Announcing The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security, Q4 2023>
Forrester – Paddy Harrington
The Forrester Wave™ evaluation for endpoint security identified several key trends shaping the endpoint security market.
Here are further details on each trend:
1) Increasing focus on prevention: While threat detection and response have been prioritized in previous years, there is now a shift towards emphasizing prevention.
By providing strong protection at the endpoint against a wide range of attack methods, endpoint security solutions play a crucial role in preventing incidents.
This allows security analysts to allocate their time more effectively between investigation and recovery.
2) Toolsets extending to increase endpoint protection: As organizations face cybersecurity staffing challenges, there is a consolidation of security products aimed at protecting the endpoint.
Endpoint security solutions are now incorporating additional functions such as vulnerability and patch remediation, as well as secure configuration management.
This consolidation reduces reliance on multiple tools and enables security professionals to focus on other important areas of their organization.
3) Endpoint protection simplifying the transition to EDR or XDR: Endpoint security solutions that facilitate an easy transition to endpoint-centric security analytics platforms without extensive reconfiguration are highly valued.
These solutions ensure that incidents can still be investigated, even if not all attacks are prevented.
By integrating these platforms with EDR or XDR solutions and providing coverage across various attack vectors, incident correlation becomes simpler and the mean time to resolution can be reduced.
These trends highlight the importance of a strong endpoint protection platform as the foundation for organizations seeking to enhance their security operations.
By investing in robust endpoint security solutions, businesses can better prevent threats, simplify incident response, and streamline their overall cybersecurity approach.
For more detailed information, readers are encouraged to consult The Forrester Wave™: Endpoint Security, Q4 2023)
Link: https://www.forrester.com/blogs/announcing-the-forrester-wave-endpoint-security-q4-2023/