Endpoint Security and Much More Comes with Our Support Plans

Endpoint protection platforms vary, but our commitment to you never does. ITS has expanded services to help keep your firm productive and secure. 

After several years of escalating cyberthreats driven by both pandemic-related remote working and increasingly well-organized cyber criminals, business owners are feeling a little weary. Nevertheless, there is no sign that this advanced threat scenario is going to abate any time soon. In fact, experts predict they will continue to escalate.*

The unceasing evolution of technology is propelling this outcome. In addition to the “traditional” attack surfaces, from networks to computers and mobile devices, growing and emerging technologies are generating additional risk.

For example, the increasing use of contactless technology on mobile devices, whether in airports, retail environments, restaurants or other public spaces, is compounding users’ vulnerability to advanced attacks. Digital ID schemes such as drivers’ licenses and healthcare records are also becoming more widely used, creating even more points of exposure.

Furthermore, in addition to proving they can hack into poorly secured networks with ease, dupe gullible users with phishing attempts, and even attach their malicious code to anti-malware software, malicious actors have also discovered how to bypass basic antivirus solutions. They achieve this feat by writing malware in a very specific way. It only activates the bad behavior outside the criteria that antivirus solutions use to filter incoming email. Taken as a whole, these dire scenarios are making the threat landscape look pretty grim.

To help companies address one of their greatest exposure points — the end user — IT Solutions is including Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) with all our support offerings. This endpoint security solution incorporates the most sophisticated EDR available, giving it the ability to detect previously unknown threats using artificial intelligence (AI) and behavioral analysis.

EDR is much more powerful than just antivirus, which ONLY aims to stop cyber threats from entering a network. When threats such as cyberattacks slip past an antivirus solution, EDR detects that activity and allows teams to contain the threat before it can flow across the network.

Fully managed by IT Solutions security experts, our EDR service is completely transparent to users other than addressing such issues as computers that have gone offline with the system. In addition, since our experts receive all notifications, they personally work on fine-tuning the solution so users don’t see false positives.

As a final but critical point, EDR is one of 10 core protections cyber insurance providers either highly recommend or require. Review the full list of recommendations here as detailed by our friends at JKJ Insurance:  (Our Security Offerings cover all of them. For a deeper dive, call us at the number below.)

We believe EDR is so important that we are currently rolling it out for all clients. Consider becoming one of them and you will gain its benefits immediately. Call us for more information and we will also give you a complimentary security capabilities checkup to help you determine whether your technology is endangering your firm.