Cisco announced enhancements to its Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints, new investments in email security and an expanded partnership with ConnectWise.
Cisco AMP for Endpoints is a next-generation endpoint security solution made to thwart, detect and respond to advanced threats. The company says the solution is able to expose the 1% of threats that are often overlooked by traditional point-in-time technologies.
Among the updates made to AMP for Endpoints include Cisco Visibility, a new cloud application built into the endpoint console. It is able to combine threat intelligence from Talos and third parties with internal security event and alert data from across an organization’s security infrastructure. It then provides a visual representation of the extent of a compromise spanning from endpoints to network to cloud, according to the company.
Additionally, the company made investments in two email security services, including domain protection and advanced phishing protection. The former automates the task of analyzing, updating and taking action against senders misusing user domains to send malicious emails. The latter adds machine learning capabilities to the company’s email security to block advanced identity deception attacks for inbound email by assessing its threat posture.
Moreover, the company said it is building upon its relationship with ConnectWise so managed service providers (MSP) can offer Cisco Security as part of their portfolio. As part of the extended collaboration, ConnectWise is providing MSPs an advanced security dashboard, which fully integrates with the ConnectWise Manage business management solution and complements ConnectWise Unite with Cisco.
“Cisco understands that protecting employees and their endpoints requires more than just antivirus. Attackers leverage the Internet, email, and the network as vectors for breaching the endpoint,” said Jeff Reed, senior vice president of product for Cisco’s Security Business Group. “We deliver greater employee protection using cloud-delivered defense against threats hosted on the Internet. Cisco is also now one of the few organizations paving the way toward eliminating email identity deception. Through our expanded partnership, investments, and technology innovations, we are committed to delivering to our customers the best email and endpoint protection.”
