{"id":44640,"date":"2020-04-12T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=44640"},"modified":"2024-01-29T14:15:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:15:14","slug":"how-anti-virus-endpoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/how-anti-virus-endpoints","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Sure that Antivirus is on your Endpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s now more critical than ever for small- to medium- sized businesses to have strong antivirus (AV) software on all of their endpoints. According to Symantec\u2019s 2019 Internet Security Threat Report<\/a>, only 14% of small businesses say they have a \u201chighly effective\u201d ability to mitigate cyber attack \u2014 even though 43% of all those attacks target small businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an easier problem to solve in the past, when IT admins were responsible for Microsoft Windows systems in a predominantly Windows environment that was largely on-prem. The basic rule of thumb then was:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n