Microsoft have committed to delivering best-of-breed, multi-platform and multi-cloud security for all organisations across the globe. Their focus is to offer simplified, comprehensive protection that prevents breaches and enables customers to innovate and grow. As part of that commitment, Microsoft are offering a tiered set of market leading endpoint capabilities for Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS.
 

Gartner have recognised this work and the journey Microsoft have taken alongside its customers by naming Microsoft a Leader in the 2021 Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) Magic Quadrant, positioned highest on the ability to execute.
 

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint P2 (formerly Microsoft Defender for Endpoint) is an enterprise endpoint security platform designed to help enterprise networks prevent, detect, investigate and respond to advanced threats. Defender for Endpoint P2 utilises technology embedded within Windows 10/11 and Microsoft’s cloud service, to deliver a complete endpoint security solution.
 

Defender for Endpoint directly integrates with various Microsoft solutions, including Azure Defender, Azure Sentinel, Intune, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 & Skype for Business.

• Threat & Vulnerability Management – built-in capability using game-changing risk-based approach to the discovery, prioritisation & remediation of endpoint vulnerabilities & misconfiguration
   
• Attack surface reduction – provides first line of defence in the stack, ensuring configuration settings are properly set & exploit mitigation techniques are applied, resisting attacks and exploitation, including network protection and web protection to regulate access to malicious IP addresses, domains & URLs
   
• Next-generation protection – designed to catch all types of emerging threats
   
• Endpoint detection and response – detect, investigate & respond to advanced threats, providing a query-based threat-hunting tool to proactively find breaches & create custom detections
   
• Automated investigation and remediation – automatic investigation and remediation capabilities to help reduce the volume of alerts in minutes at scale
   
• Microsoft Secure Score for Devices – dynamically assess the security state of your enterprise network, identify unprotected systems & take recommended actions to improve the overall security of your organisation
   
• Microsoft Threat Experts – proactive hunting, prioritisation & additional context and insights that further empower Security Operation Centres (SOCs) to identify & respond to threats quickly and accurately

With a rise in cyberattacks targeting small and medium-sized businesses, threats are becoming increasingly automated and indiscriminate and striking at a significantly higher rate. In the last year, we’ve seen a 300% increase in ransomware attacks with over 50% reaching small businesses. To address this, Microsoft is investing in security solutions purposefully designed to help protect them with the soon to be launched Microsoft Defender for Business, specifically built to bring enterprise-grade endpoint security to businesses with up to 300 users.

It is designed to deliver maximum security value at a price point that works for your business. The simplicity of it allows you to onboard and manage endpoint security with low operational overhead, and less burden to learn complex cybersecurity concepts to get your business secured. Defender for Business protects your endpoints whether your email and productivity are on-premises, Microsoft 365 or another solution.

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