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to keep the ever present danger of cyber-attack at bay . The ‘ Bitdefender ’ product was chosen from a number of next-generation solutions after a “ rigorous evaluation of all of the next-generation products that are available ,” Impett reveals .
“ It ’ s very easy to alter a piece of virus software to then be slightly different to get through defences , which is why next generational machine learning is key . It looks at a machine and recognises when something is not right or something unexpected happens . Traditional anti-virus technology is based on known viruses that can then be blocked , whereas on ‘ Day Zero ’, it has never been seen . The idea is that unexpected behaviours can be recognised and blocked until the purpose of that change is known .
“ There is an inevitability when it comes to attacks ; it will happen at some point . What is more important is how you can react and stop the spread across a network or networks . It ’ s about knowing that you can halt the problem at an end point and ensure it doesn ’ t spread any further . If you take the recent spate of global cyber-attacks , the problem – apart from the outdated software – was that they struggled to limit the attack , so it spread quickly across the network . It ’ s also about knowing what has been lost , and how information can be recovered .”
The investment adds to the outlay spent on ‘ Nexthink ’ earlier this year , which allows Impett and his wider team to monitor all end-user machines
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