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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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Joe Anich Joe Anich
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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

What is next-generation protection?

Next-generation protection is the category of capabilities in MDE that focuses on prevention. Comprised of client-side, real-time antivirus protection combined with near-instant cloud-delivered detections of emerging threats, and shored up by dedicated product and protection updates, it helps protect against a variety of threats, including the following:

  • Viruses and trojans
  • Malware or spyware
  • Rootkits

What makes it next generation? I hear you ask. In the case of MDE, this is a culmination of several evolutions of traditional, signature-based, antimalware solutions, augmented by the power of cloud computing, and fed by extensive research efforts using machine learning (ML). Some key points along the way:

  • Transitioning from detection through static signatures (single threats), toward definitions (threat families), and offering more robust as well as less resource-intensive protection using heuristics (probability scoring...
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