Microsoft Solutions Partner

Endpoint Security Services

Protect endpoints with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to detect threats, reduce attack paths, and strengthen incident response.

Practical endpoint protection with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, EDR tuning, vulnerability management and incident response support.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint expertise

Endpoint security assessment

EDR tuning, ASR hardening, Vulnerability management & XDR integration

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Endpoint Security Challenges That Increase Risk

Defender for Endpoint deployed but alerts piling up with nobody triaging them?

Antivirus in place but no real EDR — no detection, investigation, or response?

Vulnerabilities on endpoints that nobody is tracking or remediating?

Ransomware a constant worry but no attack surface reduction in place?

What We Do

Endpoint Security That Detects, Prevents & Responds

Detect, don't just block

EDR detects sophisticated attacks that traditional antivirus misses — and gives you the investigation tools to understand what happened.

Reduce the attack surface

Deploy ASR rules, exploit protection, and application controls to reduce common attack paths before threats escalate.

Vulnerabilities found and fixed

We run Defender Vulnerability Management so known weaknesses are identified, prioritised, and remediated — not just scanned.

Alerts triaged, not ignored

We tune and triage Defender alerts so real threats get attention and false positives don’t bury the signal.

Incident response ready

We build and test endpoint incident response so when something gets through, you contain and recover — fast.

Endpoint + identity + cloud = XDR .

We integrate Defender for Endpoint with Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, and Sentinel for full cross-domain detection

Our Services & Capabilities

Endpoint Security Assessment

Assess Defender configuration, endpoint coverage, alert health, vulnerabilities, and attack surface reduction.

Defender for Endpoint Deployment

Deploy and configure Defender across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android with staged onboarding and health validation.

EDR Configuration & Tuning

Configure EDR alerts, custom detections, automated investigation and response, false-positive controls, and escalation paths.

Attack Surface Reduction (ASR)

We deploy ASR rules, exploit protection, network protection, and controlled folder access — shrinking the attack surface before threats arrive.

Vulnerability Management

Use Defender Vulnerability Management to discover, prioritise, track, and remediate endpoint vulnerabilities.

Incident Response & Containment

Build and test playbooks for endpoint isolation, evidence collection, remediation, and recovery with defined escalation paths.

XDR Integration & Managed Endpoint SOC

Integrate Defender for Endpoint with Microsoft 365 Defender and Sentinel for correlated detection and ongoing endpoint security management.

Need device management (enrolment, compliance, apps)? See Intune Services. Need broader M365 security?

Use Cases: What Threats Are You Worried About?

Your concern	What we deploy	Defender capability
“Ransomware scares us”	ASR + EDR + containment	Attack surface reduction + EDR + device isolation
“We have AV but no real detection”	Defender for Endpoint (EDR)	Behavioural EDR replaces or augments legacy AV
“Alerts pile up and nobody looks”	Alert tuning + managed triage	Tuned alerts + automated investigation & response
“We don’t know our vulnerabilities”	Vulnerability management	Defender Vulnerability Management
“We need cross-domain detection”	XDR integration + Sentinel	Defender XDR + Sentinel SIEM
“Migrating from CrowdStrike / Symantec”	Defender migration programme	Defender replaces third-party endpoint tools
“We have no incident response plan”	IR playbooks + tabletop testing	Containment procedures + tested response

The endpoint security assessment above shows where your defences stand; a free consultation prioritises what to fix first.

Our Endpoint Security Approach

Free consultation & assessment

We assess your current endpoint security — Defender configuration, coverage, alerts, vulnerabilities, and ASR — and show where the gaps are. No cost, no obligation.

Defender deployment / migration

We deploy Defender for Endpoint across all device types, or migrate from a third-party endpoint tool, with minimal disruption.

EDR tuning & detection rules

We tune EDR — custom detection rules, alert suppression for false positives, and automated investigation and response configuration.

Attack surface reduction

We deploy ASR rules, exploit protection, network protection, and controlled folder access — layered defences before detection.

Vulnerability management

We activate Defender Vulnerability Management — continuous scanning, risk-based prioritisation, and remediation workflows.

XDR integration

We integrate Defender for Endpoint with Defender for Identity, Cloud Apps, and Sentinel for correlated, cross-domain detection.

Managed endpoint security / SOC

We can manage endpoint security ongoing — alert triage, threat investigation, vulnerability tracking, and incident response as a managed SOC service.

It starts with a free endpoint security assessment. No obligation

Why Star Knowledge

Criteria	Star Knowledge	In-House IT	Generic MSP
Defender depth	Defender implementation, tuning and managed security support aligned to Microsoft endpoint, identity, cloud and SOC workflows.	Default config, untuned	Basic deployment
EDR & investigation	Active detection and response	Limited triage capacity	Limited
Attack surface reduction	ASR deployed and managed	Not configured	Not offered
Vulnerability management	Continuous, prioritised	Occasional scan	Ad-hoc
Alert triage	Tuned, real threats surfaced	Overwhelmed	Basic alert filtering
Incident response	Playbooks tested, containment ready	Ad-hoc response	Not offered
XDR / Sentinel integration	Correlated, cross-domain	Endpoint-only	Siloed
Track record	Endpoint security delivery experience — confirm project count before publishing	In-house only	Mixed

Case Studies

Defender Deployment + ASR for a Manufacturing Company

Defender for Endpoint, ASR rules, vulnerability management

Legacy antivirus provided no detection capability, and the company had suffered a ransomware scare.

