Gartner Hype Cycle for Endpoint Security, 2020

Gartner Hype Cycle for Endpoint Security, 2020

IT Leaders Combat Increasingly Advanced Cyberthreats and the Need for Remote Access with Unified Endpoint Security

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an abrupt surge in work-from-home employees, creating a sudden need for IT leaders to support any device from anywhere at any time. With a distributed workforce likely to become the new normal, IT leaders need a long-term, strategic solution for how to best manage and secure their endpoints.

Unified Endpoint Security (UES) combines the main features of an Endpoint Protection Platform, Endpoint Detection and Response, and Mobile Threat Defense all from a single console. This Gartner Hype Cycle report touches on the current state of UES and explores its ability to lower costs, reduce risk and improve productivity for organizations.

Download this Gartner report to learn:

• Why UES may be a single best-of-breed solution for endpoint security
• Business objectives to consider when evaluating UES vendors
• Immediate business benefits of integrating endpoint management and endpoint security on a single platform

Gartner Hype Cycle for Endpoint Security, 2020, Dionisio Zumerle, Rob Smith, 15 July 2020

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