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Over 2 years ago

Answered a question: What is the difference between denial of service and distributed denial of service?

Netanya Good question. I hope to give you a very simplistic answer.A DoS attack would be generated by a single IP or machine vs the Distributed DoS which is a multitude of hosts attacking a target from multiple IP's/ machines.In other words, a 1 to 1 attack vs a many to 1…

Almost 3 years ago

Answered a question: Carbon Black and Cylance Comparison for EDR

Paul While I've not used Carbon I have used Cylance and Optics for years before moving away from them in favor of a more robust and easy to manage solution. Cylance, IF properly configured can stop the majority of attacks out there and incorporates machine learning. I would…

About 3 years ago

Answered a question: What is your recommended cost-effective solution to detect and prevent APT attacks?

@Satish Singh Thank you for your question it's one that requires deeper thought and understanding of the impacted environment. Several things you can do is to have an up-to-date IRP (Incident Response Plan) - This plan includes all layers of your organization from top to…

About 3 years ago

Answered a question: When evaluating Endpoint Security, what aspect do you think is the most important to look for?

Ariel Thank you for your question hope you are finding many answers to assist you here. My own opinion on this will probably be in line with multiple others here. Several questions I like to ask during this process are as follows: -Will this be hosted on cloud or on-prem?…

About 3 years ago

Answered a question: What are the best on-premise Endpoint Security solutions for a Tech Services company with 10,000 employees?

Satish Thank you for your well-thought-out and detailed question on this topic. Many will have many opinions on this so prepare to get a little overwhelmed. Is this protection for your 10k+ staff or you're looking to resell this as a service? Sophos EDR is a possible…

About 3 years ago

Answered a question: Cortex XDR by Palo Alto vs. Sentinel One

I haven't used Cortex. My worry with it and every other solution is how well does it perform when disconnected from the cloud/ the internet S1 - I have been using it for a couple of years now without an issue. I had been using Cylance prior. I've been very happy with the S1…

About 3 years ago

Answered a question: Which is the best EDR for a logistics company with 500-1000 employees?

@Samy Adel Thank you for the question. I hope you discover the answers here. First off does this company want to manage the EDR solution on-prem, or would they prefer a hosted solution? Windows-based shop or are the end points Mac, and Linux as well? EDR's I do prefer…

About 3 years ago

Answered a question: Sophos Intercept X or Symantec End-User Endpoint Security - which is the better solution?

Having used both I'd go with something other than either of these two solutions. Both deep dive onto your local computers making them impossible to remove, Should the need arise you'll end up having to reimage equipment to fully remove the products. Bloated and they dig…

Over 3 years ago

Answered a question: What do you recommend to choose when replacing Symantec EDR: SentinelOne or CrowdStirke Falcon?

S1 for sure. Disconnect Falcon from the internet and it looses its ability to do anything. Falcon is still a fine product, for EDR I'd go S1.

Over 6 years ago

Answered a question: What's the best way to trial endpoint protection solutions?

Consult with several VARs with any product being looked at. If possible work directly with the vendor of the product to avoid the VAR pressing you in any one direction. The product vendor can then point you to the proper/ best fit VAR offering the best price for the product…

Almost 7 years ago

Contributed a review of BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity: Endpoints are protected in real-time without the need of a centralized server

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Almost 7 years ago

BlackBerry Cylance Cybersecurity

Endpoints are protected in real-time without the need of a centralized server

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Over 2 years ago

Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) Protection

What is the difference between denial of service and distributed denial of service?

Almost 3 years ago

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Carbon Black and Cylance Comparison for EDR

About 3 years ago

Network Monitoring Software

What is your recommended cost-effective solution to detect and prevent APT attacks?

About 3 years ago