The WatchGuard 1-Year Endpoint Protection Detection & Response provides an innovative cybersecurity solution for computers, laptops, and servers, delivered from the Cloud. It automates the prevention, detection, containment, and response to advanced threats such as zero-day malware, ransomware, phishing, in-memory exploits, and fileless and malwareless attacks, both within and outside the corporate network. In contrast to other solutions, it combines a broad range of endpoint protection technologies (EPP) with automated detection and response (EDR) capabilities.

Key Features:

1. Simplifies & Maximizes Security:

   • Automated services reduce the costs of expert personnel.
   • No false alerts to manage, no time wasted on manual settings, and no delegated responsibility.
   • No management infrastructure to install, configure, or maintain.
   • Lightweight agent and Cloud-native architecture ensure minimal impact on endpoint performance.

2. Easy to Use & Easy to Manage:

   • The Endpoint Security portfolio handles all endpoint protection needs from a single web console.
   • Simple setup for cross-platform endpoint management from a single pane of glass.
   • Clean and intuitive user interface design for quick mastery.

3. Automated EDR Features:

   • Detects and blocks hacking techniques, tactics, and procedures, as well as malicious in-memory activity.
   • Provides forensic information for thorough investigation and tools for mitigating attack effects.
   • Ensures traceability of each action, offering actionable visibility into the attacker and their activity.

Organizational Cyber Security Challenges:

As technology infrastructure becomes more complex, organizations face challenges in monitoring and managing endpoint security risks. These challenges include alert fatigue, complexity due to disconnected cybersecurity tools, poor performance of endpoint security solutions, and the inadequacy of traditional preventive technologies against advanced cyber threats.

The EPDR Solution - Endpoint Protection, Detection & Response:

WatchGuard EPDR integrates traditional preventive technologies with innovative, adaptive protection and EDR technologies in a single solution. This approach allows IT professionals to effectively deal with advanced cyber threats through a layered protection model.

Layered Protection Model:

1. Signature Files and Heuristic Technologies (Layer 1):

   • Detects known attacks using signature files and heuristic technologies.

2. Contextual Detections (Layer 2):

   • Detects malwareless and fileless attacks, effective against script-based attacks and vulnerabilities in commonly targeted applications.

3. Anti-Exploit Technology (Layer 3):

   • Detects fileless attacks designed to exploit vulnerabilities by searching for anomalous behavior.

4. Zero-Trust Application Service (Layer 4 - Cloud-native):

   • Provides detection in case of a breach in previous layers, stops attacks on already infected computers, and prevents lateral movement attacks inside the network.

5. Threat Hunting Service (Layer 5 - Cloud-native):

   • Detects compromised endpoints, early stage attacks, suspicious activities, and indicators of attack, minimizing detection and response time.

In summary, WatchGuard's Endpoint Security platform employs multiple technologies to reduce the opportunity for threat actors to succeed, offering a comprehensive and effective defense against a range of cyber threats.