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Defining future-ready endpoint security

Beyond next-gen

Published March 2017

The term “next-gen” is commonly cited by technology vendors to position a product as being innovative based on new and differentiated capabilities. Notable next-gen cybersecurity products include next-gen firewalls, the state of the art of which now represents the standard, current-generation firewall technology.

ESG conducted market research to explore how organisations employ advanced endpoint security controls. This research revealed that a continuum is at play, with most organisations that ESG interviewed starting with advanced preventative controls to augment their antivirus technology and a smaller number of companies, typically those that are well resourced, employing advanced detection and response capabilities