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Every computer in your company has antivirus. Almost none has someone checking whether it still works.
Almost every company has antivirus. The problem is the antivirus that was installed once and forgotten: the license expired, the updates stopped, the user turned it off to make the computer faster, and no one noticed. When that forgotten antivirus fails, the company usually finds out only after the damage has already started. Managed antivirus is the opposite of that: the same kind of protection, but kept up to date, watched and reported by a team, on every computer and server, all the time.
Every day, more than 450,000 new malicious programs appear, according to the independent testing institute AV-TEST. No human team keeps up with that volume by hand, so the antivirus has to update itself, all the time.
A large share of these programs is built to change shape and slip past a check that only compares against the list of what is already known. That is why the antivirus has to stay updated and add behavioral analysis to the signature to keep up with the threat.
An antivirus that no one updates, watches and reports fails silently. The worst time to find out it stopped protecting is in the middle of an attack.
Managed antivirus: the essential protection against known malware, kept updated, watched and reported by Zamak Technologies, on every computer and server. It is the minimum every company needs running, and the entry for those who cannot yet invest in advanced endpoint defense (EDR), the evolution Zamak recommends on 100% of computers.
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Why the forgotten antivirus is a risk
The antivirus was there. It just was not protecting.
Here is how the antivirus that no one manages fails, in practice, in companies that thought they were protected.
The antivirus that expired and no one saw.
The license expired months ago and the updates stopped arriving. The icon was still on the screen, green, giving a sense of protection. But inside, it no longer recognized any new threat. No one noticed, until the day the ransom note appeared.
The alarm that no one was listening to.
The antivirus did detect something and showed a warning. But on a machine that no one was watching. The user closed the window to keep working, the threat, never fully dealt with, came back, and the warning never reached anyone who could act.
Each machine on its own.
Each computer with its own antivirus, its own settings and its own mood. On some, the user turned the protection off to make the system faster. Without a single view, no one knows, right now, which machines in the company are actually protected.
What the signature alone does not catch.
A new malicious program, built to change shape with each infection, arrived through an email attachment. On a machine running only the signature check, it walked right through, because it was not yet on the list of what is already known. An engine that also watches behavior would have had a better chance of catching it in time.
The question from the audit and the insurer.
At cyber insurance renewal or during an audit, the question comes up: how do you ensure that every computer in the company has up to date, managed protection? Without a central, documented answer, the policy cost rises or the coverage drops.
The point is not whether you have antivirus, because you do. It is whether someone keeps it updated, watches what it finds and proves that it is working. That is exactly what managed antivirus does.
What managed antivirus is
It is not install and forget. It is block, maintain and prove.
Managed antivirus is the essential protection of every computer and server against known malware, only operated by a team instead of left on each machine. Zamak installs an enterprise antivirus engine, sets the central policy, keeps the definitions current, watches what it finds and delivers the proof that it is working. Antivirus is the oldest endpoint protection technology, and Zamak recommends advanced endpoint defense (EDR) on 100% of computers: it is the evolution of antivirus and what Zamak actually advises. Managed antivirus is the entry for those who cannot yet invest in EDR across the whole company; the combination of EDR on the servers with managed antivirus on the workstations is a stopgap while the company grows its cybersecurity budget, not the destination.
Blocks known malware
An enterprise antivirus engine blocks the malware already cataloged and adds behavioral analysis of files to reach part of what does not yet have a signature. Anything that looks too suspicious is first opened in an isolated environment, away from your systems, to be examined with no risk. It is the essential protection against what is already known.
Kept current, under policy
Zamak installs the protection across the whole fleet at once, applies one policy for servers, desktops and laptops and keeps the definitions updated every day. No more each machine on its own, with whatever setting each user left.
Watched and reported, with proof
The Zamak team follows what the antivirus finds, with near real time alerts, and delivers a report of what was blocked and who is protected. You stop hoping and start having the evidence that audit and insurance ask for.
