An endpoint can be a desktop, laptop, printer, Point of Sale (PoS) terminal, Internet of Things (IoT) device, or server—whether on premise on a bare metal machine, on premise but in a virtual environment, or even in the cloud. Endpoint security has become a top priority for many organizations. This is because any endpoint, whether connected to the corporate network or to the internet or even if it's in a disconnected environment, can be targeted by threat actors. Threat actors started to focus more on breaching directly the endpoint because it's connected to the weakest link in the organization's security posture, which are the humans controlling these endpoints.
Endpoint security is the security approach where the security team is focused on locking down the endpoint as strongly as possible. In the past, this would mean compromising on...