EDR is essential for modern security because it goes beyond prevention, providing the visibility and tools to detect, investigate, and respond to threats that evade initial defenses. But not all EDR solutions are created equal. While traditional EDR helps uncover these silent breaches, they often require specialized skills or expensive analysts to make sense of the data, slowing down response time. Enter Acronis Advanced Security + EDR—a solution designed to overcome these challenges, offering a more intuitive and efficient way to detect and respond to cyber threats.
Here’s why EDR is a critical component of your cybersecurity strategy:
1. Full Visibility of Threats
EDR gives you complete visibility into your environment, even for attacks that have gone undetected by traditional security measures. It maps out the entire life cycle of an attack, from the initial breach to any data that was accessed or exfiltrated. This step-by-step breakdown enables you to quickly understand not just what happened, but how it happened. With this insight, you can make informed decisions to prevent similar attacks in the future.
By visually mapping out the attack progression, EDR simplifies understanding the scope and impact of each incident, allowing you to respond more effectively.
2. Minimized Investigation Time
Investigating cyber incidents traditionally takes hours, or even days. With EDR, you can reduce this time to just minutes. It details every phase of an attack in clear, human-readable language, making it easy for security teams to analyze incidents without needing specialized cybersecurity expertise. This reduces the dependency on expensive analysts or expanding your security team, ultimately saving your business time and resources.
With faster investigation times, your team can focus on responding to threats, rather than getting bogged down in complex forensic analysis.
3. Proactive Threat Hunting
EDR doesn’t just wait for an attack to happen—it actively scans your workloads for known threats. Leveraging intelligence from the Cyber Protection Operations Center (CPOC), EDR checks for Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) such as malware, vulnerabilities, or global events that could impact your data protection. This proactive approach helps you identify potential threats before they have a chance to cause damage, ensuring your security stays ahead of attackers.
By automatically searching for these threats, EDR allows your team to focus on other strategic tasks while staying protected from emerging risks.
4. Faster Incident Response
When a breach occurs, speed is critical. EDR provides you with detailed information on post-breach activities, breaking down each stage of the attack, or "kill chain." This allows you to take immediate action to contain the threat. You can quarantine compromised systems, terminate malware processes, and even remotely investigate using forensic tools. Additionally, with Cyber Disaster Recovery Cloud, you can recover critical business operations quickly after an attack, minimizing downtime and disruption.
EDR’s fast response capabilities ensure that your organization can mitigate the impact of a breach and return to normal operations as swiftly as possible.
5. Confident Security Reporting
EDR doesn’t just stop at detection and response—it also helps you report on your security posture with confidence. Incident-related data is stored for up to 180 days, providing valuable information for auditing and compliance purposes. This extended visibility allows you to review past incidents and improve future defenses, while also ensuring you can demonstrate your organization’s security practices to stakeholders or regulatory bodies.
With reliable reporting and incident tracking, you can eliminate uncertainty and build trust in your organization’s ability to manage cyber risks.
Conclusion
In today’s cybersecurity landscape, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is no longer optional—it’s essential. Traditional prevention methods alone can’t keep up with the advanced tactics cybercriminals employ, leaving your business vulnerable to undetected breaches. EDR not only provides full visibility into these silent threats, but it also simplifies investigation and response, saving your team valuable time and resources.
With Acronis Advanced Security + EDR, you can take your security to the next level by detecting unnoticed attacks, minimizing investigation time, responding swiftly to incidents, and reporting confidently on your security posture. By integrating EDR into your cybersecurity strategy, you can protect your organization from the inside out—ensuring that when prevention fails, you’re ready to respond.
