Gartner’s Anton Chuvakin first coined the term Endpoint Threat Detection and Response (ETDR) in July 2013 to define “the tools primarily focused on detecting and investigating suspicious activities (and traces of such) other problems on hosts/endpoints.” Commonly referred to as Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), it is a relatively new category of solutions that is sometimes compared to Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) in terms of overall security capabilities.
Endpoint detection and response is an emerging technology that addresses the need for continuous monitoring and response to advanced threats. One could even make the argument that endpoint detection and response is a form of advanced threat protection.