WatchGuard Endpoint Security

Organizations receive thousands of weekly malware alerts, of which only 19 percent are considered trustworthy, and only 4 percent of which are ever investigated. Two-thirds of cybersecurity administrators’ time is dedicated to managing malware alerts. This is why endpoint security solutions need to be advanced, adaptive, and automatic, with the highest possible levels of prevention and detection and response.

WATCHGUARD EPDR – PROACTIVE THREAT DETECTION AND HUNTING

WatchGuard EPDR is an innovative cybersecurity solution for computers, laptops and servers, delivered from the Cloud. It automates the prevention, detection, containment and response to any advanced threat, zero day malware, ransomware, phishing, in-memory exploits, and malwareless attacks, both present and future, inside and outside the corporate network. Unlike other solutions, it combines the widest range of protection technologies (EPP) with automated detection and response capabilities. It also has two services, managed by WatchGuard experts, that are delivered as a feature of the solution:

The Zero-Trust Application Service classifies 100% of processes, monitors endpoint activity, and blocks the execution of applications and malicious processes. For each execution, it sends out a real-time classification verdict, malicious or legitimate, with no uncertainty and without delegating decision to the client, avoiding manual processes. All of this is possible thanks to the capacity, speed, adaptability and scalability of AI and Cloud processing.

The managed Threat Hunting ServiceThe managed Threat Hunting Service is operated by a team of experts who use profiling analysis and event correlation tools to proactively discover new hacking and evasion techniques. The hunters at WatchGuard work on the premise that organizations are constantly being compromised.

Organizations receive thousands of weekly malware alerts, of which only 19 percent are considered trustworthy, and only 4 percent of which are ever investigated. Two-thirds of cybersecurity administrators’ time is dedicated to managing malware alerts. This is why endpoint security solutions need to be advanced, adaptive, and automatic, with the highest possible levels of prevention and detection and response.

WATCHGUARD EPDR – PROACTIVE THREAT DETECTION AND HUNTING

WatchGuard EPDR is an innovative cybersecurity solution for computers, laptops and servers, delivered from the Cloud. It automates the prevention, detection, containment and response to any advanced threat, zero day malware, ransomware, phishing, in-memory exploits, and malwareless attacks, both present and future, inside and outside the corporate network. Unlike other solutions, it combines the widest range of protection technologies (EPP) with automated detection and response capabilities. It also has two services, managed by WatchGuard experts, that are delivered as a feature of the solution:

The Zero-Trust Application Service classifies 100% of processes, monitors endpoint activity, and blocks the execution of applications and malicious processes. For each execution, it sends out a real-time classification verdict, malicious or legitimate, with no uncertainty and without delegating decision to the client, avoiding manual processes. All of this is possible thanks to the capacity, speed, adaptability and scalability of AI and Cloud processing.

The managed Threat Hunting ServiceThe managed Threat Hunting Service is operated by a team of experts who use profiling analysis and event correlation tools to proactively discover new hacking and evasion techniques. The hunters at WatchGuard work on the premise that organizations are constantly being compromised.

The advanced version of WatchGuard EPDR provides all the capabilities you’ll find in our standard EPDR, but with additional features to proactively search for compromised endpoints or harden them against the most common malwareless attack techniques. Combined with the cross-product correlation our Unified Security Platform architecture provides, Advanced EPDR heightens security efficacy against sophisticated attacks.

As the technology infrastructure becomes more complex, organizations struggle to find the expertise necessary to monitor and manage endpoint security risks. Security teams face several challenges when adopting endpoint security solutions, such as ever-evolving sophisticated threats, alert fatigue, lack of efficiency, and poor performance.

LEVEL UP YOUR CYBERSECURITY SERVICES

WatchGuard Advanced EPDR is a cutting-edge cybersecurity solution delivered from the Cloud for computers, laptops, and servers. It automates the prevention, detection, containment, and response to any advanced threat, inside and outside the corporate network.

It combines preventive and EDR technologies with a true Zero Trust Application Service, and a Threat Hunting Service that offers behavioral analytics to uncover threat actors utilizing living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques.

In the ongoing battle to defend your organization, the endpoint is a favorite target for cyber criminals. This means that it is more important than ever to protect and monitor all endpoints that handle sensitive information and connect to systems both inside and outside the corporate network.

