Microsoft Defender for Endpoint vs. Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security

It says it's cloud-based. There are lags, so it works well because we have a distributed workforce now working primarily from home, so it's easy to get in there and make those changes. If we were on site and we wanted faster validation of the changes, it would be missing that because it can't do it fast enough and get those quicker turnarounds.

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Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security has been ideal for our organization (and would be for any I can think of) for securing user accounts through MFA and admin accounts through PIM. Its end-point management is also great for set-up and configuration as well as management of your devices. It also provides you with useful metrics and feedback on your devices.

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• When an end user opens a file or accesses a file I should say that has malicious content, it will quarantine the file. It will also let us know if an end user themselves has an issue now. So the whole Defender Suite has different parts. So some of these may be going over into Defender for identity and stuff. I'm not clear on which is which, but it's the whole ecosystem. I'll get an email letting me know that there's an issue and then we follow up. The email generally has a link in it to the actual event in the defender for endpoint or whatever console. And then we can start looking at the case, make sure the endpoint is quarantined. So it can't do anything. The only thing we can do is talk to it to do forensics or whatever so it's not totally isolated where we have to get somebody on the ground to go to the thing. We can still work on it remotely, but the end user can't do anything that would continue to cause lateral movement of the compromise or anything like that.

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• Simple pre-packed solution for many popular Microsoft products
• Advanced threat protection
• Simplified end user management with Intune

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• While it's a very good product for auditing, it has a very hard time to distinguish what is malicious and is an attack, what is not. Very rarely we get indication of a real malicious attack. We got lots of hours for off the shelf malware that it cleans up automatically. So basically we never get to look at it, which is a positive thing, but threats are detected by the third party endpoint, so it will not be enough by itself.

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• InTune deployment via Hybrid Azure AD. The instructions seem very simple but there are lots of little areas you can get tripped up and there is little logging to see where you've gone wrong.
• Advanced Threat Protection anti-impersonation. It is WAY too sensitive. Users emailing themselves from personal accounts get their mail sent to quarantine just because the name/label of the personal account matches their Office 365 mailbox name/label? HUH???
• Licensing. Typical of Microsoft, what you're actually getting and details of licensing are confusing.

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The first time I tried to onboard my macOS endpoints to MDE I struggled for quite a bit. I had to reach out to Microsoft's MDE support team. The tech was very helpful in walking me through the steps during a screen share session

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Tenable Security Center was a fantastic exposure detection tool but there was always a lag and servers would hang alot when being scanned causing resource traffic. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on the other hand does not use up most resources soo there is usually noo lag during scanning and it also provide more detailed insights on the network. Also Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integration power has helped us up our security game by delivering a smooth secure network.

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Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security is better than any of the products I have used that do similar things. There is a huge convenience to all the things Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security brings together in one place. Also, the speed and streamlining nature of Intune helps with the management and set up of devices.

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• Positive : Microsoft Defender for Endpoint offers sophisticated threat detection and response capabilities, putting it into use helps increase security. Reduced security incidents, data breaches, and related expenses may arise from this.
• Positive : A more secure environment means less time and effort spent by IT and security teams on remediation and incident response.
• False Positives: Like any security solution, false positives can occur, leading to unnecessary investigations and potential disruptions to business operations. This may require additional resources to manage.

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• Increased productivity, including service requests for our customers
• Reduced operational costs, and threat/risk of cyber-attacks

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