Endpoint, Identity and Access Security

Turn Your Weakest Link Into Your Strongest Line of Defense

Why Is Traditional Endpoint Security No Longer Enough?

Traditional antivirus solutions focus primarily on detecting malicious files, while today's attacks can use far more sophisticated techniques.
Ransomware, zero-day vulnerabilities, fileless attacks, phishing, compromised user accounts and privilege-escalation attacks require device, identity and access security to be managed together.
A modern security architecture therefore needs to answer all of the following questions:

• Is suspicious activity occurring on the endpoint?
• Is the device from which the user is connecting trusted?
• Has the user's identity been verified with an appropriate level of assurance?
• Does this user genuinely need access to the relevant system?
• Are the user's privileges aligned with their role and responsibilities?
• How are privileged identities such as administrator and service accounts protected?
• When a user changes roles or leaves the organization, are their access rights removed in a timely manner?
• Can critical access and administrator sessions be monitored and audited?

BBS addresses these questions within an integrated security architecture rather than through isolated point products.

Our Integrated Solutions

1. Next-Generation Antivirus (NGAV)

Going beyond traditional signature-based antivirus, NGAV technologies help protect endpoints against known and unknown threats through behavioral analysis, machine learning and advanced threat-detection techniques.

• Behavioral Analysis: Analyzes suspicious application and process behavior to support the detection of malicious activity.
• Fileless Attack Protection: Provides advanced protection against attacks executed through PowerShell, scripts and memory.
• Ransomware Protection: Analyzes suspicious file and process behavior to help stop ransomware attacks at an early stage.

2. Threat Detection and Response (EDR / XDR)

The role of a security solution is not limited to blocking an attack. When an incident occurs, organizations also need to determine how the attack started, which systems it reached and what actions should be taken.

BBS's EDR/XDR approach supports:

• Full Visibility: Centralized monitoring of endpoint processes and activities.
• Root Cause Analysis: Analysis of the source of a security incident and the associated attack chain.
• Threat Hunting: Proactive investigation of suspicious behavior.
• Automated Response: Isolation of an affected device from the network or termination of malicious processes when required.

3. Mobile Device Management (MDM)

With hybrid working models, corporate data is no longer limited to computers located inside the organization. Smartphones and tablets have also become part of the corporate information environment.

With MDM solutions, organizations can:

• Centrally manage corporate mobile devices.
• Apply security policies to devices.
• Remotely protect or erase corporate data on lost or stolen devices.
• Centrally manage approved applications.
• Track device and operating-system inventory.

4. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

A compromised password should not, by itself, allow a user to access critical systems.

MFA reduces the risk of account takeover by requiring additional authentication factors beyond the password.

BBS helps organizations strengthen authentication security through:

• Multi-factor authentication
• Mobile authentication
• Token-based authentication
• Biometric methods
• Conditional and risk-based access

5. Identity Management / Identity & Access Management — IDM / IAM

MFA verifies who the user is. Modern organizations, however, must answer a second question:

> What should this user be allowed to access?

Identity Management (IDM) and Identity & Access Management (IAM) solutions help centrally manage the lifecycle of employees, business partners and other digital identities.

With its expertise in IBM identity technologies, BBS helps organizations automate Joiner – Mover – Leaver processes.

• Joiner: When a new employee joins the organization, accounts and access rights appropriate to the employee's role are created.
• Mover: When a user changes role or department, obsolete access rights are removed and new privileges appropriate to the new role are assigned.
• Leaver: When an employee leaves the organization, accounts and access rights are disabled in a timely manner.

With IDM/IAM solutions, organizations can:

• Manage the user identity lifecycle.
• Automate account provisioning and deprovisioning processes.
• Create role and entitlement models.
• Manage access request and approval workflows.
• Establish self-service password and access processes.
• Periodically review user access rights.
• Make privilege changes and access activities auditable.

BBS also provides consulting and integration services for assessing and optimizing existing IBM Security Identity Manager (ISIM) environments and transitioning to modern IBM Verify Identity Governance architectures.

6. Privileged Access Management — PAM

In addition to standard user accounts, privileged accounts represent another critical area of risk.

If highly privileged accounts such as Domain Administrator, root, database administrator, network administrator, service accounts and application accounts are compromised, attackers may gain extensive control over an organization's most critical systems.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) enables privileged access to be used in a controlled, time-bound, traceable and auditable manner.

BBS's PAM approach includes:

• Privileged Account Discovery: Identifying administrator, service and other privileged accounts across the IT environment and making them centrally visible.
• Password Vaulting: Storing critical account passwords in secure vaults and rotating them automatically when required.
• Just-in-Time / Least Privilege: Providing users with the privileges they need only when they need them and only for the required period, rather than granting permanent administrator rights.
• Session Monitoring: Monitoring privileged user sessions and, where required, recording them for audit purposes.
• Endpoint Privilege Management: Applying controlled privilege-elevation policies at application and process level instead of allowing users to operate continuously with Local Administrator privileges.
• Service Account and Secrets Management: Securely managing service accounts, application identities and secrets used in DevOps environments.

BBS provides services for the design, implementation, integration and operation of PAM architectures tailored to organizational requirements using IBM Verify Privileged Identity, Delinea and Fortinet PAM technologies.

Why Should IDM/IAM and PAM Be Considered Together?

IDM/IAM and PAM are not alternatives; they are complementary capabilities.

IDM/IAM answers the question:
> Who should be able to access which systems and applications?

PAM focuses on the question:
> How should critical and privileged access be used securely, in a controlled manner and with full auditability?

For example, when a new system administrator joins the organization, the IDM/IAM platform can create the user identity and initiate the access processes appropriate to the role. PAM can then ensure that access to highly privileged accounts such as root or administrator is provided through a secure vault, according to defined policies and, where required, under session recording.

This makes it possible to manage the following chain end to end:
Identity Lifecycle → Authentication → Authorization → Privileged Access → Monitoring → Audit

Identity Is at the Core of Zero Trust

A modern Zero Trust approach does not make a trust decision solely on whether the user is inside or outside the corporate network.

Every access request should be evaluated by asking:

• Who is requesting access?
• Which device are they using?
• What are they trying to access?
• Is this access necessary?
• What level of privilege is being requested?
• Does the behavior appear risky?

NGAV, EDR/XDR and MDM protect the device; MFA verifies the user; IDM/IAM manages the access lifecycle; and PAM controls highly privileged access.

The integration of these layers forms the foundation of BBS's end-user and identity security approach.

Business and Security Benefits with BBS

Benefit	Value Delivered
Integrated Visibility	Manage endpoints, user identities, accounts and critical access through a more holistic security approach.
Stronger Identity Security	Reduce the risks associated with compromised passwords and unauthorized access through MFA, IAM and PAM layers.
Automated Identity Lifecycle	Automate account and access management across onboarding, role changes and offboarding.
Least Privilege	Provide users only with the minimum privileges required to perform their responsibilities.
Privileged Account Security	Protect administrator, root, service and application accounts through centralized policies.
Proactive Threat Detection	Use EDR/XDR to identify suspicious activity at an early stage and limit the spread of attacks.
Auditability	Create traceable records for access requests, privilege changes and privileged activities.
Compliance Support	Support access control, traceability and account-management requirements associated with regulations and standards such as KVKK, BDDK and ISO 27001.
Reduced Operational Workload	Reduce manual work in provisioning, deprovisioning, password and access processes through automation.
Cyber Resilience	Build a more resilient security architecture by managing device, identity and access security together.