Enterprises that are still bent on pouring resources mostly on its IT environment perimeter may be wasting their resources and putting their businesses at great risks. What most enterprises do not realize is that hackers and attackers are focused on endpoints. Endpoint security, if not properly laid out, becomes a point of vulnerability that puts the business at risk.

Endpoint security, according to Digital Guardian, is an approach to computer network protection from various endpoints including mobile devices, laptops, and desktops. Essentially, endpoint security addresses risks that devices present when connecting to an enterprise network.

Market Needs for Endpoint Security

Markets and Markets shares why this is a great need in today’s market:

1.       Organizations need to mitigate IT risks. Majority of IT security mitigating measures focus on endpoint security as this is the frequent target of attacks. Organizations, especially during expansion, deploy endpoint security solutions to safeguard their endpoints and networks from any cyber-attacks.
2.       There is growing demand for mobile and tablet security solutions. One of the reasons for the expected growth of the endpoint security is the desire to make mobile and tablets more secure. Endpoint security adapts to the growing demand to cater to every endpoint devices that organizations cater.
3.       Even the government demands for it. The government and defense verticals contribute largely to the market that demands endpoint security because of the high risks that these organizations face. Endpoint security providers continue to innovate security filters to better serve high-risk organizations like the government, defense, and the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance sectors.
4.       Data-sensitive sectors are foreseen to launch mobile applications that make data more accessible to authorized clients but may put the organizations at risk. The healthcare, IT, and Telecom sectors are growing and this also demands a more sophisticated endpoint security protection. With most of these industries launching their own applications that allow clients to access their sensitive data directly to different endpoints, they also demand for a more sophisticated and dependable security provider.

Evolving Threats in Endpoint Security

The current work set-up in many enterprises make them vulnerable to different threats. Ponemon Institute pointed out how different organizations struggle to manage and secure their endpoint devices in the workplace. The survey conducted revealed that 70 percent of the firms surveyed had increasing security risks.

Working from outside is one of the office set-ups that typically helps complete business tasks but puts enterprises at risk. While there was an increase in productivity, the risk of malware, viruses, and worms, being introduced into an organization increased. Traditional antivirus have become inadequate in addressing emerging threats.

Fileless attacks have been very successful in infiltrating systems. Still, according to Ponemon Institute’s findings, 54 percent of companies experienced one or more successful attacks that compromised their data and/or IT infrastructure.

A successful attack costs an organization $301 per employee on average. This means large organizations spent at over $5 million all for a successful attack.

How Enterprises Benefit from Endpoint Security

Digital Guardian notes that endpoint security for enterprises, a single sign-on interface streamlines configuration from the central administration to different endpoint devices. Entries are logged and alerts are sent to the administrator for evaluation and analysis. Application updates and signatures are downloaded once and are published in the configured endpoints in the network.

Digital security has grown and moved with the times. The focus now is no longer on internal networks but on the larger, more complex world of endpoint devices – the space most hackers are bent on infiltrating.  Now, in workplaces where a large number of devices are connected, security has to keep up.

Endpoint security providers provide a sophisticated means to monitor and respond to network threats. Moving beyond malware solutions, these providers help stop threats during the pre-execution phase and even beyond fileless attack plots. No doubt, endpoint security is a worthy investment organizations need to focus on.