WatchGuard EPDR: The All-Inclusive Solution for Endpoint Security

Cyber Security threats to businesses are growing and changing every day, so your enterprise requires strong security measures to secure your data, applications, and systems from sophisticated malware, phishing attacks, ransomware, and other threats. WatchGuard EPDR (Endpoint Protection, Detection, & Response) serves as a next-gen security platform for comprehensive endpoint protection and threat detection.

WatchGuard EPDR is a complete endpoint security platform that integrates traditional Endpoint Protection (EPP) with new EDR capabilities into a build customized for Managed Services Providers. Traditional antivirus solutions mainly detect known malware, while EPDR prevents and eliminates the execution of malicious processes, both known and unknown, before negative events occur. Threat detection occurs in real-time based on heuristics, A.I. analysis and the Zero Trust method.

Benefits of WatchGuard EPDR for Businesses

WatchGuard EPDR provides multiple major advantages for businesses, including heightened security, improved operational efficiency and scalability.

1. Improved Threat Detection & Prevention: The main advantage of the WatchGuard EPDR is that it can detect and alert you to multiple types of cyber threats. Featuring AI-based threat detection and ongoing endpoint analysis, the platform delivers advanced protection against such existing threats as malware, ransomware, phishing, and other malicious activity. Stopping threats at the gateway means your business is far less likely to face crippling data breaches and downtime.
2. Lower Security Overhead: WatchGuard automatically detects and responds to threats of WatchGuard EPDR, so your IT teams can focus on more pressing matters. The platform can automate much of this process, so requirements for active monitoring and administration are reduced, easing the burden on IT resources.
3. Regulatory Compliance: Compliance with mandated regulations and standards across industries such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS is critical. WatchGuard EPDR helps you comply with these regulations by providing graduated threat blocking and data protection, in addition to audit-ready reporting. The solution’s ability to track and prevent illegal access to confidential and personal information is a key contributor to complying with data protection requirements.
4. Scaling for Businesses: Larger organizations need scalable security solutions that can grow with the expanding numbers of devices and users. WatchGuard EPDR grows with your business, so you can easily add and remove endpoints as needed. Businesses of all sizes can use these capabilities to enable scalable security as they grow, without sacrificing robust protection and performance.

Real-Life Applications of WatchGuard EPDR

1. Securing a Remote Workforce. Use case: WatchGuard EPDR continuously monitors activities on employee devices, securing them with remote endpoint protection. From any remote location, and on either a personal laptop or company-issued device, WatchGuard EPDR protects each endpoint. The cloud-managed aspect means that IT teams can manage all their endpoints remotely, so even if your employee is on the road or sitting in a coffee shop — they are still encrypted and have the latest security protocols in place.

2. Healthcare industry. Use Case: WatchGuard EPDR makes it easy for healthcare organizations to satisfy regulatory mandates by safeguarding patient data against malware, ransomware, and unauthorized access. Data compromises are prevented by WatchGuard EPDR’s vigilant presence, utilizing AI to detect potential threats and taking appropriate preventative actions. WatchGuard EPDR also offers data encryption, ensuring your company complies with audit-readable reporting standards.

3. Financial Institutions. Use: WatchGuard EPDR provides industry-leading ransomware defense with its behavioral analysis and AI-driven threat discovery. This checks for any anomalous activity occurring on endpoints, like unauthorized file encryption, immediately stopping the process so the ransomware fails to cause damage and cannot propagate. The platform also helps financial organizations meet strict security regulations, securing financial data.

4. Academic Organizations. Use Case: WatchGuard EPDR offers Centralized and Scalable Endpoint Protection for Educational Institutions, using a cloud-based management system to close student data privacy gaps by managing and securing devices used by students and staff. A Zero Trust model is used to prevent unauthorized and unknown applications from executing, and ensuring that only verified and safe applications have access to school systems.

5. POS (Point-Of-Sale) Systems in the retail industry. Use Case: WatchGuard EPDR protects against endpoint malware attacking POS systems that try to exfiltrate customer payment information. WatchGuard EPDR’s real-time tracking and behavior analysis detects abnormal activities, such as unauthorized access to payment terminals or modifications to software configurations. WatchGuard EPDR maintains the integrity of retailers’ operations by stopping threats before they escalate.

6. SMEs: Affordable Cybersecurity Solution. Use Case: A cost-effective, automated security solution that does not have to be managed by a full-time IT team – making it ideal for small-to-midsize enterprises (SMEs). WatchGuard EPDR’s AI- driven threat detection and automated response capabilities alleviate much of the security load for small businesses. Its scalability feature is also a bonus, enabling SMEs to increase their security services in alignment with their business requirements. As businesses increase the number of personnel and endpoints, the quick deployment and automated threat quelling strengths of WatchGuard EPDR makes scaling smooth.

Conclusion

The value of endpoints as targets for threats is magnified in today’s growing volume of Cyber Crime. An effective cybersecurity strategy means addressing endpoint security. Contact eMazzanti to see how trained eMazzanti professionals can help you install, configure, and maintain WatchGuard EPDR, so you get top-tier anti-virus solutions that combine Advanced Threat Detection, Automated Response, and Centralized Cloud Management to fill in your security gaps and prevent Cyber Threats from any direction.