Device-based attacks are prevalent - and they are on the rise, creating challenges for IT and security teams globally. These sophisticated attacks can allow adversaries to gain privileged access to your customers’ enterprise networks. What is even more concerning is that many of these attackers can actually turn off software-only protection, while going completely undetected. The problem is PCs from many vendors often lack the security required to combat modern threats today, making them easier targets for cyber criminals.
There are two main factors that make these devices an easy target. The first factor is the lack of visibility. Emerging attacks, like those at the firmware level, are typically hard to see mainly because the attack is executed at a part of the device that’s traditionally lacked visibility and observability. The second factor is actionability. Most customer organizations have numerous security tools in place that operate in siloes. So, when an attack is detected, swift response and remediation is a major challenge and usually demands significant manual work.
Dell Commercial PCs Offer Security of the Utmost to Customers
Dell is committed to end-to-end security. That’s why they build their commercial PCs to prioritize visibility and actionability right from get-go. This puts power in the hands of partners’ and customers’ IT and security operations. Dell commercial PCs come with unique built-in security features like BIOS Verification, Indicators of Attack and Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Detection to help detect threats down to the BIOS level before they do damage. What’s more, the Dell Trusted Device Application (DTD App) makes these detections visible with via unique device telemetry. With the DTD App installed, when a Dell commercial PC on Intel vPro® detects a potential threat at the device level, it can send that alert to the operating system for faster, more effective investigation and response.
Combat Threats with Security and Manageability Working Together
Dell and their connected partner ecosystem are working to bring visibility and actionability to the workspace. Here’s how:
· Supply chain security and built-in, unique hardware and firmware defenses from Dell
· Core silicon and ‘below-the-OS’ protections from Intel
· Manageability via Dell and unified endpoint management consoles
· Advanced threat protection from security partners who are covering endpoints, networks and the cloud
The ecosystem uses device telemetry via the DTD App as the connector. This approach helps to close the gap between IT and security solutions where threats can slip through. Not only can this approach help prevent attacks, but it can also help partners and customers detect, respond to, recover from, and remediate them.
Now partners can help their customers stay ahead of modern endpoint threats with multiple layers of defense that work together. They can accomplish this by leveraging device telemetry that can integrate with software to improve fleet-wide security and manageability. This empowers them to disrupt attacks faster, support zero trust principles and innovate securely with simple-to-manage devices and solutions.
The time to start these conversations with your customers is now. By some accounts there will be over 300 million PCs that will be four years old this year. Plus, Windows 10 support ends in October 2025. Therefore, you have an outstanding opportunity to refresh your customers' fleets with secure, AI-enabled PCs from Dell.
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Based on Dell internal analysis, September 2023. Applicable to PCs on Intel processors. Not all features available with all PCs. Additional purchase required for some features.
