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The study explores the extent to which organizations plan to prioritize endpoint security and management practices in order to combat the growing cyber threats facing the modern hybrid workforce. The report reveals that, despite the flood of devastating breaches and software vulnerabilities in 2021, few organizations are focused on enhancing their security posture and operational resilience.
Giving employees the flexibility to be fully productive while working remotely makes it critical that businesses have endpoint security measures in place to prevent, detect and respond to the growing threat landscape while allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely. Dell endpoint protection spans the enterprise to include multi-cloud data protection solutions that can be delivered as software-defined and/or appliance-based solutions, and above all, enables users to remain highly productive by defeating increasingly sophisticated attacks in the new remote work paradigm.
Giving employees the flexibility to be fully productive while working remotely makes it critical that businesses have endpoint security measures in place to prevent, detect and respond to the growing threat landscape while allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely. Dell endpoint protection spans the enterprise to include multi-cloud data protection solutions that can be delivered as software-defined and/or appliance-based solutions, and above all, enables users to remain highly productive by defeating increasingly sophisticated attacks in the new remote work paradigm.
"While the total volume of network attacks shrank slightly, malware per device was up for the first time since the pandemic began," said Corey Nachreiner, CSO at WatchGuard. Attackers disproportionately targeted the Americas - The overwhelming majority of network attacks targeted the Americas in Q3 compared to Europe and APAC. Overall network attack detections resumed a more normal trajectory but still pose significant risks - After consecutive quarters of more than 20% growth, roughly 4.1 million unique network exploits were detected in Q3. The drop of 21% brought volumes down to Q1 levels, which were still high compared to the previous year.
Microsoft says zero-touch onboarding for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on iOS is now available in public preview, allowing enterprise admins to silently install Defender for Endpoint automatically on enrolled devices. "With this new capability, enterprises can now deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on iOS devices that are enrolled with Microsoft Endpoint Manager automatically, without needing end-users to interact with the app," Microsoft explained.
Microsoft has addressed a known issue that plagued Windows Server customers for weeks, preventing the Defender for Endpoint enterprise security platform from launching on some systems. The issue only impacts devices where customers installed Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 security updates issued during last month's Patch Tuesday.
Microsoft Defender for Business, a new endpoint security solution specially built for small and medium-sized businesses, is now rolling out in preview worldwide.Microsoft first announced Defender for Business last month and released it in response to the 300% increase in ransomware attacks in the previous year, with over 50% of them directly impacting SMBs, according to US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
The study explores how organizations patch and manage their remote and office-based endpoints and provide employees with remote IT support. The report reveals that even though most organizations plan to keep at least some remote work in 2022, they struggle to secure and support their remote or hybrid workforce.
Many organizations lack an effective patch management program, especially when it comes to patching remote systems, says Action1. Patching security holes has become even more difficult with the advent of the remote workforce as so many endpoints are now outside the network perimeter.
A sad-faced Microsoft engineer has had to reset the "Days since we last shot ourselves in the foot" counter at the company's HQ after a security update broke Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Windows Server Core. The latter included the LTSC editions of Windows 10 as Microsoft pointed out, only devices with a Windows Server Core installation were affected.