Security

What is Acronis EDR? Endpoint Detection and Response Explained

Overview

Acronis Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) continuously monitors your servers to detect and neutralize advanced cyber threats. Unlike traditional antivirus software that relies on known malware signatures, Acronis EDR uses AI-powered behavioral analysis to identify hidden, fileless, and zero-day attacks. By natively integrating threat detection with your existing Acronis backups, it allows you to investigate security incidents and rapidly recover compromised data from a single console.

Parameters / Features

Acronis EDR provides several essential features to secure your infrastructure:

  • Continuous Monitoring: Constantly logs and analyzes endpoint behavior to ensure uninterrupted protection.
  • Behavior-Based Detection: Identifies advanced threats by analyzing suspicious activities and system anomalies rather than relying on static signatures.
  • Automated Remediation: Instantly stops malicious processes and quarantines identified threats without requiring manual intervention.
  • Endpoint Isolation: Disconnects a compromised server from the network to prevent lateral threat movement across your environment.
  • Integrated Recovery: Leverages your Acronis backups to execute attack-specific rollbacks, safely restoring uninfected files immediately after an attack is stopped.

Examples

Here is how Acronis EDR handles specific security events in your environment:

  • Ransomware Mitigation: If an unknown ransomware variant attempts to encrypt your database, EDR detects the rapid file-modification behavior. It instantly terminates the encryption process, isolates the malicious executable, and automatically restores the affected files from the latest backup cache.
  • False Positive Handling: If a newly deployed, legitimate custom script triggers a behavioral alert, EDR safely quarantines the file to prevent execution. You can then review the event details and restore the file to an allowlist, ensuring your application runs normally during future scans.

Common Use Cases

You will typically utilize Acronis EDR to handle the following operational and security challenges:

  • Preventing Zero-Day Attacks: Protecting your Nexcess servers against newly developed malware and exploits that evade traditional security tools.
  • Investigating Security Alerts: Utilizing the integrated MITRE ATT&CK framework within the Acronis console to trace the origin, scope, and potential impact of a blocked attack.
  • Automating Incident Response: Reducing your administrative burden by configuring strict rules that automatically isolate servers and roll back changes when highly suspicious behavior is detected, ensuring rapid response even outside of business hours.