It protects workstations and servers, and standardizes the protection of the whole company into a single managed standard. Antivirus acts on what is already known; against attacks that change shape, are fileless or exploit behavior, advanced endpoint defense (EDR) goes much further, and Zamak recommends it on 100% of computers. Managed antivirus is the entry for those who cannot yet invest in EDR, and the combination of EDR on the servers with antivirus on the workstations is a temporary stopgap, while the company grows its cybersecurity budget.
What is included
The engine that blocks and the team that maintains, together
You get the enterprise antivirus engine and the Zamak team that installs it, keeps it current, watches it and reports on it. You focus on your business.
The technology that blocks
An enterprise antivirus engine, with more than one layer of detection.
- Blocking of known malware by the most up to date definitions
- Behavioral detection, which catches what changes shape to escape the signature
- Examination of what is too suspicious in an isolated environment, away from your systems
- Protection of workstations and servers
- Light scans day to day and deep scans at times that do not get in the way
Management by Zamak
The team that keeps the protection alive, uniform and proven across the whole fleet.
- Installation across the whole fleet at once, leaving no machine out
- Central protection policy for servers, desktops and laptops
- Definitions and updates kept current, every day
- Monitoring of what the antivirus finds, with near real time alerts
- A report of what was blocked and who is protected, alongside your IT team when there is one
Inside the technology
The engineering behind managed antivirus
For those who want the technical detail: this is how managed antivirus works under the hood.
Enterprise engine, more than one layer
The base is an enterprise antivirus engine recognized by independent testing labs, with three layers working together: signature for the known, behavior for what transforms and isolated examination for part of what does not yet have a signature.
Real time behavioral detection
Instead of only comparing against the list of what is already known, the engine watches what each program does and helps block part of what is new, flagging the ones that perform actions typical of malware. It is an important reinforcement over plain signature.
Examination in an isolated environment
What is too suspicious to let through is first opened in an isolated environment, separated from the company real systems, to be observed with no risk. If it is malicious, it is blocked right there, without ever touching the real machine.
Central policy and bulk deployment
The protection is installed across the whole fleet at once and governed by a central policy, with rules of its own for servers, desktops and laptops, including quarantine and the download of definitions. No machine is left out or left to its own ways.
Scheduled and lightweight scans
The deep scans run at agreed times, so they do not get in the way of productivity, and the resource usage is light day to day. Strong protection does not have to slow the computer down.
Monitoring and reporting
Everything is followed through a single dashboard, with near real time alerts when something is found, and turns into a report of what was blocked and who is protected. It is the proof that audit and insurance ask for.
The management platform runs on infrastructure certified to SOC 2 and ISO 27001, compliant with HIPAA and PCI-DSS, and the communication between the computers and the dashboard travels encrypted.
The antivirus engine is an enterprise solution tested and recognized by independent labs, operated by Zamak through a recognized management platform.
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The comparison
Unmanaged antivirus, managed antivirus and advanced endpoint defense (EDR)
Zamak recommends advanced endpoint defense (EDR) on 100% of computers. This comparison, published by N-able, maker of the platform Zamak operates, shows why EDR is the recommendation and where managed antivirus fits: the honest entry for those who cannot yet invest in EDR. The highlighted column is what Zamak delivers in EDR.
