ESET Cybersecurity Solutions

ESET Cybersecurity Solutions: Comparisons, Review, Benefits, Use Cases, Pros & Cons

Author: Netify Research Team

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ESET Products and Services:

ESET's solution focuses on endpoint security and MDR; please see below for products/services offered:

ESET Protect Unified Cybersecurity Platform

ESET Endpoint Security:

• Management from ESET Protect console
• Fileless attack prevention
• Botnet Protection
• Network Attack Protection
• Leverage machine learning
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Scanner
• Ransomware Shield
• Exploit Blocker
• Brute Force Attack Protection
• Advanced memory scanner
• Behavioural detection using ESET's Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS)
• In-product Sandbox
• Web browser safeguarding

ESET Cloud Office Security:

• Anti-spam
• Anti-Malware
• Anti-Phishing
• Advanced Threat Defence
• Administrator Notifications
• Multitenancy
• Reports
• Automatic protection for new users
• Comprehensive rule system
• Quarantine manager
• User reports with quarantine release

ESET Mail Security:

• Anti-spam
• Anti-malware
• Anti-phishing
• Hybrid Office 365 scanning
• Cluster support
• Web-based quarantine
• Robust quarantine management
• Comprehensive rule system

ESET LiveGuard Advanced (Advanced Threat Defence):

• Granular reporting
• Proactive protection
• Works with files but also collaboratively with ESET Mail Security
• Zero-day and ransomware threat detection
• The aAnalyzed sample status is visible in the ESET Protect console, showing data sent to ESET LiveGrid®
• Automated protection
• Per-computer detailed policy configuration
• Manual sample submission
• Protection extends to remote users

ESET Inspect - Extended Detection and Response (XDR):

• Public REST API
• Root cause analysis
• Alarm severity prioritization scoring
• Multiple indicators of compromise, including registry modifications, network connections, hash and file modifications
• Local data collection
• Object tagging
• MITRE ATT&CK™ framework
• Anomaly and behaviour detection
• Incident management system
• Company policy violation detection
• Multiplatform coverage, including Windows, Linux and macOS
• Threat hunting
• One-click isolation
• Open architecture and integrations
• Save and smooth remote access
• Live response options

ESET Full Disk Encryption (Identity & Data Protection):

• Single dashboard cross-platform coverage
• Encryption of partitions, system disks and entire drives
• FIPS 140-2 validated with 256-bit AES encryption
• Password policies
• Activate, deploy and manage encryption from ESET Protect single pane of glass
• Increase the number of devices covered by licence at any time
• Operates within the ESET Protect console

ESET Endpoint Encryption (Identity & Data Protection):

• No server required
• Centralized management from an ESET Endpoint Encryption console
• Email and attachment encryption and access restrictions to removable media for specific users ensure data transit protection
• USB encryption, full disk encryption (FDE), email encryption and file/folder encryption supported
• FIPS 140-2 validated with 256-bit AES encryption
• Text window and clipboard encryption, including webmail, web browsers and database memo-fields
• Granular data protection
• Single dashboard cross-platform coverage of encryption management on Windows and native macOS encryption (FileVault)
• Virtual disks and encrypted archives
• Use Outlook to send and receive encrypted emails and attachments

ESET Secure Authentication (Identity & Data Protection):

• Push authentication
• Included full API and SDK
• Simulataneous user provisioning to keep set up times to a minimum
• No dedicated hardware required
• MFA compatible with iOS and Android devices as well as all platforms and services
• Multiple authentication methods including FIDO security keys, push notifications, custom methods, mobile applications and hardware tokens
• Remote management through ESET Secure Authentication web browser management console. Can be integrated with Active Directory or deployed in non-AD environments 
• Supports web/cloud services such as Dropbox, Office 365, Google Apps, etc via ADFS 3.0 or SAML protocol integration
• Native support for Outlook Web Access (OWA), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), VMware Horizon View and RADIUS-based services

ESET Protect console (Security Management):

• 170+ built-in reports and custom report creation from over 1000 data points
• Advanced threat defence
• Full disk encryption (FDE)
• SIEM and SOC support
• Automated background updates
• Granular policy control
• XDR support
• Hardware/software inventory reporting
• Cloud Master Data Management (MDM)
• Automation Framework
• Advance Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) system
• Multitenant
• Fully automated Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) support

ESET Server Security (File Server Security):

• Network attack protection
• Botnet protection
• Machine learning
• XDR support
• Office 365 OneDrive Storage
• Host-based intrusion prevention system (HIPS) behavioural detection
• Advanced Memory Scanner
• Ransomware shield
• Exploit blocker
• In-product Sandbox
• Protection for Linux servers
• Anti-malware Scan Interface (AMSI)/Protected service support
• Optional Advanced threat Defence

ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server (File Server Security):

• Multilayered protection
• Ransomware shield
• Remote management
• XDR support
• Botnet protection
• Database direct access
• Network attack protection
• Machine learning
• Built on a 64-bit core and included DLL modules
• Anti-malware Scan Interface (AMSI)/Protected service support
• Host-based intrusion prevention system (HIPS) behavioural detection

ESET Threat Intelligence:

• APT Reports
• Access to ESET Analyst with purchase of APT Reports premium package
• Feeds available in JSON and STIX 2.0 formats
• ESET proprietary intelligence feeds, including URL, IP, APT, Botnet, Domain and Malicious file feeds
• 13 global R&D centres
• Coverage of over 200 countries and territories

Cybersecurity Services:

• Security Services
• Premium Support
• ESET Deployment and Upgrade
• ESET HealthCheck

Business Solutions:

Enterprise Solutions:

ESET Protect Mail Plus:

• Management Console
• Mail Security
• Advanced Threat Defence
• Anti-spam
• Single-click management
• Custom notifications
• Quarantine management

Services:

• ESET Threat Intelligence
• ESET Premium Support service
• Security Services (detection and response services)

ESET Premium Support tiers:

ESET detection and response services:

ESET Technology Alliance solutions

Safetica ONE (DLP & Insider threat protection):

• Supports cloud or on-premises deployments
• Full-suite data security platform
• Ste policies to meet compliance requirements for HIPAA, ISO 27002, GDPR, PCI-DSS as well as other data protection standards and regulations
• Low hardware requirements and rapid deployment
• Leverage end-user interaction to achieve automation, scalability and minimal maintenance
• Integration with network security, Microsoft 365 or SIEM
• Data protection
• Insider threat detection and response

Safetica NXT (DLP & Insider threat protection):

• Cloud-native SaaS DLP
• Multiplatform with Windows and Mac support
• Modern authentication with SSO
• Built for remote work and hybrid digital workspace environments
• Incident detection and response
• Compliance violation detection and mitigation for GDPR, PCI-DSS and HIPAA
• Templated data classification
• Risk-driven incident detection powered by data analytics
• Data protection and risks discovery

Xopero (Backup and recovery):

• Backup and recovery of business data in the cloud or onsite
• Remote management
• Critical file protection
• Advanced cloud backup for servers, computers and virtual environments