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Firmware Market Analysis
An endpoint security research project examining the shift from network-focused risks to device vulnerabilities. The report places a technical proposition within a market and customer problem.
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An endpoint security research project examining the shift from network-focused risks to device vulnerabilities. The report places a technical proposition within a market and customer problem.
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Endpoint Security Research Project Introduction In the past, most security breaches came in through the network. Today, however, threats are increasingly coming in through endpoints (devices like laptops, desktops, tablets and mobile phones), which means centralized network protection is no longer the best security solution for individual consumers or enterprises. Endpoint vulnerabilities are increasingly being targeted because of the multiple connections between endpoints and different networks. Endpoint security software uses encryption and application control, but is still a weak line of defence because of the significant distance between the layer of security and the data in which it seeks to protect. The SaaS and remote maintenance which has satisfied consumers for years is fraught with danger. A better endpoint security solution is to protect the data closer to the source. i.e. securing devices and data within the firmware (a small memory chip on a hardware device such as an SSD drive). The subject of this market research report has developed a X-PHY security solution which is …Read the complete original document
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