


Real-time updates on the latest types of malware, zero-day threats, and other trending attacks reduce the time from first encounter to threat containment. Real-time threat intelligence. Advanced security will have the ability to use real-time threat intelligence from outside security vendors and agencies. IT departments can use security analytics to understand what vulnerabilities may have led to a breach and the actions that IT can take to prevent future attacks. Security analytics can help IT professionals investigate security breaches or anomalous activity and determine what damage may have been done.

Security analytics tools record and analyze data from endpoints and other sources to detect potential threats. Machine learning is a key way to identify advanced threats against endpoints, as well as new or zero-day threats. Machine learning systems can then identify atypical behavior and either alert IT staff or trigger an automatic security process, such as containing the threat, quarantining the endpoint or issuing an alert. Machine learning, a category of artificial intelligence, analyzes large amounts of data to learn the typical behaviors of users and endpoints. However, a few vendors have begun offering advanced endpoint protection in the form of a single-agent architecture-this is rapidly becoming the preferred form of protection, due to its lighter footprint, ease of deployment and management, and significant decrease in management task redundancy.Īn advanced endpoint security solution may include several, or all, of the following technologies or capabilities. Some endpoint security solutions rely on small software agents at each of the endpoints in the network to record data, send alerts, and implement commands. Additionally, advanced tools collect information to provide insight into how the threat operates and how the endpoint can be rendered less vulnerable in the future. How does advanced endpoint protection work?Īn advanced endpoint protection solution includes several, complementary technologies that identify a potential threat as early as possible and prevent the threat from entering the network or database.