Replaced legacy AV with Defender for Endpoint, deployed ASR rules, and activated vulnerability management.

CrowdStrike → Defender Migration for a Financial Services Firm

Financial services firm, 300+ endpoints.

CrowdStrike licensing was expensive and the firm wanted to consolidate onto the Microsoft security stack.

Migrated to Defender for Endpoint with full EDR, integrated with Defender for Identity and Sentinel for XDR.

Managed Endpoint SOC for a Healthcare Provider

Healthcare provider, 400+ endpoints, HIPAA requirements.

Defender for Endpoint, managed alert triage, incident response

Defender was deployed but alerts went untriaged — the two-person IT team had no capacity for security operations.

Took over endpoint security as a managed SOC service — alert triage, investigation, vulnerability tracking, and incident response.

Industries We Serve

Financial Services

EDR, vulnerability management, and compliance

Healthcare

HIPAA-aligned endpoint protection and incident response

Manufacturing

Multi-site endpoint hardening and ransomware defence

Professional Services

Mobile endpoint protection and XDR

Legal

Confidential-data endpoint security

Retail

POS and store endpoint protection at scale

Technology & SaaS

Developer endpoint security and vulnerability management

Education

Diverse device-estate protection

From a Defender deployment on 50 endpoints to enterprise-wide endpoint security with a managed SOC, we scale to fit.

Insights

Blog

Why antivirus isn't enough — the case for EDR in 2026

Blog

Attack surface reduction — the highest-value security quick win

checklist

Endpoint security posture checklist

guide

Migrating from third-party endpoint tools to Defender

Endpoints Are Where Attacks Land

Endpoint threats continue to evolve as attackers use ransomware, infostealers, credential theft, fileless techniques and legitimate administration tools to compromise devices. Modern endpoint security needs more than traditional antivirus: it needs behavioural detection, hardening, vulnerability management and response workflows that can contain threats before they spread.

EDR is the baseline — antivirus alone isn’t enough against modern, sophisticated attacks

Attack surface reduction matters — ASR rules, exploit protection, and application control stop attacks BEFORE detection is needed

Vulnerability management closes the doors — unpatched endpoints are still the most common entry point

XDR correlates the full picture — endpoint alerts alone miss the story; cross-domain detection (identity, email, cloud) catches what endpoint-only can’t

Is antivirus enough, or do we need EDR?

Antivirus alone is not enough in 2026. Modern attacks use fileless techniques, legitimate tools, and AI-generated variants that bypass signature-based AV. EDR (endpoint detection and response) detects these by monitoring behaviour, not just signatures — and gives you the tools to investigate, contain, and remediate. If you’re running only AV, you’re blind to the attacks that matter most.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are endpoint security services, and what do you cover?

Endpoint security services protect your devices — laptops, desktops, servers, and mobile — against threats. Star Knowledge covers Defender for Endpoint deployment, EDR configuration and tuning, attack surface reduction, vulnerability management, incident response, and XDR integration — detection, hardening, and response in one practice.

How is this different from your Intune services?

Intune manages devices — enrolment, configuration, compliance, apps, updates (MDM/MAM). Endpoint security protects devices against threats — Defender EDR, vulnerability management, attack surface reduction, and incident response. They’re complementary: Intune ensures devices are managed and compliant; endpoint security ensures they’re defended against attacks. Many clients need both.

We have Defender deployed but alerts are piling up — can you help?

Yes — this is one of our most common engagements. Untuned Defender generates noise that buries real threats. We tune detection rules, suppress false positives, configure automated investigation and response, and can manage alert triage as an ongoing SOC service.

Can you migrate us from CrowdStrike, Symantec, or another endpoint tool?

Yes. We migrate from third-party endpoint tools to Defender for Endpoint, preserving or improving detection coverage and consolidating onto the Microsoft security stack. This often reduces licensing cost while enabling XDR integration that standalone tools can’t match.

What is attack surface reduction, and is it worth deploying?

ASR is a set of rules and protections that block common attack techniques before they execute — macro-based attacks, credential stealing, process injection, and more. It’s one of the highest-value, lowest-effort security improvements available: it stops attacks that EDR would otherwise need to detect and respond to. We deploy and tune it for minimal business impact.

How much do endpoint security services cost?

Endpoint security pricing depends on endpoint count, licensing, scope and whether you need deployment only or ongoing managed security. For calculator estimates, use $400–$600 per day, then validate the final scope after the free assessment. Microsoft Defender licensing is separate.

Can you provide ongoing managed endpoint security?

Yes. Beyond deployment, we manage endpoint security as an ongoing SOC service — alert triage, threat investigation, vulnerability tracking, incident response, and continuous tuning. This is where the real value lives: deployment is one-time; threats are continuous.

How does Defender for Endpoint fit into XDR and Sentinel?

Defender for Endpoint is one pillar of Microsoft 365 Defender (XDR). When integrated with Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, and Microsoft Sentinel, endpoint alerts are correlated with identity, email, and cloud events — giving you the full attack story, not just the endpoint piece. We integrate all of these.

Book My Free Endpoint Security Assessment

Tell us the task you have in mind. We’ll assess whether an agent suits it, at what autonomy level, and what the first step should be.

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