Securing endpoints

Securing endpoints is another intentionally vague term because endpoints have changed. In the early 2000s, the only smartphone in wide use was the Blackberry, and that technology used a server that was controlled by the organization. Now, most employees have a smartphone that the organizations do not control or have visibility into. In most cases, that smartphone is at least as powerful as a laptop. An endpoint refers to any device that digitizes a user's intentions. This could be a desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile phone, video game controller, smart refrigerator, voice-activated personal assistant, and so on. As you can see from the brief list I was able to come up with off the top of my head, there are an exploding number of endpoints. Securing them has become exceedingly difficult. Further, most organizations do not own most of the endpoints in a user's life. This presents a major problem for security.

Traditional endpoint approaches are no longer...