(Note: Microsoft Active Protection Service is now called Windows Defender Antivirus cloud protection service. Read about it in this blog entry: Windows Defender Antivirus cloud protection service: Advanced real-time defense against never-before-seen malware<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/em><\/p>\n
How? Through the Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS).<\/p>\n
What is MAPS? <\/strong><\/p>\n
The Microsoft Active Protection Service is the cloud service that enables:<\/p>\n
The MAPS service is available for all Microsoft’s antivirus products and services, including:<\/p>\n
What can MAPS do for your enterprise software security?<\/strong><\/p>\n
Enabling MAPS in your system gives you:<\/p>\n
Enable MAPS to trigger cloud calls for suspicious events. Doing so helps ensure that the machine uses the latest malware information available from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC) research team, back-end big data, and machine learning logic.<\/p>\n
MMPC threat intelligence leverages algorithms to construct and manage a view of threats in the ecosystem. When the endpoint product encounters suspicious activities, it can consult the cloud for real-time analysis before acting on it.<\/p>\n
The vast data and computing resources available in the cloud allows the fast detection of polymorphic and emerging threats and the application of advanced protection techniques.<\/p>\n
Client machines selectively send telemetry in real-time (for detection), or periodically (for health checks) to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center\u2019s (MMPC) cloud service which includes:<\/p>\n
The MMPC cloud service responds to client telemetry with:<\/p>\n
The data gathered is treated with confidentiality. See the <\/span> Microsoft Privacy Statement<\/span><\/a> for details. To help protect your privacy, reports are sent to Microsoft over an encrypted connection. Relevant data is analyzed<\/span>.<\/p>\n
Prerequisites <\/strong>
\nBoth Basic membership<\/strong> and Advanced membership<\/strong> enable cloud protection. See the Microsoft Active Protection Service (MAPS)<\/a> section of the Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Privacy Statement for details.<\/p>\n
To get your system ready for MAPS, see the Introduction to Endpoint Protection in Configuration Manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n
So, what can you do to protect your enterprise?<\/strong><\/p>\n
Keep MAPS enabled on your system.<\/p>\n
Join the Microsoft Active Protection Service Community<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n
Questions, concerns, or insights on this story? Join discussions at the Microsoft community<\/a> and Windows Defender Security Intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Follow us on Twitter @WDSecurity.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"