Endpoint Security, Endpoint Management: The Cost-Cutter’s Case for Convergence

This latest Aberdeen Group benchmark report, sponsored by Lumension, is for any organization that relies upon end-user computing platforms (e.g., personal computers, workstations, laptops, notebooks) - and their associated applications, data, and network connectivity - to carry out strategic business objectives. It describes how the companies with top results keep these endpoints "clean and ready." To distinguish Best-in-Class companies from Industry Average and Laggard organizations in protecting and managing endpoints, Aberdeen used the year-over-year changes in the following performance criteria related to their endpoint systems:

• Number of actual security-related incidents
• Number of non-compliance incidents (e.g., audit deficiencies)
• Total management costs

Companies with top performance based on these criteria earned Best-in-Class status. Read this report to learn specific recommendations on achieving Best-in-Class status and how to focus first on the security of endpoint systems, then on compliance, then on optimizing ongoing management for greater efficiency and lower cost.