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Leadership Brief
By John Tolbert

Do I Need Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)?

EDR products are getting a lot of attention at conferences and in the cybersecurity press. But does your organization need it? If so, do you have the expertise in-house to properly deploy, operate, and get value out of it? We’ll look at reasons to consider EDR or EDR as a managed service below.
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  1. Figure 1 Does my organization need EDR?

1 Executive Summary

Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) solutions look for evidence and effects of malware that may have slipped past EPP products. EDR solutions log acti ...

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2 Analysis

Endpoint Detection & Response

EDR solutions are designed primarily to help security analysts discover evidence of malicious activities that have al ...

Does my organization have the expertise to effectively deploy and manage EDR?

EDR agents need to be installed on all endpoints for maximum coverage. ...

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3 Recommendations

EDR solutions are becoming increasingly sought after to provide visibility and close a perceived gap in the security architecture. If your organizatio ...

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4 Links to Related Research

Buyer’s Compass: Endpoint Protection - 80110
Leadership Compass: Enterprise Endpoint Security: Anti-Malware - 71172

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