Has TDR matured enough not to need 3rd party Endpoint AV?

Brian_D

Has anyone considered not using a 3rd party AV product and just using the TDR Agent for AV/Malware protection?

Thanks in advance for any comments.

BrianSteingraber

No. It's not designed to be an AV solution.

james.carson

Hi Brian_D

TDR isn't an anti-virus product, so we would still always recommend using A/V in conjunction with TDR.

The main target of TDR is to detect, and prevent malware/ransomware. There will generally be some overlap between it and A/V, however.

We do always recommend making exclusions for your A/V directories (and making exclusions for the TDR directories in your A/V software,) so they don't waste time scanning each other.

We do have a best practices article here:
(TDR Deployment Best Practices)
https://www.watchguard.com/help/docs/help-center/en-US/Content/en-US/Fireware/services/tdr/tdr_deploy_tips_c.html

Thank you,

greggmh123

Security in layers! There is only one way that I ever will stop using endpoint AV, and that is when there is no such thing as an end user.