Cyberattacks hit organizations every day. Attackers continue to develop new tactics that evade front line defenses. Ransomware is also proliferating, with the number of successful, and expensive, ransomware attacks increasing year over year. And as hybrid work becomes the new normal, knowledge workers and their endpoints are increasingly exposed to threats beyond the reach of … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Endpoint goes Pro
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Defending Against Log4j Exploits with Cisco Secure Endpoint
The Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) is on the mind of nearly every cybersecurity and IT team right now because of its widespread usage, ease of exploitation, and broad attack surface. This blog provides an overview of how Cisco Secure Endpoint helps protect your environment from attackers exploiting this vulnerability. What You Need to Know About Log4j On Thursday, … [Read more...] about Defending Against Log4j Exploits with Cisco Secure Endpoint
Relevant and Extended Detection with SecureX, Part Two: Endpoint Detections
In part one of this series we introduced the notion of risk-based extended detection with SecureX – the idea that a user can prioritise detections into incidents based on their idea of what constitutes risk in their environments and then extend those detections with enrichments from other products. In subsequent posts we are diving deeper into different Cisco Secure detection … [Read more...] about Relevant and Extended Detection with SecureX, Part Two: Endpoint Detections
Cisco Bolsters Endpoint Security to Stop Threats with Simple, Unified Defense
Cyberattacks hit businesses every day. Ransomware is especially problematic, with the number of successful ransomware attacks increasing Year Over Year (YoY). Clearly, organizations need to defend against ransomware if they are going to avoid its costly damages. Cisco Secure Endpoint protects against cyberattacks with a cloud-delivered, single agent solution. It is the only … [Read more...] about Cisco Bolsters Endpoint Security to Stop Threats with Simple, Unified Defense
Enabling Zero Trust on the Endpoint
Things are changing in the world of endpoint security. Part of this change has to do with how organizations are digitally transforming themselves to accommodate the abrupt shift to remote work in 2020. In March of that year, for instance, Gartner revealed that 88% of business organizations around the world had encouraged their employees to work from home due to the … [Read more...] about Enabling Zero Trust on the Endpoint
Mapping Secure Endpoint (and Malware Analytics) to NIST CSF Categories and Sub-Categories
Cisco Secure Endpoint (AMP for Endpoints) with Malware Analytics (ThreatGrid) offers Prevention, Detection, Threat Hunting and Response capabilities in a single solution. It protects Endpoints (Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS) and prevents breaches, blocks malware at the point of entry and continuously monitors and analyses files and processes to quickly detect, contain, … [Read more...] about Mapping Secure Endpoint (and Malware Analytics) to NIST CSF Categories and Sub-Categories
Cisco empowers the endpoint and unleashes XDR capabilities from the SecureX Platform
It’s been a year since Cisco launched SecureX, and we recognize it takes a village to innovate and celebrate. Throughout Cisco’s journey delivering the first-ever integrated security platform to market, our team of experienced cybersecurity experts, accomplished engineers and product management have remained closely aligning with CISOs and security customers to deeply … [Read more...] about Cisco empowers the endpoint and unleashes XDR capabilities from the SecureX Platform
New Study: Reducing Security Incidents and Impact with Endpoint Protection
The way we work has fundamentally changed since the beginning of last year. We are now part of a new, massively remote workforce that is here to stay. Organizations have long struggled with maintaining visibility across an increasingly complex attack surface. Now, with more employees relying on access to resources and applications from outside the office, endpoint protection … [Read more...] about New Study: Reducing Security Incidents and Impact with Endpoint Protection
Forrester Recognizes Cisco Secure Endpoint Advancements – Promotes to Strong Performer
Secure Endpoint offers more as shown in new Forrester Wave report At the publishing of the previous Q3 2019 Forrester Wave report for Endpoint Security Suites, Secure Endpoint was lauded as one of the least obtrusive security products to end-user productivity. Now, per Forrester’s Q2 2021 report, Cisco has increased its market presence to the next level and has moved upward … [Read more...] about Forrester Recognizes Cisco Secure Endpoint Advancements – Promotes to Strong Performer
The 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP): Our takeaways
Key Takeaways Going back to my days as one of the co-founders of Immunet Corporation more than a decade ago, the goal was always to deliver the most efficient and dynamic endpoint protection. Long before there was “EDR”, we were already going beyond traditional AV and well into delivering cloud-native detection and response capabilities to defend the endpoint. But we were quick … [Read more...] about The 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP): Our takeaways