F-Secure has made its managed endpoint detection and response (EDR) service only available through its partners.
The service was developed to combat the growing threat of so-called fileless cyber attacks that are often designed to evade traditional endpoint protection technologies.
This threat, which sees hackers target vulnerabilities in operating systems or legitimate applications, rather than installing malware on a target computer, is only going to get more severe, according to Ponemon, which has predicted 35% of attacks in 2018 will be fileless, up six percent compared to 2017.
-Secure partner BWG Informationssysteme MD Thomas Zeller said that companies were demanding managed services and advanced threat protection, requiring more human participation and expertise than is offered by standard security products.
“F-Secure offers us new managed service opportunities, and we have access to their threat analysts in case needed.”
F-Secure’s EDR service will allow partners to better protect their customer’s assets from a range of attacks, such as privilege escalation, admin credential theft, Powershell script attacks, lateral movement, phishing and ransomware, he said.
“Today’s stealthy, sophisticated attacks demand sophisticated approaches because mere endpoint protection is not enough anymore,” said Jyrki Tulokas, executive VP of cybersecurity products and services at F-Secure.
“At the same time, the critical shortage of skilled cybersecurity specialists puts midmarket companies at a disadvantage when it comes to hiring. The answer is to use cutting-edge artificial intelligence trained by F-Secure’s world-class threat analysts to detect advanced threats that have penetrated the network, and guide our partners on how to respond.”
