Top 11 giải pháp bảo mật đầu cuối (Endpoint Security) cho doanh nghiệp

ESET Endpoint Security combines machine learning technologies and crowdsourced threat intelligence to detect and prevent targeted malware and ransomware attacks. The solution monitors all executed apps for malicious content, based on their known behaviors and reputations. It also scans the behaviors of malicious file processes in each endpoint’s memory to discover and eliminate fileless threats. The combination of technical and human threat intelligence means that ESET’s solution has excellent detection rates before, during and after execution. ESET Endpoint Security also offers web browser protection, preventing users from downloading malicious files and enabling admins to blacklist known malicious URLs, and list URLs that need specific protection.

Security teams can manage their security across all ESET endpoints, including mobiles, via one unified cloud-based management console. This enables them to have a clear overview of their organization’s security posture.

ESET Endpoint Security is praised for being lightweight; it performs as well as any solid anti-malware engine, without the need for extra hardware and without slowing down corporate systems. Cloud-based, the solution is scalable, as well as flexible: ESET Endpoint Security is compatible with Windows, Mac, Linux and Android operating systems, with built-in mobile device management for iOS and AndroidOS. On top of this, the admin console is available in 21 languages, and ESET offers localized support in 38 languages. This makes ESET Endpoint Security a strong solution for organizations with a global workforce, as well as those with a large number of BYOD devices in their fleet.

Bitdefender’s key strengths are its threat research and ease of management, alongside strong threat protection. Behavioral based anti-virus can help to prevent attacks against the endpoint. Bitdefender also has a large R&D team, which helps to keep it on top of new and emerging threats. Bitdefender’s entire endpoint suite is also managed from one admin console.

Bitdefender customers praise the service for ease of use, strong threat protection and their lightweight endpoint client. Users suggest that using GravityZone in the cloud makes managing endpoints ‘seamless’. The central location to manage the application and end users’ stations is very popular with users. However, some customers have suggested that the service lacks some more advanced features offered by other endpoint protection vendors. The service is popular among small to mid-sized organizations, with some enterprise customers as well. We’d recommend it to organizations that need strong endpoint threat protection in an easy-to-manage solution.

Trend’s protects a wide range of endpoint devices, and it’s a suitable solution for newer endpoints and servers as well as legacy operating systems for users with older devices. Trend Micro customers praise the strong threat protection it offers, to protect shared files, hosts and servers from viruses malware and ransomware. Customers also suggest that it’s easy to install and lightweight. Trend is a strong solution for mid-market to larger enterprise customers. It offers powerful threat protection and is available around the world, with a strong partner network.

Crowdstrike protects against malware attacks and provides continues and comprehensive visibility across all of your endpoint devices. Crowdstrike can also identify and alert admins to unauthorized systems and applications in real time, to allow for faster remediation of threats. Crowdstrike also employ experienced cybersecurity analysts to can provide managed detection and response, and managed threat hunting. Key strengths of this service are the simple deployments, strong threat detection capabilities and the broad range of endpoints they can protect. The solution is fully cloud based, with no on-premise option.

Crowdstrike customers praise the service, with many complimenting the power of the threat detection and the real-time admin alerts. The solution is most suitable for enterprise customers, although Crowdstrike does offer a solution for smaller and midsized organizations. As a cloud-based endpoint solution, Crowdstrike is a good option for organizations looking for powerful endpoint security delivered as a service, with flexible pricing options and fast deployment.

The key strengths of the McAfee platform are its threat detection and response, which integrates well with windows. Gartner also reports that McAfee provides flexible cloud storage and retention options. McAfee have a focus on automation, using machine learning and behavioral analysis to allow endpoints to communicate and detect threats more quickly. This means that there is less of a need for manual detections and remediations, as McAfee can provide automatic analysis, containment and remediation of threats to your endpoint.

McAfee MVISION is suited to larger customers who will be looking for strong EDR solution with powerful and automated threat detection and response. McAfee customers praise the service for its ease of use for end users. However, some have suggested that the client itself takes up too much space on devices. McAfee’s anti-virus endpoint security is popular among mid-sized organizations.

Defender ATP works natively with Windows 10 but is also available across different environments with a version for Mac and Linux. Gartner reports that Windows Defender Anti-Virus become the most popular business endpoint protection platform, making it the market leader in this space. However, they do state that the licensing is difficult to navigate, and that feature parity is not on par with third party endpoint protection solutions. This has been reinforced by independent research which shows Defender does not rank highly against competitors in terms of threat protection.

