Use a managed EDR anti virus not consumer anti virus #EightCyberSecurityTips

Use a managed Endpoint Detection and Response Anti Virus instead of stand alone consumer Anti Virus #EightCyberSecurityTips

Cyber criminals are getting smarter, but stand alone consumer anti virus hasn’t changed its primary detection method in over thirty five years (since the late 1980’s).

It still uses virus signatures or “virus definition files” as the primary detection method. Or in other words a database of fingerprints of known confirmed viruses.

But the cyber criminals have moved on. They can use “Fileless Malware” or “Polymorphic Malware” to avoid detection using these traditional detection methods.

The criminals can even use the “DOS Copy” command to change an existing viruses signature, making it undetectable using virus definition files.

This is why so many individuals and small businesses get hit with viruses, malware, and ransomware. Their anti virus software is just not good enough to detect and stop these newer, more sophisticated, viruses

So how do we stop these new, hard to detect viruses?

The answer is to use managed EDR software. EDR stands for “Endpoint Detection and Response”, or as I like to call it “posh anti virus”.

EDR doesn’t just look for fingerprints of known viruses. Instead it looks for anything that is acting suspiciously.

If it’s acting suspiciously it gets “killed and quarantined” and flagged for investigation. Within minutes a cyber security expert will remotely analyse this potential threat, and decide if it’s a threat or a false alarm, and then remotely take action to keep your computer and data safe.

My preferred EDR solution is SentinelOne, but there are other products available such as Crowdstrike Falcon, MS Defender for Endpoint, and Palo Alto Cortex XDR, to name a few.

 

My recommendation is to ditch the consumer anti virus and get yourself some “posh anti virus” or EDR anti virus.

Have a chat with me if you need further information on how to get setup with managed EDR or “posh anti virus”.

Chris

#TheAntiVirusGuy and

#TheDataBackupGuy and

#ThePasswordGuy 

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