Traditional antivirus solutions aren’t enough Modern threats require modern protection, and traditional antivirus solutions can’t keep up. Defender for Business helps you to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to sophisticated cyberattacks, helping you to stay secure. Traditional antivirus solutions provide businesses with limited protection and leave them vulnerable to unknown threats, malicious websites, and attackers who can easily evade detection. Microsoft Defender for Business is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution that offers comprehensive device and server security with endpoint detection and response, next-generation antivirus, automated investigation and remediation, and the ability to track and fix vulnerabilities.
Discover weaknesses that pose the most urgent and highest risk to your business with threat and vulnerability management. Prioritize and remediate software vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, then proactively build a secure foundation for your environment. Minimize the places where you’re vulnerable across devices and applications with attack surface reduction to leave bad actors with fewer ways to perform attacks. Help prevent and protect against threats at your front door with antimalware and antivirus protection on your devices and in the cloud. Detect and respond to incidents with endpoint detection and response to identify sophisticated threats and remove them from your environment. Scale your security operations and recover from cyberattacks with automated investigation and remediation, which examines alerts and resolves attacks.
Microsoft Defender for Business
Microsoft Defender for Business Help keep your devices and servers secure from online threats such as ransomware and malware. Defender for Business is an easy-to-use cybersecurity solution to help protect against, detect, and respond to cyberattacks.
Key Features
Here are the key features of Microsoft Defender for Business:
1. Enterprise-grade endpoint protection: Provides advanced security for devices, going beyond traditional antivirus.
2. Automated investigation and remediation: Offers automated responses to protect the company outside of standard office hours.
3. Threat and vulnerability management: Helps identify, prioritize, and remediate software vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
4. Cross-platform support: Protects Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android devices.
5. Simplified management: Offers streamlined experiences with wizard-driven configuration and default security policies.
6. Integration with Microsoft 365 Business Premium: Included as part of Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscription.
7. Ransomware protection: Provides enhanced protection against ransomware threats.
8. Cloud-based solution: Easy to deploy and manage without complex infrastructure requirements.
9. Designed for SMBs: Tailored for small and medium-sized businesses with up to 300 employees.
10. Next-generation antivirus: Includes advanced antimalware and antivirus protection.
11. Endpoint detection and response (EDR): Offers real-time detection and response to sophisticated threats.
12. Attack surface reduction: Helps minimize areas across devices that are open to attacks.
13. Security dashboard: Provides an overview of current threats, devices at risk, and active incidents.
14. Mobile threat defense: Includes protection for mobile devices with web protection, malware scanning, and jailbreak detection.
15. Conditional Access integration: Can block risky devices from accessing corporate resources (requires Intune).
16. Vulnerability management: Assesses vulnerabilities in operating systems and apps across devices.
17. Affordable pricing: Offers enterprise-grade protection at a cost suitable for smaller businesses.
18. Integration with Microsoft 365 Lighthouse: Allows IT service providers to manage security across multiple customer tenants.
These features make Microsoft Defender for Business a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and cost-effective security solution for small to medium-sized businesses.
Description
Traditional antivirus solutions aren’t enough Modern threats require modern protection, and traditional antivirus solutions can’t keep up. Defender for Business helps you to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to sophisticated cyberattacks, helping you to stay secure. Traditional antivirus solutions provide businesses with limited protection and leave them vulnerable to unknown threats, malicious websites, and attackers who can easily evade detection. Microsoft Defender for Business is a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution that offers comprehensive device and server security with endpoint detection and response, next-generation antivirus, automated investigation and remediation, and the ability to track and fix vulnerabilities.
Discover weaknesses that pose the most urgent and highest risk to your business with threat and vulnerability management. Prioritize and remediate software vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, then proactively build a secure foundation for your environment. Minimize the places where you’re vulnerable across devices and applications with attack surface reduction to leave bad actors with fewer ways to perform attacks. Help prevent and protect against threats at your front door with antimalware and antivirus protection on your devices and in the cloud. Detect and respond to incidents with endpoint detection and response to identify sophisticated threats and remove them from your environment. Scale your security operations and recover from cyberattacks with automated investigation and remediation, which examines alerts and resolves attacks.
How-To
See how to set up your Defender for Business cybersecurity solution.
Onboard devices, review your policies, and edit your settings as needed.
FAQs
What is Microsoft Defender for Business?
Microsoft Defender for Business is an enterprise-grade endpoint security solution designed specifically for small and medium-sized businesses.
How does it differ from Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?
Defender for Business is tailored for smaller organizations, offering a subset of features from Defender for Endpoint that are most relevant for SMBs, with simplified management and deployment.
Does it offer real-time protection?
Yes, it provides real-time protection against malware, ransomware, and other cyber threats.
