Take Endpoint Protection to the Next Level
Guard against viruses, malware, spyware, trojans, and more with AdaptivEdge onboarding and support for Microsoft Defender for Endpoints (MDE). With extensive experience in solution deployment and management, we can help your security team expand your antivirus (AV) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) capabilities with MDE deployments across your entire endpoint fleet.
Advanced Threat Protection Support
Our Microsoft Defender for Endpoint onboarding program helps you integrate enterprise-grade security that prevents, detects, investigates, and responds to advanced cyber threats—whether you operate on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, or iOS.
Cloud-Based Management and Intelligence
Effective endpoint protection starts with unified visibility and control. We’ll help you set up MDE to take full advantage of these features, including:
- Central management via a cloud-based control plane
- Cloud security analytics for threat detection
- Built-in AI analytics capabilities and Threat Intelligence from Microsoft and other partners
- Automated investigation and remediation
- Integration with Microsoft Sentinel SIEM for extended capabilities
Attack Surface and Risk Reduction
Reducing exploitable entry points is key to strengthening your organization’s overall security posture. Your consultant can help pair MDE with Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules to help minimize exploitable entry points and set up Microsoft Secure Score to generate device vulnerability risk scores and rankings.
Threat Detection and Response
When threats emerge, speed and visibility are critical. We’ll help you deploy MDE to strengthen detection and response capabilities across your network, including:
- Discovery of zero-day exploits and ransomware attacks in real time
- Detection of network threats, command-and-control activity, and malicious code execution
- Monitoring of lateral movement to identify and contain attacks early
- Advanced credential theft protection for sensitive accounts and assets
Investigation, Hunting, and Forensics
After threat detection and containment, you need detailed insights to strengthen future defenses. We’ll help you enable and fine-tune MDE’s advanced investigation tools to support deeper visibility and analysis, including real-time threat hunting using data from every read/write action across endpoints and forensic data collection to support post-breach analysis and response planning.
Meet Your Defender for Endpoint Consultant
Eddie Alvarez is AdaptivEdge’s Microsoft Systems Engineer. As your Defender for Endpoint consultant, he’ll bring experience with Microsoft tools, a history with storage and server technologies, and a passion for helping organizations become proficient with new tech to your project.
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5 Steps to Deploy Defender for Endpoint
Here’s how we protect every device in your organization through structured onboarding and optimization:
- Readiness Review: We evaluate your existing endpoint landscape, antivirus solutions, and device management tools to define the right deployment approach.
- Deployment & Configuration: Your consultant sets up Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) policies and integrates them with existing tools like Intune, Configuration Manager, or third-party management tools for unified control.
- Threat Detection Tuning: We enable and refine Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules, configure automated investigation and remediation (AIR), and calibrate alert severity levels to reduce noise and focus analyst attention.
- Sentinel Integration & Validation (Optional): If Sentinel deployed or is planned on being utilized in the future we connect MDE with Microsoft Sentinel or the unified Defender XDR platform for centralized visibility and run simulated threat scenarios to confirm system readiness.
- Knowledge Transfer & Documentation: You’ll receive comprehensive deployment documentation, runbooks for incident response, and hands-on training to ensure smooth daily operation and ongoing management.