How it detects the threat
The Zamak recommendation
Advanced endpoint defense (EDR)
By behavior, with artificial intelligence, in real time
Managed antivirus (this service)
By the signature of the known, with behavioral reinforcement
Unmanaged antivirus
Only by signature, and only if it is up to date
A new threat, built to change shape
The Zamak recommendation
Advanced endpoint defense (EDR)
Detects by behavior, even with no signature
Managed antivirus (this service)
Reaches part of it; much of what changes shape escapes
Unmanaged antivirus
Misses it: it is not on the list of the known
Fileless attack and stolen credential
The Zamak recommendation
Advanced endpoint defense (EDR)
Identifies by the usage pattern and contains the threat
Managed antivirus (this service)
Not what antivirus sees best
Unmanaged antivirus
Goes unnoticed
What it does when it finds the threat
The Zamak recommendation
Advanced endpoint defense (EDR)
Responds on its own: isolates the machine and neutralizes the threat
Managed antivirus (this service)
Blocks and quarantines, and alerts the team
Unmanaged antivirus
At most an alert on the machine, that no one sees
Roll back the ransomware damage
The Zamak recommendation
Advanced endpoint defense (EDR)
Rolls the device back to a safe state, on Windows
Managed antivirus (this service)
Does not roll back; it focuses on stopping the known infection
Unmanaged antivirus
Does not roll back the attack
Who maintains, watches and proves
The Zamak recommendation
Advanced endpoint defense (EDR)
Zamak, with central visibility and the investigation of the attack
Managed antivirus (this service)
Zamak, with central policy, dashboard and report
Unmanaged antivirus
No one: each machine on its own
Antivirus versus EDR comparison published by N-able, maker of the platform operated by Zamak; the highlighted column lists what Zamak delivers in EDR. Zamak recommends EDR on 100% of endpoints. Managed antivirus is the entry for those who cannot yet invest in it, and the combination of EDR on the servers with antivirus on the workstations is a stopgap while the company grows its cybersecurity budget.
Risk, impact and response
For every real risk, a concrete response
Known malware reaches a machine with the antivirus expired or turned off
A threat that already had a defense available gets in through a door that should have been closed
How managed antivirus responds
Zamak keeps the definitions current and the protection on across the whole fleet, so the already known malware is blocked and quarantined right away
The antivirus on a machine expired or was turned off by the user
An open hole in the protection that no one was seeing
How managed antivirus responds
Through the central dashboard, Zamak sees which machine was left unprotected and fixes it, instead of finding out only after the incident
A threat is detected on some computer
If no one sees the alert, it is dismissed in a hurry and comes back
How managed antivirus responds
The threat is quarantined right away and the alert reaches whoever is watching in near real time, with Zamak following up
An audit or insurer requires managed protection on every computer
Failing the requirement, losing coverage or paying more
How managed antivirus responds
A managed and central program, with the monthly report that proves every computer is protected and current
None of these scenarios depends on the client remembering to check. That is what managed means.
For every decision maker
What this means for whoever decides
Managed antivirus solves a different pain for each role in the company.
Owner and founder
The protection you think you have, now actually working
Most companies only find out the antivirus stopped working on the day of the attack. Here, it is kept alive and watched, so a common piece of malware does not become the crisis that stains the reputation you took years to build.
Executives and management
The insurance and audit requirement, with predictable cost
Cyber insurers and audits ask for up to date, managed protection on every endpoint. Here you get that as a predictable monthly cost, with the report that proves every computer is protected.
Internal IT leader
You stop chasing antivirus machine by machine
Instead of installing, updating and checking the antivirus on each computer by hand, you get the whole fleet under a central, watched policy. Zamak is the backup alongside your team, never in its place, and you decide how much to delegate.
IT partner
Enterprise grade managed antivirus to resell
Offer essential managed protection to your clients as predictable recurring revenue, without building your own antivirus operation or becoming the firefighter every time a client license expires. It is the entry point for the client who does not yet invest in advanced endpoint defense (EDR), which Zamak recommends as the priority. Zamak operates behind the scenes; the relationship with the client stays yours.
Why Zamak
A leading engine, kept alive by people who understand your risk
Zamak Technologies does not just hand over an antivirus license. It selects an enterprise antivirus engine, installs it across your whole fleet, keeps the definitions current, watches what it finds and delivers the proof that it is working. Zamak recommends advanced endpoint defense (EDR), the evolution of antivirus, on 100% of computers; managed antivirus is the essential protection for those who cannot yet invest in EDR across the whole company.
It is fifteen years caring for the IT of companies, with specialists who serve in Portuguese, English and Spanish. Zamak is your security backup, alongside your team, never in its place.
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