A Comprehensive Review of Endpoint Security: Threats and Defenses

Endpoint Security/Protection is vital to an enterprise’s cybersecurity platform. There are many endpoints a malicious actor can attack to infiltrate and gain access to a system and steal data. These different endpoints are continuously growing as more people switch to remote work or even use their work devices. Due to this, endpoints are more susceptible now than before because of the increased pathways cybercriminals can take to infiltrate a system. This paper will discuss the importance of endpoint security management, the type of attacks a cybercriminal uses, the different types of endpoints, and how cybersecurity specialists can combat and prepare protection for these endpoints. In addition, there will be examples of other vendors that provide endpoint security and explain how their software/antivirus can mitigate endpoint attacks.