Endpoint Security Hardening

Configuration Drift

Why Manual Security Baselines Fail in Modern Enterprises

There’s a notable limit to the effectiveness of endpoint management solutions like Intune, SCCM and GPO: they implement security baselines once, with limited rollback options, and then struggle or fail to manage drift. When a security setting has drifted from the baseline, you can find yourself with multiple configuration states distributed across an estate, with security settings that have been deactivated, failed to set correctly, or have been set differently by downstream processes or people.

APPtechnology's Endpoint Security Hardening solution eliminates this risk by actively managing these settings and ensuring any drift from the baseline is either auto-remediated or flagged up for manual intervention where auto-remediation fails. This game-changing, always-on, compliance maintenance system can be enforced across any security baseline standard, including CIS, NIST, DORA, SOC2, HIPPA and ISO27001.

Our intelligent remediation engine distinguishes between legitimate administrative changes and unauthorised drift, preventing conflicts with planned maintenance while automatically correcting security violations. Comprehensive audit trails capture every configuration change with timestamp, source identification, and compliance impact assessment.

Beyond Point-in-Time Assessment

Continuous Compliance vs Snapshot Security

Shifting the emphasis from reactive to proactive security management, APPtechnology Endpoint Security Hardening revolutionises the traditional approach to security assessment with continuous monitoring and automated remediation. You may be confident your estate is compliant; with APPtechnology Endpoint Security Hardening, you know for sure.

Cybersecurity certification doesn't just require your organisation to get up to date; some modern framework certifications require you to provide documentary evidence of historical compliance to cybersecurity standards, ongoing improvement activity, and measures in place to respond to security incidents. In an organisation where changes to device settings are manual and unmonitored, demonstrating compliance may be impossible. With APPtechnology Endpoint Security Hardening, it's built in: compliance by design.

Enterprise-Grade Architecture for Windows Environments

Built for the realities of modern Windows infrastructure, APPTechnology's Endpoint Security Hardening solution integrates seamlessly with your existing Active Directory domains and Microsoft ecosystem without requiring architectural changes. Unlike point-in-time compliance scanners, our solution provides real-time configuration monitoring across Windows 10/11 endpoints, detecting drift within moments. Additionally, it identifies potential disruptions to application functionality before applying changes and allows for setting to be overruled with instant rollback, ensuring business continuity.

With each new browser version roll-out, you can maintain baseline security compliance with any security framework's required configurations. From a single command centre, you will manage authentication control, disabling tracking services, disabling guest mode and browser profile creation and default synchronisation services. Advanced policy engines automatically translate CIS, NIST, and regulatory requirements into actionable Windows registry, security policy, and service configurations, eliminating the guesswork of framework interpretation.

Furthermore, APPTechnology's monitoring system enforces strict access control for all PowerShell activities in real-time. By applying consistent security policies to every script, PowerShell remains a safe, controlled tool for your IT team without opening up new avenues for malicious commands or modifying critical system files.

Screenshots

Take a closer look at our the Endpoint Hardening dashboard to see how easy it is to configure settings, approve recommendations, monitor automated remidiations, measure configuration drift in real time, report on compliance for any device and much more.

 

Measurable Results: Cost Reduction and Risk Mitigation

We’re all well aware of the potential cost of disruption to business from a cybersecurity vulnerability, both during the incident and in the protracted aftermath. And with enterprises increasingly moving applications from desktop installation to cloud-based apps accessed via a web browser, it's more important than ever to control browser settings to prevent attackers from infiltrating critical systems, whether using JavaScript vulnerabilities, mixed content, or something as seemingly innocuous as allowing users to receive notifications or AI integrations within Microsoft Edge. Compliance professionals need to scrutinise every setting, because browsers can be exploited in unexpected ways.

Maintaining this kind of baseline security manually is time consuming and inescapably prone to error and drift. Remediating changes to browser settings is a drain on costly human resources, as is the lengthy process of documenting every detail of a company’s security posture in preparation for a certification audit. Other endpoint monitoring systems only assess the extent of drift in your organisation: APPtechnology Endpoint Security Hardening actively keeps your systems compliant 24/7.

APPtechnology Endpoint Security Hardening Services

APPtechnology offers a combination of SaaS Solution and services to ensure that your investment in framework compliance brings the maximum return with the minimum of your effort.  We provide ongoing monitoring and drift management support, or scheduled health checks to highlight areas for improvement or framework changes.

Rollout support, and consultancy on the hardest “last few yards” of framework compliance are provided, so you can achieve the maximum levels of compliance whilst retaining your business processes.