Zero Trust Endpoint Protection: Security for your Organization

In today’s digital world, cybersecurity is more important than ever. With increasing threats and advanced cyber attacks, it is essential to protect your organization with the best tools. This is where Zero Trust Endpoint Protection comes in. This approach provides unparalleled security beyond traditional detection methods.

What is Zero Trust Endpoint Protection? 🤔

Zero Trust Endpoint Protection is a security approach that provides enterprise-level cybersecurity to organizations worldwide. Instead of relying heavily on detection methods and chasing threats, this approach blocks anything that is not explicitly trusted and limits actions to only what is needed. This means that unauthorized software, including ransomware and other malware, is rejected by default.

Key Features of Zero Trust Endpoint Protection

• Application Allowlisting 📋
  • How does it work?: When the agent is first installed, it operates in Learning mode. During this time, all applications and their dependencies are catalogued on the computer and policies are created to allow them. After the learning period, the IT administrator can review the list of applications, remove non-essential applications and secure the computer. Once the computer is secured, any untrusted applications, scripts or libraries that attempt to run are rejected.
  • Why is it important?: Application Allowlisting is considered the gold standard in protecting businesses from known and unknown malware. It gives you control over what software, scripts, executables and libraries can run on your endpoints and servers, significantly reducing the risk of cyber attacks.
• Ringfencing🛡️
  • How does it work?: Ringfencing controls what applications can do once they run. For example, it limits Microsoft Word’s ability to invoke PowerShell, which could prevent an exploit such as the Follina vulnerability.
  • Why is it important?: By limiting what software can do, this approach reduces the likelihood of a successful exploit or of an attacker abusing legitimate tools such as PowerShell.
• Storage Control 🗂️
  • How does it work?: Storage Control provides policy-driven control over storage devices, whether local folder, network share or remote storage. You can set detailed policies to restrict access to storage locations depending on the user, time window, file type and application used.
  • Why is it important?: Protecting data from unwanted access is crucial. Storage Control lets you create granular policies to manage and encrypt access to network shares, local folders and remote storage.
• Elevation Control 🚀
  • How does it work?: Elevation Control allows users to run specific applications as local administrators even when they do not have local administrator privileges. Administrators can control exactly which applications can be run as administrators without users having administrator privileges.
  • Why is it important?: Local administrator privileges are a sought-after target for cybercriminals. Elevation Control eliminates the possibility of these rights being abused without hindering productivity.
• Network Control 🌐
  • How does it work?: Network Control allows you to set firewall policies for all endpoints from a central location. It monitors network traffic with on-demand port control and ensures that unauthorized devices do not have visibility of open ports.
  • Why is it important?: The traditional corporate firewall is no longer sufficient in an era when employees work both in the office and remotely. Network Control protects your devices and data by implementing control over network traffic.
• Detection and Response 🚨
  • How does it work?: This approach identifies and detects anomalies within an environment by using telemetry data. It alerts administrators to potentially dangerous activities and helps harden the environment against known and unknown vulnerabilities.
  • Why is it important?: Detection and Response add additional functionality to the Zero Trust philosophy by enabling real-time notifications and automatic responses to indicators of compromise.

Benefits of Zero Trust Endpoint Protection

• Advanced protection against malware and cyber attacks. 🛡️
• Complete control over what software runs on your devices. 🖥️
• Real-time monitoring and notifications for suspicious activity. ⏱️
• Easy integration into existing IT environments. 🔄
• Support from a dedicated Cyber Support Team, 24/7/365. 🌍

Conclusion

At ALTA-ICT, we understand the importance of robust cybersecurity in the modern work environment. That’s why Zero Trust Endpoint Protection is an integral part of our Platinum Modern Workplace. With advanced features such as Application Allowlisting, Ringfencing, Storage Control, Elevation Control, and Network Control, we provide your organization with unmatched protection against the most sophisticated cyber threats. Trust ALTA-ICT to keep your business secure and compliant in an ever-changing digital world. To learn more about our solutions, visit our Modern Workplace page.