Endpoint Protection with Intel vPro

Endpoint Protection with Intel vPro®
and Intel® Core™ Ultra

IDC reports that 70% of all successful security breaches began at the endpoint and SMBs are not immune to these cyber threats, making it imperative that resellers provide their clients with PCs that deliver the highest levels of protection. With nearly two decades of experience developing hardware-based security and manageability features, Intel vPro® delivers industry-leading endpoint protection that is unsurpassed by any other CPU manufacturer.

The Risk to SMBs

According to studies cited by WebFX, over half of the world-wide cyberattacks occur in the US, and SMBs are just as vulnerable as large enterprises, if not more, as they tend to have fewer security protocols, are unaware of solutions available to protect their computers, and leverage endpoint systems that are much older, making them more susceptible to attack. With the continuation of the remote workforce, managing and securing the companies endpoints is increasingly critical.

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Resources

Intel vPro® Security and Manageability Features

Click on the circles below to learn more about each feature.

Intel vPro Endpoint Protection
Intel Threat Detection Technology Intel Hardware Shield Intel Total Memory Encryption Intel Key Locker Intel Platform Trust Technology Intel Control Flow Enforcement Intel VT-x Intel AMT Active Management Technology Intel EMA Endpoint Management Assistant

Intel Threat Detection Technology

A feature within Intel Hardware Shield, Intel® TDT uses CPU telemetry and Machine Learning to profile and detect malware, ransomware and cryptojacking, improving monitoring and security performance at the hardware level. In a recent study, Intel® TDT detected 93 percent of top ransomware variants from the silicon sensor, bolstering the EDR’s overall detection efficacy by 24% over software alone.

Intel Hardware Shield

A suite of security technologies that help provide full stack protections at the hardware level including BIOS/firmware, hypervisor, VMs, OS, and applications.

Intel Total Memory Encryption

Hardware-based security that encrypts DRAM to help protect against a physical cold boot attack. Additionally, Multi-key can encrypt sections of DRAM as directed by OS.

Intel Key Locker

Protects keys used by AES-NI encryption. Provides protected storage for encryption keys, a key step in bolstering overall security.

Intel Platform Trust Technology

Integrated Trusted Platform Module within Intel SOCs, supporting TPM 2.0 and Intel® TXT.

Intel Control Flow Enforcement

Hardware-enhanced protection against memory safety attacks common to connected apps such as browsers, meeting tools, etc.

Intel VT-x

Enables a variety of OS security services including Virtualization-Based Security on Windows systems.

Intel AMT Active Management Technology

Intel® Active Management Technology is a hardware based solution that provides out-of-band connectivity that operates independently of the OS, allowing fixes to a wide range of systems issues, even when the OS is down or the system is powered off. IT can repair corrupted drivers, application software, or the OS on non-responsive systems that will not run or boot, or use remote KVM4 to monitor OS upgrades or restart to the system BIOS.

Intel EMA Endpoint Management Assistant

Intel® EMA software allows IT to remotely and securely manage Intel AMT-enabled devices beyond the firewall via the cloud on known Wi-Fi networks.