Huntress Expands Fully Managed Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Capabilities
May 23 2024 - 11:53AM
Huntress announced that its award-winning Managed Endpoint
Detection and Response (EDR) product now includes Active
Remediation and macOS coverage.
Huntress EDR previously included proactive isolation to stop the
spread of threats immediately, click-to-approve remediation, and
guided recovery and cleanup. With the addition of Active
Remediation, security administrators can pre-authorize Huntress to
take action on their behalf with zero manual review and approval.
This added convenience promises to speed up the remediation process
and lighten the workloads of IT and security teams.
“Our primary focus has always been keeping our customers and
partners safe, and we want to do that with complete ease of use.
Our Active Remediation automatically eliminates threats with zero
manual intervention. With our consistent record of less than 1%
false positives, Managed EDR users can rest assured that they are
being protected 24/7 by our human-led SOC while enjoying the
benefits of an extremely hands-off solution,” said Seth Geftic,
Vice President of Product Marketing for Huntress.
Today, 22.4% of businesses are running macOS—with 50% of users
affected by malware, hacking, or scams. The rise in malware attacks
comes with the growing number of macOS users in small to mid-sized
enterprises, as they are high-value targets for bad actors. The
average data breach cost for these businesses is $4.35M, and it can
take approximately 277 days to detect and contain a breach. These
numbers are high enough to put smaller enterprises out of business.
With macOS threats increasing roughly 100% from 2023 to 2024, this
enhancement arrives at the right time to arm small businesses and
mid-sized enterprises and the managed service providers who support
them.
“Businesses might be tempted to assume that macOS is inherently
more secure than Windows, but with threat actors becoming more
sophisticated, that’s simply not the case,” said Stuart
Ashenbrenner, macOS Researcher at Huntress. “Mac environments are
more complex, which is why Huntress has rolled out this release to
support resource-constrained IT teams that need specialized macOS
experience and protection.”
Additional Resources:
- Check out Huntress’ latest ‘Smuggler’s Gambit: Uncovering HTML
Smuggling Adversary in the Middle Tradecraft’ blog
- Read the EDR Active Remediation blog
- Read the macOS LightSpy malware variant blog
- Start a free trial
Visit Huntress.com to learn more about this new enhancement, or
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About HuntressHuntress is a leading
cybersecurity company focused on protecting and empowering small
businesses and mid-sized enterprises. Combining the power of the
Huntress Managed Security Platform with a human-led 24/7 Security
Operations Center (SOC), Huntress provides the top-rated
technology, services, education, and expertise needed to help
companies overcome cybersecurity challenges and protect critical
business assets. For more information about Huntress, visit
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