The Pendulum Swings To Endpoint

There’s been a shift in the security industry over the past year or so, moving away from so-called perimeter network security solutions to put an increased emphasis on endpoint and data security solutions. With that shift has come an emerging tsunami wave of next-generation endpoint security startups, such as Cylance, Crowdstrike, Cybereason, CounterTack, and many more that are gaining steam as legacy vendors look to pivot to the new endpoint paradigm. Many network security vendors, including Palo Alto Networks, FireEye, Cisco, Check Point, and more have also looked to jump into the endpoint market in a big way In 2016. While network security solutions aren’t going away, the shift recognizes that perimeter technologies aren’t infallible, and customers need to start protecting data where it lives on the endpoint and in the data center. Solution providers say that shift has only continued to accelerate into 2017 and beyond.