Protect Pillar — Endpoint Security
Modern cyber threats don't announce themselves. They move fast, hide in plain sight, and bypass traditional antivirus tools before your team even knows an attack is underway. SentinelOne changes that — using artificial intelligence to detect, stop, and recover from threats automatically, on every device, everywhere.
Solution Overview
OAS's Three Pillar Solution is a methodology — a complete approach to defending against malware and ransomware attacks on all devices across your organisation. The solution is implemented using N-able SentinelOne EDR and is designed to give your business continuous, autonomous protection — stopping threats before they cause damage, detecting what gets through, and recovering rapidly when needed.
Protect
stopping threats before they cause damage
Detect
identifying what gets through
Recover
restoring operations rapidly when needed
Platform Overview
SentinelOne Singularity is not simply a better antivirus. It is a complete endpoint protection platform — a single, lightweight agent installed on each device that handles prevention, detection, response, and recovery, all without needing a human to approve every action.
The Core Engine
Traditional antivirus matches files against a list of known threats. SentinelOne watches how software behaves — catching attacks that have never been seen before, because suspicious behaviour is suspicious behaviour, regardless of the file's name or origin.
Autonomous Response
When a threat is confirmed, SentinelOne acts immediately — terminating the offending process, isolating the device from the network if needed, and in ransomware cases, rolling back encrypted files to their clean state. All in seconds, not hours.
One Agent, Full Picture
Every click, file write, network connection, and process on a protected device is recorded and linked into a complete attack story — giving your OAS team full forensic visibility from the moment a threat enters to the moment it is contained.
Key Capabilities
Six capabilities that make SentinelOne the protection standard for organisations that cannot afford downtime, data loss, or the slow response of legacy tools.
Before any file or script is allowed to run, SentinelOne's AI analyses its structure and intent. Known and unknown malware — including brand-new variants — are blocked before they can cause any damage, with no signature database required.
Pre-Execution AI
Many modern attacks never write a file to disk — they run entirely in memory using legitimate Windows tools. SentinelOne watches the behaviour of running processes in real time, catching these "invisible" attacks that traditional antivirus cannot see.
Runtime Behavioural Detection
If ransomware does attempt to encrypt your files, SentinelOne detects the encryption behaviour, halts the process, and restores affected files to their pre-attack state — automatically, from the management console. Recovery in minutes, not days.
1-Click Rollback
Rather than generating a flood of disconnected alerts, SentinelOne's Storyline technology presents each incident as a complete, visual chain of events — from the first entry point through every action taken — so your OAS team understands exactly what happened.
Storyline Visualisation
If a device is compromised, your OAS team can cut it off from the entire network in seconds from the management console — stopping lateral movement and preventing the attack from spreading to other machines — while keeping the management connection open.
Remote Network Isolation
Sophisticated attackers try to disable your security tools before deploying their payload. SentinelOne's anti-tamper protection means the agent cannot be stopped, uninstalled, or bypassed by any unauthorised process or user — even with administrator rights.
Anti-Tamper Protection
Why It Matters
Legacy antivirus was built for a different era. Modern attacks — particularly ransomware, fileless malware, and AI-generated threats — were designed specifically to bypass signature-based tools. Here is how the two approaches compare on what matters most.
Protection Everywhere
One of the most important differences between SentinelOne and legacy tools is that protection does not depend on your corporate network. The AI runs entirely on the device — so your people are just as safe working from home or travelling abroad as they are at the office.
Why this matters for South African businesses: with remote and hybrid work now standard, your endpoints are frequently outside the corporate perimeter. Tools that rely on your network for protection leave roaming employees exposed. SentinelOne's on-device AI means every laptop is fully protected regardless of where it connects — a critical consideration for organisations with field teams, executives who travel, or staff working across multiple sites.
Scope of Protection
Understanding scope helps you plan your overall security architecture. SentinelOne is an endpoint platform — exceptionally comprehensive at the device layer, and designed to work alongside complementary tools for email, network, and backup.
How It's Delivered
SentinelOne is powerful — but its value is maximised when monitored and managed by experienced hands. OAS handles the full lifecycle on your behalf.
OAS monitors your SentinelOne console continuously. Threats are reviewed, triaged, and acted on — you are notified of what matters, not overwhelmed with noise.
Always On
We handle agent rollout, policy configuration, and ongoing tuning across your entire fleet — ensuring protection is correctly calibrated for your environment from day one.
Fully Managed
Regular reports covering threat activity, device coverage, and policy compliance — giving you the documentation you need for POPIA accountability and audit requirements.
POPIA Ready
When an incident occurs, OAS is your first call. We investigate, contain, and remediate — using SentinelOne's tools to resolve threats quickly and keep your business running.
Expert Support
Speak to an OAS consultant about deploying SentinelOne Singularity as part of your Three Pillar protection strategy.
