Apex One: The Endpoint Security Expert for Businesses

Trend Micro Apex One & The Cybersecurity Landscape

In the past, cyber threats were seen in black and white. Cybersecurity at that time focused on clearly identifying threats and eliminating them. Today, it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between what is safe and what is malicious. Traditional signature-based antivirus methods are no longer effective against ransomware and unknown threats.

Cybersecurity Challenges Faced by Enterprises

• An overwhelming amount of malware, threats, and ransomware are bypassing corporate security defenses. Advanced threats can hide and evade detection by traditional security solutions.
• The need for a centralized solution to protect against both known and unknown threats on PCs, endpoints, and Mac devices.
• Difficulty in correlating and prioritizing security alerts.
• Security teams require automation and deeper insights to effectively respond to potential threats.
• Endpoint security solutions do not work seamlessly together, resulting in longer response times and increased management burden.
• Risks associated with remote work and new methods of information sharing through cloud platforms and other services.
• Difficulty in quickly and thoroughly patching endpoint vulnerabilities, leading to security gaps.

Benefits of Using Trend Micro Apex One

Advanced Malware and Ransomware Protection

Protects endpoints both inside and outside the corporate network against malware, trojans, worms, spyware, ransomware, and adapts to defend against new and unknown threat variants, including advanced threats such as cryptomalware and fileless malware.

Detection and Response

Advanced detection and response capabilities in Apex One include:

• Investigation tools
• Trend Micro Endpoint Sensor
• Optional MDR services as an add-on

Industry-Leading Vulnerability Patching

Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerability Protection patches both known and unknown vulnerabilities, enabling instant protection before official patches are released.

Connected Threat Defense System

Apex One integrates locally with other security products within the enterprise network and connects with Trend Micro’s global cloud-based threat intelligence and sandbox network. This provides rapid updates to endpoints when new threats are detected, reducing malware spread and improving response time.

Centralized Visibility and Control

When deployed with Trend Micro Apex Central, multiple solutions can be managed through a single console, providing centralized visibility and control.

Mobile Security Integration

Integrates Trend Micro Mobile Security with Apex One through Apex Central to centralize security management and policy deployment.

On-Premises or As-a-Service Support

Customers can choose between on-premises deployment or cloud-based (as-a-service) deployment, with equivalent functionality in both options.

Core and Advanced Features of Trend Micro Apex One

A. Core Features

1. Optimized Security with XGen

Trend Micro’s User Protection solution is powered by XGen technology—an intelligent, optimized, and highly connected security approach.

2. Performance Optimization

Apex One as a Service enables enterprises to deploy and manage Apex One via Trend Micro’s cloud platform with full functionality equivalent to on-premises deployment.

3. Proven Security Partner

• Over 30 years of security innovation
• Protection for more than 250 million endpoints
• Trusted by 48 of the world’s top 50 global enterprises

4. Customizable Endpoint Protection

Apex One allows enterprises to extend endpoint protection with additional investigation and security capabilities, selecting from a wide range of advanced features tailored to specific organizational needs.

B. Advanced Features

1. Vulnerability Protection

Prevents zero-day threats on endpoints both inside and outside the corporate network. Trend Micro Vulnerability Protection extends security coverage, including support for legacy operating systems.

2. Endpoint Application Control

Prevents unknown and unwanted applications from executing on endpoints, strengthening defense against malware and targeted attacks.

3. Endpoint Sensor

Provides contextual investigation and response (EDR), detailed logging, and reporting to help analysts quickly assess the nature and scope of attacks across email, endpoints, and servers. It also supports customizable detection, alerts, and centralized management.

4. Endpoint Encryption

Ensures data privacy by encrypting data stored on endpoints such as PCs, Macs, DVDs, and USB devices, which are vulnerable to loss or theft. Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption is deployed as a standalone agent, providing full disk, folder, file, and removable media encryption.