Microsoft Defender AV with Acronis EDR
Augment Microsoft Defender AV with EDR built for MSPs
- AI-Guided EDR, Built for Service Providers: Leverage AI-powered detection and response with centralized, multi-tenant visibility on top of Microsoft Defender — no rip-and-replace.
- Enterprise-Grade Security at SMB-Friendly Costs: Deliver advanced protection, recovery, and response at a fraction of the cost that it will take you to deliver MDR with Microsoft or enterprise-grade EDRs.
- Recovery-Ready Response Across the NIST Framework: From identifying and protecting assets to advanced detection, response, and even rollback and recovery—ensure continuity in any attack scenario.
Be resilient against the risks Microsoft Defender alone can’t tackle
Acronis EDR makes Microsoft Defender resilient without stretching budgets — blocking and enabling response to stealthy, high-cost attacks that Defender can’t catch or stop alone.
Advanced persistent threats
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are slow, stealthy attacks often used by highly skilled attackers to infiltrate systems and quietly steal data over time. These threats often bypass basic antiviruses like Microsoft Defender AV by blending in and avoiding obvious signs of compromise. Acronis EDR helps detect the subtle warning signs — like unusual user behavior or lateral movement across machines — and gives service providers tools to investigate and respond early, before damage spreads.
Zero-day vulnerabilities and attack
Zero-day attacks exploit software flaws that vendors haven’t fixed yet — because they’re not even aware the flaw exists. These vulnerabilities don’t have a known patch or antivirus signature, which makes them nearly invisible to traditional defenses like Microsoft Defender. Acronis EDR uses AI and behavioral detection to recognize suspicious activity patterns that signal a zero-day attack, so MSPs can stop unknown threats before they become costly incidents.
Ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks encrypt critical files, disrupt operations, and demand payment for data restoration. Especially new variants of ransomware easily bypass basic antivirus defenses or encrypt data prior their detection. Acronis EDR augments Microsoft Defender Antivirus with best-of-breed anti-ransomware technology, ensuring even sophisticated forms of ransomware are caught and that any affected data is automatically rollbacked to clean state, with recovery that’s tamper-resistant against new exploitation techniques.
Business disruption/downtime
Even a short interruption in business operations can be costly — especially for SMB clients. Defender may stop some threats, but it doesn’t include built-in recovery or automated rollback options. Acronis EDR is tightly integrated with backup and recovery, so if an attack happens, MSPs can isolate infected systems, roll back changes, and restore files quickly — minimizing downtime and keeping clients up and running.
Fileless attacks
Fileless attacks don’t rely on traditional malware files, which means they often go undetected by standard antivirus tools. Instead, they use built-in system tools like PowerShell or Windows scripts to execute malicious actions directly in memory. Acronis EDR monitors these tools for abnormal usage patterns and alerts MSPs when something suspicious occurs, enabling them to respond to attacks that leave no file-based evidence behind.
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Acronis EDR for Microsoft Defender
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All the EDR capabilities you need under one roof
Consolidating tools and centralizing service management is easier and more accessible than ever. Expand your cybersecurity capabilities, offer complete endpoint protection and provide true business resilience for your clients and their data in the face of modern cyberthreats with Acronis EDR.
Acronis EDR
Use Acronis’ cyber protection technologies to detect and respond to advanced threats across endpoints, including leveraging AI-guided analysis and single-click response.Acronis XDR
Expand Acronis’ award-winning endpoint protection technologies with enhanced visibility and response (including integrated recovery) across most vulnerable attack surfaces, including email, identity and Microsoft 365 collaboration applications.
Features
Acronis Cyber Platform
EDR
XDR
Behavior-based detection | |||
Anti-ransomware protection with automatic rollback | |||
Vulnerability assessments | |||
Device control | |||
File- and system-level backup | |||
Inventory collection (with Management) | |||
Patch management (with Management) | |||
#CyberFit Score (security posture evaluation) | |||
Remote connection (with Management) | |||
Remediation including full reimaging | |||
Business continuity (with Disaster Recovery) | |||
Augmenting Microsoft Defender AV | |||
URL filtering | |||
Exploit prevention | |||
Real-time threat intelligence feed | |||
Automated, tunable allowlisting based on profiling | |||
Forensic data collection | |||
Event monitoring | |||
Automated event correlation | |||
Prioritization of suspicious activities | |||
AI-generated incident summaries | |||
Automated MITRE ATT&CK® attack chain visualization and interpretation | |||
Single-click response to incidents | |||
Full threat containment including endpoint quarantine and isolation | |||
Intelligent search for IoCs including emerging threats | |||
Attack-specific rollback | |||
Integration with Email Security (email telemetry) | |||
Integration with Entra ID (identity telemetry) | |||
Integration with Collaboration Security (Microsoft 365 apps telemetry) | |||
Delete malicious email attachment or URLs | |||
Search for malicious attachments across mailboxes | |||
Block malicious email address | |||
Terminate all user sessions | |||
Force user account password reset on next login | |||
Suspend user account | |||
MDR service | |||
Public API for EDR |
The most complete EDR solution for MSPs: Comprehensive protection across NIST
Unlike pure-play cybersecurity solutions, Acronis Cyber Platform (formerly Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud) brings the full power of its platform with integrated capabilities across the five core functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework:
- GovernRapidly establish cybersecurity and risk management strategies, set roles and policies, and ensure continuous oversight via an integrated platform.
- IdentifyUnderstand your assets and risks with inventory and data classification tools that provide visibility into your attack surfaces.
- ProtectClose security vulnerabilities with forensic insights, a threat intelligence feed and natively integrated tools across the broader Acronis platform, including data protection maps, patch management and policy management.
- DetectContinuously monitor for security-related events using automated behavioral- and signature-based engines, URL filtering, an emerging threat intelligence feed, event correlation and MITRE ATT&CK®.
- RespondInvestigate suspicious activities and conduct follow-up audits using a secure, remote connection into workloads or review automatically saved forensic data in backups. Then, remediate via isolation, killing processes, quarantining and performing attack-specific rollbacks.
- RecoverEnsure your clients’ businesses are up and running using our fully integrated, market-leading backup and disaster recovery products and solutions.
Acronis EDR for Microsoft Defender
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