In fact, last year over 350,000 new malicious programs were being registered every day. Hackers are targeting vulnerable endpoints, where enterprises store their most valuable assets. The reason? As is so often the case, for economic gain. Malware and ransomware have become some of the most prevalent threats, although paradoxically, the direct costs are not the main problem – rather, it is the downtime they cause. This is forcing enterprises to adopt measures to improve their security posture.

PROTECT YOUR COMPANY AGAINST MALWARE AND RANSOMWARE

The increasing exposure of companies to new types of malware and threats endangers their security posture, requiring new approaches to help reduce the impact of possible attacks.

WatchGuard EPP is an effective Cloud-native security solution that centralizes next-generation antivirus for all your Windows, macOS and Linux desktops, laptops, and servers, in addition to the leading virtualization systems and Android devices. This complete protection covers all vectors: network (firewall), email, web, and external devices. It includes a set of EPP technologies to prevent malware, ransomware and the latest threats. One of these technologies checks in real time the WatchGuard Threat Intelligence, a huge repository being fed by the latest machine-learning algorithms, to detect malicious attacks faster.

Moreover, there is no need to maintain hardware and software. Its lightweight agent has no impact on endpoint performance, simplifying security management and increasing operational efficiency.

Security professionals are overwhelmed with the increase in the volume of security data handled by organizations. The large volumes of information handled and the appearance of next-generation malware causes many details to be overlooked or not registered, compromising the entire system’s security.

Advanced Reporting Tool platform automates the storage and correlation of information generated by the execution of processes and their context, extracted from endpoints by WatchGuard EPDR and WatchGuard EDR without having to invest in infrastructure, facilities or maintenance.

This information enables WatchGuard Advanced Reporting Tool to automatically generate security intelligence and provide tools that allow organizations to pinpoint attacks and unusual behaviors, regardless of their origin, as well as detecting internal misuse of the corporate network and systems.

The Advanced Reporting Tool provides organizations with the capacity to search, explore and analyze, offering IT and security insights such as: Correcting employee behavior that is not in line with the company’s usage policies; Determining the origin of security incidents and applying security measures to prevent future attacks; Implementing more restrictive policies for accessing critical business information; and monitoring and controlling misuse of corporate resources that may have an impact on business and employee performance.

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According to Ponemon Institute, 57% of victims of cyberattacks said that applying a patch would have prevented them from being attacked and 34% said that they knew about the vulnerability before the attack.

Ransomware cyberattacks like Wanny Cry or Petya were the perfect storm against businesses with poor OS patche management policies, but not the only ones. 86% of vulnerabilities are due to unpatched third-party applications such as Java, Adobe, Firefox, Chrome, Flash, and OpenOffice.

WatchGuard Patch Management is a user-friendly solution for managing vulnerabilities in operating systems and third-party applications on Windows workstations and servers. It reduces the attack surface, while at the same time strengthening your organization’s prevention and containment capabilities.

The solution does not require any new endpoint agents or management consoles, as it is fully integrated with all of WatchGuard’s endpoint solutions

It also provides centralized, real-time visibility into the security status of software vulnerabilities, missing patches, updates and unsupported (EOL) software, as well as tools for the entire patch management cycle: from discovery and planning to installation and monitoring.

According to Gartner, a laptop is stolen every 53 seconds. The growing amount of data stored on endpoints has clearly increased interest in this data, along with the risk of suffering a data breach through the loss, theft or unauthorized access to information.

This has led regulations such as the GDPR2 in the European Union and the CCPA3 in the United States to become more demanding in an effort to reduce the increasing likelihood of loss, theft or unauthorized access to data and the serious economic impact this entails.WatchGuard Full Encryption dashboard in WatchGuard’s web management console with key indicators of the encryption status of endpoints across the organization.

CENTRALLY STRENGTHEN SECURITY AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS

One of the most effective ways of minimizing data exposure is to automatically encrypt the hard drives on desktops, laptops and servers. This way, access to data is secure and complies with established authentication mechanisms. Establishing encryption policies provides an additional layer of security and control for organizations, although it may also lead to data control and recovery issues if the key is lost.

WatchGuard Full Encryption leverages BitLocker, a proven and stable Microsoft technology, to encrypt and decrypt disks without impacting end users. It provides organizations with the added value of centrally controlling and managing the recovery keys stored on WatchGuard Cloud-based management platform.

