Summary
This module explored Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. You learned why Defender for Endpoint is an industry-leading, cloud-powered endpoint security solution. You also learned how it helps organizations secure against ransomware, file-less malware, and other sophisticated attacks on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. This comprehensive solution helps to rapidly stop attacks, scale an organization's security resources, and evolve its defenses.
In this module, you examined several of the key features of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, including:
- Vulnerability management
- Attack surface reduction
- Next generation protection
- Endpoint detection and response
- Auto investigation and remediation
You also learned how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint saves organizations time and resources. It does so by requiring no extra infrastructure and no agents to deploy on Windows endpoints. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint seamlessly integrates in the Microsoft 365 platform and is always up to date.
This module examined how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint monitors for Microsoft and third-party software vulnerabilities and security configuration issues. You also learned how it automatically takes actions to mitigate risk and reduce exposure.