Endpoint Protection news stories

Jamf has showcased new technologies it has developed to assist organisations in offering an enterprise secure and straightforward environment for consumers.

The product is designed to enable organisations to increase strategic preparedness and accelerate endpoint recovery.

Sophos' endpoint products have been ranked top in protection and false-positive tests for enterprise, small businesses, and consumers.

Ransomware is reaching new levels of sophistication with dangerous results, according to cybersecurity firm SLVA. 

The new offerings are designed to help MSPs build advanced, security-centric services for their customers.

ESET achieved high scores in the categories of active prevention, passive response, and combined prevention/response capabilities, scoring 96%, 100%, and 98%.

Sophos has launched Sophos ZTNA, a zero trust network access (ZTNA) offering that fully integrates with Sophos Intercept X to provide advanced endpoint protection and zero trust network access with a single agent.

WatchGuard also reports that more than half of all malware is now delivered via encrypted connections.

“Endpoint security is mission critical in today’s complex landscape, and CrowdStrike has proven time and again that our technology has transformed the approach that modern organisations take to tackle threats."

"Our continued focus on decreasing the steps required to safeguard secrets reduces the workload on security administrators and the attack surface area."

CrowdStrike has announced the launch of Falcon Fund II, a $100 million investment vehicle in partnership with Accel focused on cross-stage private investments within cybersecurity and relevant adjacent markets. 

“The Bill adds to the Government’s work to strengthen New Zealand’s protections against security threats, in line with the recommendations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the March 15 mosques attack."

"As organisations implement zero-trust security frameworks, the ability to automate patching so they can better trust assets becomes a foundational aspect of their cyber defence strategy.”

Cybersecurity provider Check Point Software Technologies has been recognised as a Major Player by IDC.

"CrowdStrike will be setting a new standard for endpoint-based data protection by connecting zero trust enforcement to the device, the user identity and, with this acquisition, the data users are accessing and using.”

ManageEngine has added data loss prevention for endpoints, anti-ransomware and endpoint compliance capabilities to its unified endpoint management solution, Desktop Central.

It’s inevitable that every business will face the business challenge of balancing productivity with security.

Endpoint protection has a reputation for “admin rights being ripped away” from end-users.

"The findings underscore the critical need for resilient endpoints and applications in the evolving ‘work from anywhere’ era."

According to the company, this integration is the latest example of WatchGuard’s continued commitment to and investment in MSP enablement with WatchGuard Cloud enhancements.

The integrated solution creates a defence against sophisticated attackers and provides comprehensive coverage across a broad set of attack techniques, as documented in the MITRE ATT&CK matrix.

To access work emails, it may suffice to use with multi-factor authentication. But if users want to access customer data, that security control isn’t enough.

Nearly half of workers will stay remote after the pandemic ends, and two out of three IT professionals are concerned with endpoint misuse, according to Prey Software's new study.

“The rise in sophisticated, evasive threat tactics last quarter and throughout 2020 showcases how vital it is to implement layered, end-to-end security protections."