Security teams in many organizations focus much of their attention, manpower and resources on network security; however, this approach often neglects the primary point of entry and most vulnerable systems to any attack – endpoints.
Good endpoint security is key to business success. When it comes to securing the endpoint, consideration of the following four emerging trends can impact how security teams best formulate their overall strategy for endpoint protection:
- The number of endpoint devices continues to grow
- An insufficient application of machine-to-machine protection
- Misconfigurations and employee mistakes continue to contribute to breaches
- The number of IT security professionals continues to fall behind demand