in the UAE. Gone are the days when antivirus software protected our systems. Today with the enormous growth of digital gadgets, it has become important that you install smart EDR solutions for the overall protection of your systems and network. 

What is the Difference Between EPP and EDR? 

An Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) focuses on prevention at the perimeter. EPP cannot block all the threats whereas EDR helps you to counter advanced and stealthier threats that enter your network environment. To check and prevent 100% threats, a combination of EEP and EDR is ideally needed. 

Types of EDR Available 

• EDR managed directly by your team 
• EDR managed by your security team, security vendor or security partner 

Capabilities of EDR 

Threats can hit your network at any time, but the matter is when it will strike. If a threat enters your environment, you should be able to identify the threat precisely. So, you can evaluate and contain it before wreaking havoc on your systems. But often, this is not an easy task.  

You may not be able to deal with covert malware. If you install an EDR system, it will flag all suspicious system behaviours. If a file seems to be safe initially and signals ransomware activity at a later time, the EDR will detect the suspicious behaviour and alert you to act. Once the threat is detected and blocked, EDR starts investigating the threat. Sandboxing is another critical capability of EDR which can be used at the perimeter to allow or deny access. 

To know more about EDR, then call us at 043509262 or email us at info@cloudlink.ae.