Customers online praise Microsoft Defender, with some reporting that since installing the service they have seen ‘greater security and efficiency.’. Windows Defender is a good option therefore for Windows customers who are looking for a solution to manage their Windows 10 endpoints, without wanting to use a third-party endpoint protection tool.

SentinelOne’s key features are it’s highly automated endpoint threat protection capabilities, with a focus on innovative security approaches. SentinelOne deploys AI algorithms to protect against a wide array of threat vectors in real-time. They argue that this improves security efficiency, by eliminating cloud latency and the need for human intervention.  SentinelOne also offers ‘Ranger’ which turns every endpoint into a sentinel which hunts rouge devise and can implement dynamic policies. SentineOne provides a high level of agent performance according to Gartner. However, they do caution that SentinelOne’s market presence is mostly in North American and the EMEA.

SentinelOne is popular with customers, with online reviews indicating high levels of customer satisfaction. Many praise its effectiveness of threat protection and the simplicity of the service. Users have also reported that deployment is very easy, with minimal impact on their production environment. SentinelOne is a good option for organizations looking for a new approach to endpoint security, with a more automated, simplified approach to endpoint security, without compromising on strong endpoint security functionality.

In January 2019, Sophos purchased DarkBytes, an endpoint forensics vendor. This service has been incorporated into Sophos’ managed detection and response platform. In October 2019, Sophos agreed to an acquisition by Thoma Bravo, who have said they intend to keep Sophos as a standalone company.

Sophos customers praise the security features offered, arguing that it ‘stops zero-day malware’ and provides advanced anti-ransomware functionality. Customers also praise Sophos for its ease of use. Sophos provides one single admin console, from which all endpoints can be managed, which Gartner argues is visually appealing. However, both customer feedback and Gartner’s report suggests that some customers have experienced slow installs and software updates. Sophos is a good option for mid-market and enterprise organizations to consider.

Symantec offer a fully featured endpoint protection solution, with strong threat prevention capabilities, including file-less attack protection, enhanced mobile application security, protection for cloud-connected users and the ability to monitor and block unauthorized access. Symantec utilizes AI to make policy updates easier and simplify workflows for admin teams.

Until recently, Symantec was the market leader in endpoint security, now it’s behind Microsoft with its market share still declining. The Broadcom acquisition has concerned cyber security analysts and many Symantec customers, who fear that cuts will be made to support. Broadcom have made it clear they will focus on growth in the Global 2000 market, which has concerned smaller organizations using the service. The overall effect of this has been that many customers are now looking for alternatives to the Symantec Endpoint Security solution. Other vendors are using this opportunity to their advantage, with some offering special offers to Symantec customers. Overall, Symantec offer a comprehensive and powerful endpoint security solution, but the Broadcom acquisition puts their suitability for small and mid-sized organizations into question.

The Avast Endpoint Protection Platform takes a multi-layered approach, combing machine learning and artificial intelligence with 18 security layers including threat sandboxing, WiFi inspector and behavior shield. Avast also provides Business Patch Management, which aims to make it easier for organizations to manage their endpoint devices by identifying and deploying critical patches for Windows and other applications. However, despite these features the platform lacks some of the advanced endpoint detection and response features as some of the enterprise focused endpoint protection platforms covered on this list.

Avast Endpoint Protection is managed and delivered through ‘CloudCare,’ a cloud-based security platform with a single admin dashboard. It’s popular with customers, who praise it as an efficient anti-virus solution that does a good job of detecting viruses and ensuring that endpoints are free of threats. Users also praise it for being very secure but also very low impact, so that endpoints, whether desktop or mobile devices, don’t see any performance issues. However, some MSP customers have criticized Avast, arguing that their licenses can be a pain to manage. We’d recommend Avast to small and medium sized companies looking for a very light, easy to use endpoint protection platform with a good level of threat protection on offer.

Webroot offer multi-layered user and device defenses to prevent viruses, malware, trojans, phishing, ransomware and spyware. It also provides strong controls to protect user identity as privacy, as well as dynamic risk prevention.  Webroot uses machine learning to classify threats, and use BrightCloud’s threat intelligence services, which are trusted by 85+ network and security vendors around the world. Webroot works across endpoint devices and operating systems, supporting Mac, Windows and well as virtualization, terminal server, and Citrix environments.

Webroot’s SMB customers praise it for its ‘lightweight’ and ‘effective’ endpoint protection. They argue that the platform is easy to use overall, and doesn’t slow down devices, with no noticeable impact on PCs. MSP customers also complement the service, with many praising the effectiveness of the service and the positive customer feedback they get using the solution. We’d recommend Webroot to small and mid-sized organizations and MSPs in particular, who are looking for a powerful and easy to use endpoint anti-virus solution to protect their users’ endpoints.