Endpoint Detection and Response: Reduce Costs without Scrimping on Protection

Overview This talk addresses the financial and operational challenges of manual incident management and presents Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) as a solution to automate incident response while maintaining protection against advanced threats.

Key Challenge The speaker cites a striking statistic: 52% of companies struggle to distinguish significant security incidents from those that can lead to advanced persistent threats (APTs). Manual gathering, analysis, and validation of incidents is expensive, time-consuming, and requires specialized expertise. Cyberattacks cost businesses between $456,000 and $1.2 million on average, with costs doubling if detection and mitigation fail. This has made cybersecurity a top management priority amid widespread digital transformation.

Incident Management Workflow The speaker outlines the ideal incident management process in five stages: 1. Data Collection—gathering user and application activity data across the network 2. Visualization & Monitoring—presenting raw data in meaningful context for security specialists 3. Incident Detection—using either threat hunting (manual/semi-automated, leveraging indicators of compromise and expert judgment) or automated detection (combining sandboxing and machine learning) 4. Validation—distinguishing harmless issues from genuine threats 5. Response—taking action to prevent or mitigate identified threats

The Manual Process Problem When executed manually, this workflow overwhelms IT teams. Many organizations get stuck at steps 1–3 and lack resources to proceed to validation and response, leaving threats unaddressed.

Kaspersky EDR Solution Kaspersky Endpoint Detection and Response automates the first two workflow steps, freeing IT specialists to focus on critical validation and response work. The solution combines five core elements: monitoring, aggregation, detection, response, and prevention. Built on 20 years of expertise, it operates as an on-premises solution for privacy compliance, integrates with existing endpoint protection (including third-party solutions), and requires no additional software if Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business is already deployed.

Key Takeaways Endpoint Detection and Response reduces costs without compromising protection by automating security processes, lowering advanced threat risk, eliminating the need for additional IT staff, and optimizing the capabilities of existing security teams. The solution helps prevent business disruption from advanced threats.