External Threats
Endpoint Security
Endpoint security, or endpoint protection, is the cybersecurity strategy focused on safeguarding endpoints such as desktops, laptops, mobile devices, and other devices that connect to a computer network from malicious activities. Some common tools for endpoint security include ati-virus or anti-malware software, Endpoint Protection (EPP), and Endponit Detectyion and Responise (EDR).
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Anti-Virus or Anti-Malware
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Anti virus or antimalware product is a program designed to identify and eliminate malware, suspicious or malicious activities and other threats that may cause harm to your devices.
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Endpoint Protection
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EPP or Endpoint Protection provides a thorough security solution for all endpoints in the network, featuring advanced threat detection, centralized management, and an extensive array of additional security features.
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Endpoint Detection and Response
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Endpoint Detection and Response can identify and prevent threats to your organization's endpoints while offering multiple response options. It analyzes the threat's characteristics, providing your security team with details on its origin, path, current activities, and strategies to completely eradicate the attack and thoroughly investigate its history.
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Network Security
Network security encompasses the technologies, policies, personnel, and procedures implemented to protect communication infrastructures from cyber attacks, unauthorized access, and data loss. There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to network security, and we should always look for specific features that will meet our needs. There are 4 common tools known for network security and these tools are bundled with multiple features when it comes to protecting your data and endpoints online. Here are the 4 common tools for network security:
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Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)
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A network security tool that observes network traffic and devices for identifiable malicious activity, suspicious behavior, or violations of security policies.
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Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
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This tool constantly monitors a network for malicious activity and takes immediate action to prevent it, such as reporting, blocking, or dropping the activity when detected. This tool is like an upgrade for an IDS, where IDS can only detect anomalies while IPS can detect and prevent those anomalies.
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Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
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In simple terms, Next Generation Firewall is a combination of IPS, IDS and a Firewall. These integrated security solutions offer comprehensive protection by monitoring network traffic for malicious activities (IDS), actively preventing identified threats (IPS), and controlling traffic based on security policies (Firewall), all within a single platform.
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Network Detection and Response (NDR)
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NDR solutions maintain ongoing monitoring and analysis of raw enterprise network traffic to establish a standard pattern of typical network behavior. When they identify unusual network traffic patterns diverging from this norm, NDR tools promptly notify security teams about potential threats in their environment. This enables security teams to investigate the threat, identifying its source, behavior, and the full story of how and where the threat originated.
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Email Security
Email security invovles safeguarding email accounts and communications to prevent unauthorized access, loss, or compromise
Web Application Firewall
Web Application Firewall safeguards web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between the web application and the internet.
API Security
API Security involves practices at preventing or mitigating attacks on APIs, which serve as the backend framework for mobile and web applications.
