Real-Time Protection

Definitions

1. Protective security functionality that evaluates and blocks threats as files, processes, or traffic are encountered instead of only detecting them later. It is commonly used in antivirus, endpoint protection, and gateway filtering where immediate intervention matters.

   In plain English: Security protection that acts immediately instead of only detecting problems afterward.

   Example: "The endpoint agent's real-time protection stopped the malicious script at execution time before persistence could be established."

Related Terms

• Endpoint Protection
• File Integrity Monitoring
• HIDS
• Host-Based Intrusion Detection
• Access Log
• Anti-Virus
• Disable USB
• Incident Detection
• Inline Security
• Microsoft Defender
• Phishing Prevention