Endpoint Protection for Businesses
Protect the computers, laptops, servers, and remote devices your organization depends on with continuous monitoring, proactive maintenance, advanced threat detection, and managed response.
What Is Endpoint Protection?
Endpoint protection combines security technology, device monitoring, maintenance, and response processes to protect the computers, servers, laptops, and other systems that connect to your business network and information.
Each connected device is an endpoint because it is a place where an employee, application, or service can access company resources. Unpatched, compromised, or poorly secured endpoints can provide an opening for malware, ransomware, unauthorized access, and data theft.
Effective protection requires ongoing monitoring, maintenance, alert review, investigation, and appropriate response when suspicious activity is detected.
Desktop Computers
Employee workstations used to access business applications, files, email, and company systems.
Business Laptops
Portable company devices used in the office, at home, or while employees travel.
Business Servers
Systems that host company applications, shared files, databases, and important network resources.
Remote Devices
Managed systems connecting from employee homes, customer locations, or networks outside the office.
Why Business Endpoints Need Protection
A single vulnerable or compromised computer can affect employees, customer information, business applications, and other connected systems.
Ransomware
Malicious software can encrypt files, disrupt business operations, and prevent employees from accessing important information.
Missing Security Updates
Outdated operating systems and applications may contain known vulnerabilities attackers can attempt to exploit.
Remote-Work Exposure
Company devices used outside the office may connect through different networks and require consistent monitoring.
Limited Visibility
Without centralized monitoring, important device issues and suspicious activity may remain unnoticed.
Managed Endpoint Protection Services
Advanced Technology Solutions combines endpoint management, security monitoring, threat detection, maintenance, investigation, and technical support into one managed service.
Continuous Device Monitoring
We monitor managed endpoints for important health, availability, performance, and security conditions that may require attention.
Patch Management
Operating-system updates are managed through policies to help address known vulnerabilities and maintain supported devices.
Threat Detection
Endpoint activity is reviewed for suspicious behavior, malicious processes, dangerous files, and potential security events.
Investigation and Response
Relevant security alerts can be investigated so appropriate response actions can be taken based on the situation.
Remote Remediation
Many endpoint problems can be investigated, maintained, and resolved remotely without waiting for an onsite visit.
Centralized Management
Endpoint status, alerts, policies, maintenance tasks, and technical activity are managed through centralized platforms.
Managed With Datto RMM and Datto EDR
We use Datto RMM and Datto EDR as management and security platforms to help provide centralized endpoint monitoring, maintenance, detection, and response.
Datto RMM
Datto RMM provides centralized visibility and management for supported business endpoints. It helps our team monitor devices, manage maintenance, deploy patches, investigate technical issues, and provide remote assistance.
- Endpoint health and availability monitoring
- Policy-based patch management
- Remote troubleshooting and technical support
- Automated maintenance tasks
- Device and service alerting
- Centralized endpoint management
Datto EDR
Datto EDR adds endpoint detection and response capabilities that help identify suspicious activity and provide response options when potentially malicious behavior is discovered.
- Behavior-based endpoint monitoring
- Security-alert investigation
- Suspicious-process identification
- Affected-device isolation capability
- Suspicious-file quarantine capability
- Malicious-process termination capability
Endpoint Protection Versus Traditional Antivirus
Antivirus remains an important security layer, but managed endpoint protection includes broader monitoring, maintenance, detection, and response capabilities.
Antivirus
Traditional antivirus commonly focuses on detecting and blocking malicious files using known signatures and other prevention methods.
- Malicious-file scanning
- Known-threat detection
- Basic quarantine capabilities
- One important security layer
Endpoint Protection and EDR
Managed endpoint protection adds device visibility, patch management, behavior monitoring, alert investigation, response, and technical support.
- Continuous endpoint monitoring
- Patch and maintenance management
- Suspicious-behavior detection
- Alert investigation and response
- Remote technical remediation
How Endpoint Protection Is Implemented
We begin by understanding your devices, employees, remote-work requirements, existing controls, and overall technology environment.
Review Your Environment
We identify supported endpoints, operating requirements, business applications, remote-work needs, and current security controls.
Deploy Managed Agents
Approved Datto RMM and Datto EDR agents are deployed to the endpoints included in the managed service.
Configure Policies
Monitoring, alerting, patching, maintenance, and security settings are configured around your environment.
Monitor and Respond
Our team reviews relevant alerts, investigates endpoint issues, performs maintenance, and responds based on the situation.
Does Your Business Need Managed Endpoint Protection?
Managed endpoint protection is especially valuable for organizations that rely on computers and servers but do not have the internal time, tools, or personnel to continuously manage every device, update, and security alert.
Endpoint Protection Questions
Learn more about managed endpoint protection, Datto RMM, Datto EDR, and how these services support business cybersecurity.
Is endpoint protection the same as antivirus?
No. Antivirus is an important prevention layer, while managed endpoint protection can also include device monitoring, patch management, behavior-based detection, alert investigation, containment, remote remediation, and ongoing technical support.
What is Datto RMM used for?
We use Datto RMM to remotely monitor, maintain, patch, manage, and support approved business endpoints through a centralized platform.
What is Datto EDR used for?
Datto EDR provides endpoint detection and response capabilities that help identify suspicious behavior and support actions such as investigating alerts, isolating an affected device, terminating a process, or quarantining a file when appropriate.
Can endpoint protection help reduce ransomware risk?
Endpoint monitoring, patch management, behavior detection, and rapid response can help reduce exposure and limit potential damage. Endpoint protection should also be supported by secure backups, email security, employee awareness, and additional cybersecurity controls.
Can remote employees receive endpoint protection?
Supported company-managed devices can continue to receive monitoring and endpoint-security coverage while employees work outside the main office, provided those devices can communicate with the management platforms.
Does endpoint protection guarantee every attack will be stopped?
No cybersecurity product can guarantee that every attack will be prevented. Managed endpoint protection helps reduce risk, improve visibility, detect suspicious activity, support containment, and enable a faster response.
Protect the Devices Your Business Depends On
Talk with Advanced Technology Solutions about managed endpoint protection using Datto RMM and Datto EDR. We will help evaluate your devices, current security controls, and business requirements.