Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) works in real-time by monitoring, collecting, and recording data to identify and detect malicious behavior. Using EDR, cybersecurity professionals have sophisticated tools to analyze an entire network and its endpoints (computers, mobile devices, printers, tablets, etc.) before a cyberattack takes everything down. System administrators also have the tools to identify past incidents to patch cybersecurity flaws in your system.

With hackers continuing to develop more advanced ways to gain access to your network and devices, next-generation cybersecurity solutions, like EDR, are an essential component that businesses need to maintain their privacy and stay secure.

EDR is an advanced, business-accessible cybersecurity solution. Instead of relying on user-initiated scans and predefined viruses, EDR monitors your devices and network in real-time to:

• Detect cyberattacks
• Isolate infected machines
• Alert system administrators
• Remove cyberthreats

EDR works by monitoring your network’s endpoints in real-time. Using advanced technology capabilities to analyze data and files, EDR recognizes behavior anomalies before a cyberthreat takes down your entire system. Once a device has been infected, EDR quarantines it and notifies the system administrator that a cyberattack has been detected.

With EDR, your business gets advanced protection against the most advanced threats that often go undetected, such as ransomware and malware. With these advanced capabilities, EDR can detect threats that hide in the shadows for weeks.

A Stronger, Smarter Defense: Anti-Virus + EDR. Anti-virus is a critical layer of an effective cybersecurity solution. It does a great job protecting your technology by searching for, detecting, and removing well-defined computer viruses, especially when all your devices are being actively monitored on an internal, on-premise network.

By monitoring for behavioral anomalies in your system, EDR picks up the slack where anti-virus lags.

• Scanning. Anti-virus works by scanning files and directories for malicious applications and files. Whether automatically scheduled or user-initiated, someone needs to start the scan to begin looking for viruses. EDR is running in real-time, around the clock, to detect suspicious activity.
• Definition-based. The anti-virus needs to be able to differentiate between good and bad files to detect a computer virus. Most anti-virus software works from a list of predefined, existing known viruses. Technology is continuously evolving, and so are cyberthreats. Anti-virus definitions need to be continually updated as new threats are identified. Since EDR is behavior-based, it can detect the zero-day and more recent threats that may not have been defined by your anti-virus yet.
• Isolation and quarantine. Anti-virus programs are good at identifying and removing malicious programs. However, once detected, the virus can continue to spread until you remove it. Anti-virus programs aren’t the best at isolating devices and quarantining them from infecting others upon detection. EDR works specifically to quarantine your affected endpoints and alert your system administrator that a virus has been detected.
• Response time. Since anti-virus doesn’t work in real-time, it takes valuable time to scan, investigate, and remove malicious applications and files. EDR helps fill that gap.

Rather than a standalone service, you should consider EDR as a piece of your business’s overall security strategy. Alongside firewalls, endpoint protection, email security, user education, and data backup, EDR is part of the cybersecurity puzzle that helps keep your business safe.

When determining the cost of a business’s cybersecurity solution, the price varies based on factors such as the size (small, medium, or enterprise?), type (lawn and landscape will have different cybersecurity needs than a government agency), regulations (HIPAA and PCI-compliance?), and location (on-premise, remote, or hybrid?) of an organization.