Enterprise Mac users can now install Microsoft’s next-gen antivirus for Windows 10.
Microsoft’s enterprise security platform Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) can now protect macOS devices in addition to Windows 10 ones, Microsoft announced today.
To reflect its coverage of non-Windows operating systems, Microsoft has also decided to rename its next-gen anti-malware product Microsoft Defender ATP.
Microsoft Defender ATP for Mac is available now in limited preview and follows the February expansion of the security service beyond Windows 10 to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
Microsoft Defender ATP gives customers the ability to prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to advanced malware attacks. Enterprise security teams can collect sensor data from Windows 10 and now Mac devices, store it in a private cloud instance of Microsoft Defender ATP, and then use Microsoft’s cloud security analytics services to convert the data into threat intelligence.
Customers that sign up will get “next-gen antivirus protection on Mac” for now. However, during the preview Microsoft intends to add its endpoint detection and response capabilities, which give security analysts alerts so that they can quickly investigate a breach and remediate issues on affected devices.
