Alberta · Endpoint Protection

Endpoint Protection for Alberta Businesses

Not an antivirus scan that runs once a night and calls it done. Continuous monitoring on every computer and server for the signs an attack leaves behind — watched around the clock, included in every LogosCyber plan.

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What It Actually Is

Traditional antivirus checks a file. This watches behaviour.

Older-style antivirus works off a list — it checks a file against known viruses and flags a match. That only catches threats someone else has already seen and catalogued. Anything new slips straight through, which is exactly the gap modern attacks are built to use.

Endpoint protection watches something different: what a device is actually doing, moment to moment. A process suddenly trying to encrypt hundreds of files, a program reaching out to a server it's never talked to before, software quietly trying to disable backups — that behaviour gets caught in real time, whether or not it matches anything on a known list. It runs on servers as well as workstations, since servers are often the more valuable, less-watched target in a business.

22 Sec

Initial Access to Spread

the median time attackers now take to move from breaking into one device to spreading further, once inside

88%

Of SMB Breaches

involve ransomware, compared to 39% at large enterprises — small businesses are hit hardest, not spared

47%

Stopped Before Encryption

of ransomware attacks in 2025 were caught and stopped before files were actually encrypted, up from 22% in 2023

Sources: Mandiant M-Trends 2026; Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report; Sophos State of Ransomware 2025.

Why This Actually Works

Once ransomware starts encrypting, the goal shifts from preventing to containing.

A nightly or weekly scan checks what's already happened. By the time it runs, an attacker who got in that morning has had all day to move around, quietly, before anything gets flagged. Continuous monitoring closes that window — it catches the moment something starts behaving abnormally, not the next time someone remembers to check.

Detection alone isn't the whole job, either. The moment a device is confirmed to be behaving like it's compromised, it gets automatically cut off from the rest of the network — isolated before whatever's happening on it can spread to every other computer and server in the business. One infected laptop stays one infected laptop instead of becoming a company-wide incident.

The Jargon, Decoded

Terms you might see, translated.

What the industry calls itWhat it actually meansWhy it matters to you

EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response)Continuous device monitoringThe umbrella term for exactly what's on this page — watching device behaviour in real time, not just scanning for known viruses.

Signature-Based DetectionChecking files against a known listHow traditional antivirus works. It only catches threats that have already been seen and catalogued elsewhere — brand-new attacks slip through.

Zero-DayAn attack nobody's catalogued yetA threat with no existing signature to check against. Signature-based antivirus can't catch it; behaviour-based monitoring often still can.

IsolationCutting a device off automaticallyThe moment something suspicious is confirmed, that one device gets disconnected from the rest of the network — so it can't spread while a human catches up.

How It Actually Runs

The process, start to finish.

Every device gets a constant baseline

Normal behaviour is learned for each computer and server — what it typically runs, connects to, and does day to day.

Unusual behaviour gets flagged in real time

A deviation from that baseline triggers an alert immediately — not at the next scheduled scan, whenever that happens to be.

Confirmed threats get isolated automatically

The device is cut off from the network right away to stop spread, then a real analyst reviews what happened.

Included, Not Upsold

Endpoint protection is in every LogosCyber plan.

This isn't a feature you have to upgrade to get. Every plan gets the same continuous monitoring on every device — the only choice across tiers is your Cork Cyber financial warranty level, not whether your devices are actually watched.

Common Questions

What business owners ask before signing up.

“Don't we already have antivirus — isn't this the same thing?”

Related, but not the same job.

Antivirus checks files against a known list and mostly runs on a schedule. This watches device behaviour continuously and catches threats that don't match anything on a list yet — the two work well together, but antivirus alone leaves that gap open.

“Will this slow down our computers?”

No — it runs lightly in the background.

The monitoring agent is built to run continuously without being noticeable during normal day-to-day use. It's not a heavy scan competing with your team for the same resources.

“If a device gets isolated, are we locked out of it for good?”

No — it's a quick review, not a permanent lockout.

Isolation disconnects the device from the network while a real analyst confirms what happened. A false alarm gets released quickly; a real threat stays contained until it's actually resolved.

“Does this cover our servers too, or just workstations?”

Both — servers included.

Servers are covered the same way computers are. They're often the higher-value, less-watched target in a business, so leaving them out would defeat the point.

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