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Managed EDR
Edward Technology runs managed endpoint detection and response on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for businesses with 10 to 75 employees. Every PC is monitored, and threats get contained instead of just logged.
EDR in one paragraph
Antivirus blocks known bad files. EDR watches behavior: strange scripts, credential theft attempts, lateral movement. When something acts like an attack, the machine can be isolated before it spreads. It is the difference between a guard checking IDs at the door and one watching what people actually do inside.
Why insurers ask for EDR by name
Cyber insurance applications now list endpoint detection and response as its own question, alongside MFA and verified patching. Answering no means higher premiums or a declined application. Answering yes has to mean every endpoint, including the laptops that leave the building, or the answer will not survive a claim.
Why Defender
Defender for Endpoint is built into the Microsoft stack your business already runs. It sees identity, email, and device signals together, so one integrated view replaces a bolted-on agent from a separate vendor, and one less vendor bills you for it.
Managed means managed
Alerts route to engineers who know your environment. We investigate, isolate, and remediate, then explain it in plain language instead of forwarding an alert. An unwatched EDR is a smoke detector with nobody home.
What containment looks like
A machine starts encrypting files after hours. Defender flags the behavior, the device gets isolated from the network, and the rest of the office never learns the name of the ransomware that failed. That is the outcome EDR exists for.
Is EDR the same as antivirus?
No. Antivirus blocks known bad files. EDR watches behavior and can isolate a machine mid-attack. Modern coverage needs both, and Defender for Endpoint provides both in one agent.
Our insurance application asks if we have EDR. What do we say?
After onboarding, yes, with evidence: Defender coverage across every endpoint, monitored and managed. We help clients complete those applications.
Does EDR slow down our computers?
No. Defender for Endpoint is built into Windows rather than bolted on, which runs lighter than adding a separate third-party agent alongside it.
Included, not an add-on
Endpoint protection ships with every Edward Technology managed IT plan, never as an upsell. Call 847.737.8111 for a complimentary onsite evaluation that shows how your current coverage compares.
