NetworkWorld - Networking Nuggets and Security Snippets: Endpoint Security: The Next Generation
New defenses, mobile support, massive integration
By joltsik
04/03/12
When you mention endpoint security in conversation, it's not unusual to get some type of visceral response -- eyes rolling, sighs, etc. Security professionals and the industry at large think of endpoint security as a commodity or "necessary evil." Some of my fellow analysts have gone so far to say that endpoint security as a category is dead (that's an old analyst trick for declaring that you've come up with some new model).
With all due respect, I disagree with these stereotypes. I just completed an ESG Market Landscape Report on endpoint security. After studying these products for several months, I believe that endpoint security is alive and well but in the midst of a major metamorphosis.
To be clear, my focus is on endpoint security as it relates to the commercial/enterprise market but some of the changes relate to SMB and consumer products as well. That said, endpoint security market and product transitions are most pronounced in the following areas:
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