Here’s My Ten Cents, My Two Cents is Free.
- Chris Cahill
- May 8
- 2 min read
I know I’m a week late and a dollar short but here’s my thoughts on the ol’ Conti EDR
Tier list.
My first thought is, who the hell still uses Twitter? I mean, should I be checking my ol’ MySpace and ICQ accounts too? For the young people out there, MySpace and ICQ were social media platforms before Facebook. If you don’t know what Facebook is, I’ll go outside and yell at a cloud now.
Like that sitcom from 30 years ago, Everybody Loves Crowdstrike. Crowdstrike is so beloved that I believe it could send out a disastrous patch and knock millions of Windows devices offline, paralyzing airlines, hospitals, and financial institutions globally, and we’d still love it.
If I were a client with a Palo Alto ecosystem, I would be very interested in Cortex. This is a market that they have been aggressive in, like Donald Trump's aggressive pursuit of a certain 51st State. Now, if you’re looking for someone who used to work at QRadar and is a partner of Palo Alto, I know a guy.
McAfee is still a thing. Do people still use EPO? If you do, then I’m thinking you probably have ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down” on your playlist!
Speaking of playlists, the outpouring of ‘Defender Bad’ from this post reminded me of the old Napster flashpoint with Metallica. I half-expected Lars to break into a rant about why Microsoft Defender sucks.
I love that even though Metallica broke Napster, it changed the way we consume music today. I never listen to the radio now, and I love it!
Now, back to security. If Microsoft is really that bad, why do people buy it? Look at point number three: if it’s in your ecosystem, it’s an easy sell and cost-effective. Try convincing your CFO that they need to spend more money when they've already paid for Endpoint Protection with their Microsoft licensing. Those fellas are like Scrooge McDuck; they don’t want to spend more money.
Listen, Microsoft is not that bad. Third-party vendors, testers, and security wizards have given the thumbs up to Defender. Also, consider what tools you’re surrounding it with and what your other security controls are. If you’re relying on one solution to protect you, you might want to make sure your Cyber Insurance policy is paid up.
If you have a good partner, they can help optimize the solution for you, kind of like those good folks at Compugen, a reputable Microsoft partner with several service offerings.
The main point: your controls are only as good as your configuration. If a farmer has the best equipment but hasn’t fertilized, hasn’t worked the fields, and hasn’t planted good seed, then they’re going to have terrible crops, and the cows won’t produce milk. There are tools such as Discern Security or security programs that can help.
If you need help navigating, feel free to contact me @ chris@hillcyde.com via my ecosystems of partnerships I am able to facilitate the resale off all above solutions and the following solutions that were also included on the report; SentinelOne, Fortinet, Cisco, Cylance, TrendMicro, CheckPoint & Carbon Black.
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