Despite significant investments in endpoint detection and response (EDR), next-generation anti-virus (NGAV), and extended detection and response (XDR), many enterprises still face security gaps that leave PCs vulnerable to compromise by malware and zero-day exploits. A new report from TAG Cyber reviews the limitations of traditional detection-based solutions and explains how strong isolation mechanisms – such as the hardware-enforced isolation technology used by HP Sure Click Enterprise – closes the gaps left by “detect-to-protect” endpoint security tools.
Key Findings
Limitations of detection-based solutions: Endpoint security solutions like EDR, NGAV, and XDR rely on detection to protect against threats, leaving endpoints vulnerable to novel or unknown attacks. Since threat actors are continually working to evade detection to achieve their objectives – whether that’s deploying ransomware or stealing data – endpoint security tools that rely on detection will never have perfect coverage across all threats at any given time. This can lead to delays in enterprise security teams responding to intrusions, or even missing them entirely, increasing the impact and the cost incurred by organizations.
Why application isolation is needed for endpoint security: Application isolation technologies contain threats within secure containers, preventing attacks from spreading throughout an environment. Rather than trying to detect malicious activity, application isolation instead extends the Zero Trust architecture principle of least privilege to user tasks on endpoints. The report discusses the security of different approaches to application isolation – from software sandboxing to HP’s hardware-enforced approach with micro-virtualization in HP Sure Click Enterprise.
TAG Cyber’s review of HP Sure Click Enterprise: The report compares HP Sure Click Enterprise with another application isolation solution, Microsoft’s now-deprecated Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG), highlighting HP Sure Click Enterprise’s broader application support, better user experience, and integration with enterprise security stacks. The report also explains how enterprises can improve the efficiency of their security operations with HP Sure Click Enterprise, for example, describing how the solution speeds up the collection of indicators of compromise (IOCs) that can be used to protect other parts of an organization’s IT environment.
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Download TAG Cyber’s report: The Cybersecurity Benefits of Endpoint Isolation Technology Using HP Sure Click Enterprise
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