What's new with antivirus technology
Antivirus technology is essential for protecting your business's computers and data from malicious software and cyber threats. Keeping up with the latest advancements in antivirus technology is crucial to stay ahead of the curve while ensuring the security and protection of your business's valuable information.
In our latest article, we explore and explain an exciting new AI-based development in cybersecurity and how these advancements can benefit and protect your business.
What is antivirus technology?
If you or your business is connected to the Internet, your sensitive information and personal data are constantly at risk of being exploited by increasingly sophisticated cyber threats that can arise from viruses, ransomware, malware and Phishing.
To protect your IT systems from cyber threats, it is essential to have managed antivirus protection in place. Although cybercriminals are always looking for new ways to infect vulnerable IT systems and steal sensitive data, antivirus technology continues to evolve, proactively protecting businesses and users.d users.
How does traditional antivirus technology work?
Traditional managed antivirus technology works by providing automatic updates and security patches to your systems to block and prevent viruses, ransomware, malware and Phishing from infecting your systems. Managed antivirus automatically accesses a database of known viruses, malware and threats. These updates are then deployed to your machine, allow the scanning of files and documents to automatically notify you of threats.
But in order for your antivirus program to offer optimal protection, it needs to be continually updated and is at risk of a newly created virus, until it is added into the antivirus database. Research and experience show that human error is one of the most common reasons for cyberattacks. Thankfully, as clever as these cybercriminals think they are, antivirus protection has evolved to be one step ahead, once one incorporates the increasing advancements of AI technology.
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What's new in antivirus protection?
At Think Concepts, in addition to our managed antivirus solutions, we are excited to offer a new advanced AI-based managed antivirus protection system called ThinkEDR.
EDR stands for Endpoint Detection and Response. Whereas traditional antivirus protection uses a database of known threats and viruses to update and protect your IT systems, EDR goes one step further by using a software that provides endpoint protection whilst also detecting newly created cyber threats using AI, that a typical antivirus product would not be aware of yet and would not protect you from (these are referred to as zero-day attacks).
Essentially, by focusing on the detection of unusual software activity, EDR is not limited to only detecting known, file-based threats. On the contrary, the primary value of the EDR proposition is that the threat does not need to be precisely defined in the way that it does for Antivirus solutions. An EDR solution can look for patterns of activity that are unexpected, unusual, and unwanted and issue an alert for a security analyst to investigate, something typical antivirus solutions can, and do, miss.
How does EDR antivirus technology work?
Utilising the ever-evolving technological advancements of Artificial intelligence, EDR runs in the background of your IT systems, consistently looking for security breaches and threats while proactively looking for emerging threats and scams. With its clever AI intelligence, this program has the power to instantly recognise unusual operating or behavioural patterns, alerting the user and sending the information to a cloud-based database for analysis.
For example, if a virus, ransomware or phishing scam on your IT systems is accessing files without your knowledge, unlike traditional antivirus software protection that needs to be aware of the type of virus in advance, the AI-based software will recognise these abnormalities by continually monitoring your data and changes in activity in real-time.
It will instantly notify you if it finds suspicious activity or threats and will implement the functions needed to secure your systems.
It also doesn’t stop there, if your computer is compromised, ThinkEDR can roll it back to its pre-infected state at the touch of a button! So, you are protected from damage to your business, even in a worst-case scenario where the AI cannot identify the suspicious activity.
Benefits of ThinkEDR managed antivirus protection for your business:
Cost-effective, gold-standard managed antivirus protection.
Evolving AI technology to detect and prevent current and emerging threats.
Reduced risk of cyberattacks from human error.
Continuous, real-time monitoring of your systems and devices.
The capability of rolling back your systems (Microsoft® Windows® OS devices) to their pre-infected state.
Increased efficiency with less operating systems performance impact, and less downtime from cybersecurity threats.
Does that mean my current antivirus protection is no longer fit for purpose?
Absolutely not. No matter what antivirus protection you choose, having something in place is much better than nothing. And, although we make it our business to be at the forefront of new antivirus technologies to safeguard your business from cybersecurity threats, our ThinkProtect managed antivirus protection still offers best-practice protection for your antivirus needs.
How Think Concepts EDR managed antivirus protection can help your business
At Think Concepts we have over 20 years of experience in assisting customers in protecting their critical business IT systems and essential information. While our managed antivirus protection has helped hundreds of customers, we are proud to offer businesses the most up-to-date AI-based EDR-managed antivirus protection system, assisting companies to become achieve the gold standard of protection.
Whether you are a small business working on a few laptops or a larger company with complex needs, cybersecurity threats are always present. At Think Concepts, we have all the solutions for your antivirus needs.
If you want to learn more about cybersecurity, ThinkEDR or traditional managed antivirus protection, speak to one of our friendly and professional team today.