New research by Absolute indicates that on average, 2% of endpoint security tools within organizations fail each week and that all such solutions eventually fall short, leaving companies exposed to threats.
More and more organizations are finally abandoning the traditional focus on security at the perimeter in favor of a more comprehensive approach that includes endpoint security, as a result of which end point security is expected to account for 24% of the $128 billion that organizations will spend on security by 2020. However, the report shows that IT security spending does not guarantee security. In fact, the average organization constantly leaves about 42% of endpoints unprotected and a whopping 70% of security incidents are the result of endpoints getting compromised.
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