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What does Endpoint Security Mean and Why is it Necessary?

Endpoints are the network-enabled devices like PCs, smartphones, tablets, workstations you use when you work, or a server for storing data. As we know, they offer multiple ways to connect them, and not just through a network, to external sources as well. Physically via ports and readers like USB, memory cards, floppy disks, hard drives, CDs can be accessed.
With so many ways available, it also becomes fairly easy to copy and steal your data and information. The point is, there’s a massive risk over crucial data stored-up in these endpoints without anyone noticing. And now, imagine running a company with no endpoint Security or protection from even much more external threats!

The job of Endpoint Protection or Endpoint Security is to prevent this from happening.


Endpoint threats include

  • data loss,
  • banking details or card information leakage,
  • virus, spyware or malware infection through external devices,
  • unauthorized and unprotected data sharing from and to End-points.
even Misconfigured Cloud Servers, r-sync, NAS and backup can become a headache.

What is Endpoint Security-

With mobility and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trends being the norm in today’s workplace and productivity, potentially, everyone is an insider threat. The figure paints a grim picture for companies. Research by IBM, Cyber Security Intelligence Index, revealed that in 2016, 60% of all attacks were carried out by insiders.
The EPP Solution works on a client-server model. Endpoint Security or Endpoint Protection ensures that such devices follow a specific level of compliance with certain standards. Moreover, it is a software that helps in identifying and managing multiple device access over a network. Furthermore, it allows the network admin to restrict specific website access to particular users to comply with the organisation’s policies. The essential elements in the Endpoint Protection system include VPN client, an OS, an Antivirus.
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