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How EDR Security Supports Defenders in a Data Breach

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The cost of a data breach has reached an all-time high. It averaged $4.35 million in 2022, according to the newly published IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report. What’s more, 83% of organizations have faced more than one data breach, with just 17% saying this was their first data breach.

What can organizations do about this? One solution is endpoint detection and response (EDR) software. Take a look at how an effective EDR solution can help your security teams. 

What is a Data Breach?

A data breach is a cyberattack where a threat actor infiltrates a data source and exposes sensitive, confidential and protected data. This can occur as a result of ransomware attacks, phishing or malware attacks or other types of data theft. Whatever the source of the breach, it always leads to a loss of trust and damages the victim’s good name. It leaves many questions. How did the attack begin? How many devices did it strike? Have attackers stolen data? If yes, how much and from where?

Sharing an example of how threat actors might launch a phishing attack, Stephanie Carruthers, chief people hacker for IBM X-Force recounts:

“We had a client that wanted us to launch a phishing campaign against a hundred of their employees. We started to look through the company’s website and blogs, and we found a website where employees can post reviews about their employer. One common issue that we saw, which a lot of people complained about, was the parking at their job. So, we crafted a phishing campaign that actually explained how starting Monday, it was going to be assigned parking, and they just had to view the map to see their space, or else they would get towed. And that was one of our successful campaigns because we saw what people absolutely hated, and we tried to fix it in a way. And just by that website where we found all that information, it made our campaign extremely successful.”

What to Do After a Data Breach

After a breach, cyber defenders or blue teams work under a lot of pressure to find answers quickly. Often there is a state of temporary shutdown, resulting in loss of revenue and critical data, which threatens business continuity. After the attack, defenders try to find the…

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NetSecurity Corporation Reveals Why Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Platforms are Inadequate for Computer Forensics Investigation

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ThreatResponder® Platform Allows Enterprises and Forensics Firms to Conduct Deep and Legally-Defensible Remote Computer Forensic Investigations or Incident Response at Scale Within a Few Hours

DULLES, Va., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — NetSecurity® Corporation, a leader in endpoint threat protection, vulnerability detection, and computer forensics investigations, announced today that traditional Endpoint Threat Detection and Response (EDR) platform and “collector scripts,” are inadequate to quickly and thoroughly conduct remote forensics investigation and incident response that can withstand legal scrutiny.

NetSecurity's ThreatResponder® Platform is an all-in-one cloud-native and machine learning powered endpoint threat detection, prevention, response, analytics, intelligence, hunting, and forensics product. Unlike traditional endpoint threat detection and response (EDR) products, ThreatResponder is designed with Swiss-Army-Knife concept by combining multiple cybersecurity capabilities into a single platform delivered in a single-pane of glass to better protect digital assets against attacks.
NetSecurity’s ThreatResponder® Platform is an all-in-one cloud-native and machine learning powered endpoint threat detection, prevention, response, analytics, intelligence, hunting, and forensics product. Unlike traditional endpoint threat detection and response (EDR) products, ThreatResponder is designed with Swiss-Army-Knife concept by combining multiple cybersecurity capabilities into a single platform delivered in a single-pane of glass to better protect digital assets against attacks.

When there is a data breach, insider threat, or a cyber attack, organizations often struggle to identify the right skills, tools or product to use for the investigation and often resort to open source scripts, freeware, collector scripts, or traditional EDR. These technologies do not scale and are not capable of conducting forensics at scale and timely. NetSecurity recognized this problem and developed ThreatResponder to help organizations conduct remote forensics investigation, eliminating travel costs and delays.

“Today’s adversaries remain relentless and highly sophisticated, often leveraging attack techniques or exploiting vulnerabilities that are largely unknown to defenders. A technology that can drill deep and tell the full story (of the who, what, when, where, why, and how) relating to attack or breach is imperative,” said Inno Eroraha, founder and chief strategist of NetSecurity. “ThreatResponder allows digital forensic investigators to conduct forensic investigations of thousands of computer systems wherever they may be located within hours instead of weeks or…

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SMS Scams: How they get you

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Cylance vs CrowdStrike | EDR Software Comparison

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See what features you can expect from Cylance and CrowdStrike to choose the EDR solution that is ideal for your business.

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The best endpoint detection and response tools can help improve your overall security by identifying vulnerabilities and threats before they cause damage. Cylance and CrowdStrike, two of the top EDR solutions, are built on artificial intelligence and offer point-in-time threat detection as well as behavior monitoring, but which one should you chose?

What is Cylance?

Cylance is an AI-enabled EDR platform that provides real-time threat protection against advanced persistent threats, zero-day attacks, advanced malware, ransomware and other threats. It also uses AI-driven predictive analytics combined with application and script control and device policy enforcement in order to prevent cyber attacks.

SEE: Password breach: Why pop culture and passwords don’t mix (free PDF) (TechRepublic)

What is CrowdStrike?

CrowdStrike Falcon Insight is a cloud-based EDR tool. Falcon Insight provides real-time, continuous monitoring of endpoints to detect threats in memory, on disk or in-transit across your network. It uses a signatureless approach to identify unknown malware based on behavior instead of relying on existing definitions.

Cylance vs. CrowdStrike: EDR feature comparison

Feature Cylance CrowdStrike
Threat database Yes Yes
Automated threat detection Yes Yes
Behavioral analytics Yes Yes
Deployment Hybrid Cloud
API integration Yes Yes
Quarantine Yes Yes

Cylance vs. CrowdStrike: Head-to-head comparison

Data repository

CrowdStrike maintains a centralized data repository that centrally stores all data so you can monitor and review activity from anywhere. This is especially helpful for remote work environments, where it’s difficult to get everyone in one place to go over alerts. Regardless of the status of endpoints, large enterprises with remote employees can easily correlate data for threat detection, threat hunting and investigation.

Cylance, on the other hand, is cloud-independent: The tool uses an agent-based approach to endpoint detection and response, as well as a decentralized data repository, ensuring…

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