To make your Windows 10 PC experience more secure, Microsoft is launching a new service called Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (WDATP). Acting as a complementary service to Windows Defender, this mixed service of a cloud service and client technology will help detect threats that go undetected past other security measures.Back in July 2015, Redmond released Windows 10 with the hopes of attracting 1 billion installations in a record time. With the help of its free Windows 10 upgrade offer for Windows 7 and 8.1 PCs, the operating system managed to find its place on millions of computers in a short span of time. While the operating system was praised for its new features like voice search like Cortana, its inbuilt antivirus remained a disappointment.But, Microsoft is claiming that it’s going to change the scenario with Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection. It’s supposed to be a protection for a large company-wide network that will keep an eye on the complete network. Instead of looking out for individual files, it’ll shift the focus to the system’s behaviour as a whole by keeping an eye on the symptoms.
WDATP will add an extra
security layer to the already existing features like Windows Hello,
Credential Guard, Device Guard, and Enterprise Data Protection. WDATP
gives the systems admins a choice to scan the activities during the past
six months to investigate the state of a machine regarding a simple
attack timeline.
On its blog, Microsoft lists 3 actions taken by WDATP:
- Detects Advanced Attacks
- Response Recommendations
- Complements Microsoft Advanced Threat Detection Solutions
“Just like we developed Windows 10 with feedback from millions of Windows Insiders, we worked with our most advanced enterprise customers to address their biggest security challenges, including attack investigations and day-to-day operations, to test our solution in their environments,” Microsoft writes on its blog.
