Microsoft expands preview of Windows 10's new advanced threat service

Microsoft today opened the preview of its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to all enterprise IT professionals after testing the service with an invite-only group of companies for the last several months.

ATP, like similar services from security-centric vendors -- including Arbor Networks, FireEye and Symantec -- means to detect ongoing attacks on corporate networks, then follow up to investigate the attack or breach and provide response recommendations.

Rather than serving strictly as an early-warning system, Microsoft's ATP -- again, like others of its ilk -- will be most useful in post-breach scenarios as companies struggle to deal with the fall-out.

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