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Best EDR software for businesses: Comparison table CrowdStrike Falcon SentinelOneSingularity Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Trend Micro Vision One Bitdefender GravityZone Forrester Wave Q4 2023 results Leader Strong Performer Leader Leader Leader Ease of use(Gartner Peer Insights) 4.7 out of 5 4.8 out of 5 4.3 out of 5 4.5 out of 5 4.6 out of 5 Free trial or demo Free trial upon request Demo upon request Free trial available Demo upon request Free trial upon request Starting price $184.99 per device per year $79.99 per device per year $54.75 per user per month Contact Trend Micro for pricing. No matter the EDR vendor, there are key features everyone can expect out of most, if not all, EDR solutions.

Businesses across the world have been hit by widespread disruptions to their Windows workstations stemming from a faulty update pushed out by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. "CrowdStrike is actively working with customers impacted by a defect found in a single content update for Windows hosts," the company's CEO George Kurtz said in a statement.

Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty in a U.S. court for their participation as affiliates in the LockBit ransomware scheme and helping facilitate ransomware attacks across the world. The development comes more than two months after the U.K. National Crime Agency unmasked a 31-year-old Russian national named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the administrator and developer of the LockBit ransomware operation.

VMware's Carbon Black EDR and CrowdStrike's Falcon products are two top EDR solutions with features that can help to improve an organization's security posture. For pricing, VMWare doesn't explicitly provide pricing for its Carbon Black EDR products.

As leaders within the endpoint detection and response industry, CrowdStrike and Sophos provide high-quality EDR for organizations of all sizes. CrowdStrike Falcon XDR and Sophos Intercept X both build upon their EDR solutions with enhanced detection and response, known as XDR. In this comparison, we explain which EDR solution is best for you and your organization.

A faulty component in the latest CrowdStrike Falcon update is crashing Windows systems, impacting various organizations and services across the world, including airports, TV stations, and hospitals. [...]

Two Russian nations have pleaded guilty to involvement in many LockBit ransomware attacks, which targeted victims worldwide and across the United States. LockBit affiliates like Vasiliev and Astamirov would identify and breach vulnerable systems on victims' networks, steal sensitive stored data, and help deploy ransomware payloads to encrypt files.

CrowdStrike and Trellix are two of the top EDR software options on the market. CrowdStrike is a cloud-based EDR tool that protects endpoints from critical vulnerabilities such as malware, phishing, and ransomware and DDoS attacks.

In the current cyber threat landscape, the protection of personal and corporate identities has become vital. To properly mitigate threats stemming from compromised credentials and accounts, organizations need identity intelligence.

Microsoft says an Azure configuration change caused a major Microsoft 365 outage on Thursday, affecting customers across the Central US region. [...]