What capability does Microsoft Defender for Endpoint provide to enhance real-time threat detection?

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint enhances real-time threat detection primarily by collecting and analyzing behavioral signals from endpoint devices. This capability allows the solution to monitor user and device activities continuously, providing insights into potential threats that may not be identified through traditional signature-based detection methods. By analyzing these behavioral signals, the platform can identify anomalies, flag suspicious activities, and correlate them with known threats in real time. This proactive approach enables faster response times to emerging threats and reduces the potential impact of cyber-attacks.

The other options do not directly contribute to real-time threat detection in the same manner. Compressing and encrypting data focuses on data protection rather than monitoring for threats. Configuring user-specific access policies pertains to access management and security rather than detection. Detecting only internal network attacks limits the scope of threat detection and is contrary to the comprehensive approach that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint employs, which encompasses both internal and external threats.