Preauthorization from WatchGuard required for SIEMFeeder

Because detection and response are as crucial as prevention, you deserve to overcome your pressing SOC issues: alert fatigue, growing attack surface, complex threat landscape, and staffing challenges to optimize your security operations – and that’s where WatchGuard Endpoint Security for SOCs sits in your stack.

WatchGuard Endpoint for SOCs is uniquely positioned to provide cutting-edge technologies, empowering your team with the best practices to anticipate unknown and sophisticated threats with confidence. Improve your time to detect and the time to respond to incidents.

AUTOMATE DETECTION AND RESPONSE

The Zero-Trust Application Service and the Threat Hunting Service certify the legitimacy of all running applications and detect fileless attacks through AI-driven automation. They are extensions of your team, maximizing efficiency and accuracy while enabling them to focus on what matters most.

TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH

Orion’s security analytics create clarity by enriching the 365-day Cloud data lake to hunt and detect abnormal behaviors, prioritizing and contextualizing indicators mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, and automate investigations with notebooks. Empower your analysts to proactively neutralize threats earlier with confidence.

EXTEND YOUR SECOPS TEAM

The Premium Threat Hunting Service vastly reduces the time to mitigate threats by constantly monitoring and proactively hunting for threats. As soon as a potential attack is validated, our hunters immediately notify your team, so they can quickly navigate incident response, backed by advice from experienced hunters.

BOOST YOUR SECURITY STACK

WatchGuard APIs, including Orion’s APIs, streamline collaboration within the SOC toolset, while Orion’s Notebooks connect with existing systems to accelerate threats discovery, investigation, and response across the network, and SIEMFeeder enriches your SIEM with endpoint telemetry and IoAs.

Business today happens on the move. Whether working from the office, at home, in a coffee shop, or conference hotel room, the modern employee relishes the opportunity to be productive where they feel most comfortable. The burden of keeping your organization safe as employees roam free is daunting, especially as they move outside the security of the network perimeter. Passport is the bundled offering of user-focused security services you need to empower your team to move freely, while protecting your organization from would-be cyber criminals. Each service provides persistent, always-on protection that travels with your user.

Passport now includes Panda AD360, AuthPoint, and DNS WatchGo.

100% CLOUD MANAGED

Passport is 100% managed from the Cloud, so there’s no software to maintain, or any hardware to deploy. Viewing reports and alerts, configuring services, deploying host sensors, and managing authentication tokens can all be done from the Cloud.

Simplicity is our mission at WatchGuard and that mission extends beyond how the product is built to how it is packaged. With Passport, organizations of all sizes can benefit from enterprise-grade security for users on the go.

DNSWatchGO is a Cloud-based service that provides domain-level protection, content filtering, and integrated security awareness training to keep your users safe when they travel outside of your secure network perimeter. When critical alerts are seen, WatchGuard’s team of security experts performs a tailored analysis of the potential threat, following up with an easy-to-understand accounting that includes detailed insights about the potential infection. When a user clicks a malicious link, DNSWatchGO automatically redirects them to a safe page and offers resources that reinforce security education.

PROTECTION ON THE GO

WatchGuard DNSWatchGO provides defense and content filtering that protects users when they are outside of the network, without requiring a VPN. By monitoring outbound DNS requests and correlating this against our aggregated intelligence, DNSWatchGO stops endpoints from talking to malicious infrastructure. When a connection to a bad domain is attempted, the connection is blocked, and the malicious traffic is rerouted to DNSWatch servers for further investigation. Command and control callbacks, phishing attacks, and data exfiltration attempts are automatically blocked.

DNSWatchGO can also prevent your users from accessing inappropriate content. You can establish policies for your users based on 130 pre-defined blocking categories, and fine-tune access with the ability to establish and enforce policies by user or group.

STRONG SECURITY AT EVERY LAYER

Uniquely architected to be the industry’s smartest, fastest, and most effective network security products, WatchGuard solutions deliver in-depth defenses against advanced malware, ransomware, botnets, trojans, viruses, drive-by downloads, data loss, phishing and much more.

HOW IT WORKS

WatchGuard DNSWatchGO monitors outbound DNS requests, correlating them against an aggregated list of malicious sites. Requests that are determined to be malicious are blocked, redirecting the user to a safe site to reinforce their phishing training.