Xcitium OpenEDR is an open-source endpoint telemetry platform that aims to provide a comprehensive and effective solution for endpoint security. It is developed by Xcitium, a company that offers cybersecurity solutions, and it is based on open-source technology, which means anyone can access, modify, and contribute to the source code on GitHub. In this review, I will evaluate the features, benefits, and challenges of Xcitium OpenEDR, and compare it with some of the existing endpoint security solutions in the market.
Endpoint detection and response or EDR solution is an endpoint security solution that monitors end-user devices to detect and respond to cyber threats, it also records and stores endpoint-system-level behaviors (logs), uses various data analytics techniques to block malicious activities and provides remediation suggestions to restore affected systems to a clean state.
EDR is essential in securing end points, but unfortunately, it’s not cheap. So, what if I tell you that EDR is now free via OpenEDR via Open-Source community.
And I am proud to announce that I have teamed up with Valentine Sirghie to create a Free Open EDR training, and certification which will award you with a Certificate.
What will you learn?
OpenEDR Fundamentals training course has 5 modules and a final exam, and the Duration is 1 hour 29 minutes
Module 0 – Welcome to OpenEDR Fundamentals Training
Module 1 – Cyber Landscape
Module 2 – EDR Fundamentals
Module 3 – Introduction to OpenEDR
Module 4 – Account Creation and Agent
Certification Exam
We’ve worked together with the OpenEDR community to bring you a world-class learning experience. At the end of the course, please complete an evaluation of today’s experience. We value your feedback! Please contact us with any additional requests for additional training or exam keys.After completing the course, you will be able to answer the below questions:
What is the current Cybersecurity landscape? What is EDR vs antivirus? The difference between Open Source EDR and Full EDR and much more…
How to complete certificate curriculum?
To acquire the OpenEDR certificate, please complete the following steps:
Log into Xcitium Academy and access the OpenEDR Fundamentals Training curriculum
If you do not have an Xcitium Academy account, click on create new account and enter your information
Complete each of the five (5) courses in the OpenEDR Fundamentals Training curriculum and successfully complete each exam in the individual courses
Once all course exams have been completed, successfully complete the OpenEDR certificate exam at the end of the curriculum
To access your new certificate, go to Training & My Achievements in the academy and click on the OpenEDR Fundamentals Training completion. This will open up a PDF copy of your certificate for printing.
OpenEDR is an Open-Source initiative started by Xcitium
We at Xcitium believe in creating an open-source cybersecurity platform where products and services can be provisioned and managed together. EDR is our starting point. Open EDR is a full blown EDR capability. It is one of the most sophisticated, effective EDR code base in the world and with the community’s help it will become even better. The Open EDR consists of the following components:
Core Library: the basic framework.
Service: service application.
Process Monitoring: components for per-process monitoring.
System Monitor: the genetic container for different kernel-mode components.
File-System Mini-Filter: the kernel component that hooks I/O requests file system.
Network Monitor: monitors processes creation/deletion using system callbacks
Low-Level Registry Monitoring Component: monitors registry access using system callbacks
Self-Protection Provider: prevents EDR components and configuration from unauthorized changes
Low-Level Process Monitoring Component: network filter for monitoring the network activity
Join the Open EDR Community
Enroll to the online forums via visiting https://www.openedr.com/
Have questions about our Open EDR open-source code? Join our open community! The community allows members to ask and respond to questions, interact with other users, and review topics related to Open EDR.
