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Microsoft Defender Management
A security center of threat detection
Cyber threat protection and vulnerability management is a No.1 priority. Even if you run a small-size company or organisation.
Devices such as desktop PCs, laptops, and mobile devices are described in cyber security as endpoints. No industry or service niche is left untouched by the threat of cyber attacks to endpoints in their system network.
Next-generation protection
Ever-sophisticated threat levels of attack are on the rise every day. Upgraded, next-generation protection is constantly needed, which automatically includes defender management of previously unmanaged devices.
Recent figures are a reminder of how every company or organisation needs a security center of detection management and protection for every device in their network
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30,000 websites, worldwide, are hacked daily.
Microsoft 365 Defender helps stop attacks
Defend across an entire operating system
Microsoft 365 Defender for Endpoint capabilities
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint offers a security center of advanced, active resources, capabilities and related solutions to businesses of all sizes.
Latest advances in Microsoft Defender 365 for Endpoint
In 2021, Microsoft Defender 365 for Endpoint expanded its capabilities. Companies and organisations would now be able to configure their devices with the required security settings without needing additional tools or infrastructure. This means organisations have a single view for all their connected devices via Microsoft Endpoint Manager to control:
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Antivirus
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Firewall
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Endpoint detection and response
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is also available for vulnerability management of:
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Windows client and Windows server
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Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2012 R2, or later.
Microsoft 365 Defender unified protection
Microsoft 365 Defender delivers integrated, unified protection before and after a system breach, including: detection, prevention, investigation, and response.
This is essentially Microsoft Defender for cloud. It helps protect a company or organisation against advanced threats from phishing, email compromise and malware attack to their email, and other online, interactive business tools.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a next-generation protection app, configured to handle all types of new and emerging threats. Across endpoints, identities, email, and applications.
Your data protection depends on total endpoint security and attack surface reduction.
Detection and response
Microsft security protection puts in place resource capabilities that will detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats which may have breached the first two lines of threat defence.
As an advanced query-based threat-hunting tool, Defender for Endpoint enables breaches to be quickly uncovered, and customised detections to be developed.
Automated investigation and remediation
Microsoft Defender is not only able to deliver a fast response to advanced attacks. It’s also capable of automatic investigation and remediation by promptly reducing the volume of alerts at scale.
Microsoft Secure Score for devices
Defender for Endpoint includes Microsoft Secure Score for Devices. A vulnerability management tool, designed to help enterprise system owners:
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Actively assess the security status of their company network
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Identify unprotected systems
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Carry out recommended actions for upgrading system security
Active Microsoft Threat Detection
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint includes new vulnerability management capabilities.
It will quickly and accurately activate security operation centers (SOCs). Delivering additional context details and deeper insights for hunting:
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Active threats
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Prioritising potential threats
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on other platforms
Mac OS
Provides preventative antivirus, endpoint detection and response, and vulnerability management capabilities for the three latest released versions of macOS. Managed via Microsoft Intune and Jamf.
Linux
Android devices, iOS 11.0 and higher
Offered to devices running Android 6.0, and iOS 11.0 and higher. Includes support for Android Enterprise (Work Profile) and Device Administrator.
Security protection includes anti-phishing, blocking of unsafe connections, and setting of customised detection signals.
Scans for malware and potentially unwanted applications (PUA) plus additional integrated breach prevention capabilities.
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Microsoft 365 Defender
Integrated threat protection with SIEM and XDR
The combined force of SIEM and XDR will prevent, detect, and respond to threat attacks. Microsft security protection is delivered via powerful, on-board, unified activation and end-to-end capabilities.
SIEM stands for Security Information and Event Management
SIEM creates one security management system by combining:
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Security Information Management (SIM)
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Security Event Management (SEM)
SIEM collects event log data from a range of sources. Its real-time analysis identifies unusual activity for security teams to detect and block attack threats.
XDR stands for Extended Detection and Response
XDR joins together both endpoint and security capabilities for the workload. It delivers extended insight, analysis, and response across endpoints, workloads, users, and networks.
XDR also provides essential visibility, insight, and context of network and cloud to:
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Reduce blind spots
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Speed up threat detection
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Activate automatic remediation
XDR has access to collected raw data. It detects attack threats used on legitimate software for gaining access to a company system. A capability that SIEM often cannot perform.
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Microsoft 365 Defender is strategically placed at the epicenter for comprehensive endpoint security
Microsoft Defender security automatically and rapidly overcomes threats and defends across an entire operating system and its network devices.
Advanced security can also extend detection and response (XDR) and implement ‘zero trust’.
From the single, unified platform of Microsoft 365 Defender, an all-round view provides a fully monitored environment for:
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Responding to alerts
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Mitigation of advanced threats
Scale your security
Microsoft Defender is set up for a rapid response. This means an intelligent decision-making ability to:
- Automatically identify risk threats
- Switch status from alert investigation
- Determine best action to take
- Remediation of complex threats at scale
Powerful benefits of combined SIEM and XDR
The dual-threat, protection management of SIEM and XDR is a leading, integrated security tool. Together, they bring a highly powerful detection and rapid response operation across an entire network system.
Top Benefits
- Stops system breaches and ransomware.
- Secures and protects all platform apps – Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and IoT platforms.
- Microsoft Defender for cloud protection – Azure, AWS, as well as Google.
- Investigate and resolve threats faster – with an automated threat protection and remediation app.
- Provides a strategic response plan – to protect against common and widespread threats originating from human activity and commodity ransomware*.
*Commodity ransomware – standardised type of malware, most widely available online. Threat attacks are based on easily accessed programmes which can be used by anyone.
Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
The primary task of Defender Vulnerability Management is constant security protection of an organisation’s most critical assets, which are open to the highest risk of a threat attack. To reduce risk, Microsoft Defender will provide appropriate security recommendations.
Defender Vulnerability Management comprises built-in remediation tools for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and network devices.
It gives all companies and organisations of any size, from SME to corporate.
Asset visibility
Intelligent assessments
Threat intelligence
What is an attack surface?
An attack surface is a set of points within a system environment where attacks can be made to:
- Cause an effect.
- Extract data from the environment or an element of the system.
What is an attack surface reduction?
Management of an organisation’s system environment – to protect the network and its devices from exploitation and malicious attack.
There a number of different ways an attack can be made. In attack surface reduction, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a purpose-built set of capabilities as a first line of defence to resist attack and exploitation.
Targets of attack surface reduction
Specific types of software behaviour are considered a potential threat or system risk, including:
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Executable files and scripts – which try to download or run a different file.
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Unclear, unintelligible or suspicious scripts – are being run.
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Unusual app behaviour – not normally initiated during daily work routines.
An important note regarding attacks
Unusual or suspect behaviour is often considered a risk because it’s commonly exploited via a malware attack. Despite normal, verifiable business applications displaying similar or identical software behaviour.
It’s for this reason that attack surface reduction protocols will limit potential risk behaviour to help ensure an organisation’s network is protected.
Attack surface reduction ensures
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Correct configuration settings are in place.
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“Exploit mitigation” (severe risk reduction) techniques are applied. Which either block or terminate the application from the exploit threat.
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Access to malicious IP addresses, domains, and URLs are also regulated by this particular set of endpoint capabilities for both network and web protection.
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