All Seeing, All Knowing Border Control: Endpoint Detection and Response

The evolutionary arms race between hackers and cyber-defenders has led to the rapid disruption of the traditional managed security service provider (MSSP) market. As vendors scramble to stay relevant, this has led to a sea of sales messages and acronyms, including the advent of EDR and proactive threat hunting. Breaking this down, we have EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response), the word proactive (the mainstay of copyright teams globally), and threat hunting (why wouldn’t you want that), but marketing aside, what does this actually mean? Read this article and you'll know.