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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in Depth

You're reading from   Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in Depth Take any organization's endpoint security to the next level

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804615461
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Justen Graves Justen Graves
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Unpacking Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
2. Chapter 1: A Brief History of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring Next-Generation Protection 4. Chapter 3: Introduction to Attack Surface Reduction 5. Chapter 4: Understanding Endpoint Detection and Response 6. Part 2: Operationalizing and Integrating the Products
7. Chapter 5: Planning and Preparing for Deployment 8. Chapter 6: Considerations for Deployment and Configuration 9. Chapter 7: Managing and Maintaining the Security Posture 10. Part 3: Operations and Troubleshooting
11. Chapter 8: Establishing Security Operations 12. Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Common Issues 13. Chapter 10: Reference Guide, Tips, and Tricks 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Staying up to date

The different components of MDE need to be kept up to date – and it’s not just security intelligence updates you need to stay on top of. Here are the key component updates you need to be ready to deploy on a regular basis after you install MDE.

Cold snack

Even if you are running Defender Antivirus in passive mode, you will want to update it regularly to ensure you have the latest capabilities and protection for features that depend on it.

Windows

As outlined in Chapter 2, Exploring Next-Generation Protection, for Windows, Defender updates can flow from Windows Update or Microsoft Update. They can also come straight from the Microsoft Security Intelligence page (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi), either as a manual download or as a fallback location. You can define the order using configuration.

In Table 7.1, we see the breakdown of cadences for the various components, available update methods, and update mediums:

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