What is a Next-Generation Antivirus (NGAV)?

Next-generation antivirus or next-gen antivirus (NGAV) is essentially like traditional antivirus but more advanced. NGAV uses a combination of artificial intelligence (AI), behavioural detection, machine learning algorithms and exploit mitigation. Since it is cloud-based, it can take action to prevent an attack from spreading through your network — usually, within seconds. Also, next-gen antivirus will proactively detect and prevent fileless attacks, including malware and non-malware attacks. Furthermore, NGAV can eliminate the burden of maintaining software, managing infrastructure, and updating signature databases.

By combining AI and threat intelligence, next-gen security tools provide these additional benefits:

• Comprehensive endpoint data collection and analysis to determine root causes
• Eliminate the sole reliance on signatures to detect malicious activity
• Recognise suspicious activities and malicious techniques and procedures (TTPs) from unknown sources
• Identify and respond to new and emerging threats that previously went undetected
• Enables both types of threats to be exposed in near real time
• Protects against unknown and known threats, including fileless attacks

NGAV is the next step in endpoint protection, using a signature-less approach to deliver more complete and effective endpoint security than is possible with traditional antivirus. It is important because hackers and cybercriminals today know exactly where they can find potential gaps and vulnerabilities in an organisation’s network and infrastructure. They use this knowledge to try and penetrate the system. If your company still leverages traditional antivirus solutions, they can easily bypass it and go undetected. 

Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus as-a-service from ArmourZero

The current threat demands a proactive approach to IT security and traditional antivirus simply does not work for organisations. Perfect for small, medium to large companies, next-gen antivirus (NGAV) protection needs to be included in IT security plan and budget.

ArmourZero built in partnership with the best-of-breed security technology CrowdStrike, recognised as an endpoint security leader, to provide Endpoint Next-Gen Antivirus (NGAV) as-a-service: save cost, save time, and get better protection. Our CrowdStrike service subscription starts at USD4.50/user/month or USD45/user/year (pay 10 month for a 12 month subscription!).

Endpoint NGAV as-a-service from ArmourZero will protect your devices and assets from virus, spyware, and ransomware with real time scanning, endpoint firewall, signature based protection, signatureless-based protection, and machine learning and AI detection.

Not only does it come with an affordable price and many benefits, our armour will never sleep by providing a Security Operations Centre (SOC) team. All ArmourZero protection services are inclusive with SOC services that will give 24/7 real time monitoring, prevention, detection, and recovery by dedicated SOC analysts. 

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