5 Pitfalls For Emerging Endpoint Security Vendors

No Pesky Agents Please

Solution providers tell CRN that many of their clients almost immediately stop the conversation about a new security technology if it involves endpoint agents. They fear sluggish performance will hinder worker productivity. Maintaining a presence on endpoint systems is at the core of a variety of emerging security technologies. Forrester’s Holland said agents must be transparent to end users. Organizations typically have several agents on endpoint systems and adding another ’lightweight’ agent could combine with the others to negatively impact systems.