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25/08/2026 9:13 am
TL;DR: Endpoint security has moved beyond antivirus and now depends on continuous visibility, layered prevention, and rapid response across laptops, mobile devices, servers, and IoT, according to SecurityScorecard. The governance challenge is that unmanaged devices, remote work, and vendor ecosystems widen the attack surface faster than teams can inventory and control it.
NHIMG editorial — based on content published by SecurityScorecard: Endpoint security is about protecting devices from modern cyber threats
By the numbers:
- Over 90% of ransomware attacks that reached the encryption stage leveraged unmanaged devices for initial access or remote encryption.
- SecurityScorecard says it continuously collects over 27 billion data points per week across more than 12 million organizations.
- SecurityScorecard rates more than 12 million organizations across its monitoring ecosystem.
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should security teams use endpoint posture in access decisions?
A: Security teams should treat endpoint posture as a live access signal, not a one-time compliance check.
Q: Why do endpoint management breaches increase lateral movement risk?
A: Endpoint management breaches increase lateral movement risk because the platform often already has the authority to push commands and authenticate into multiple systems.
Q: What breaks when endpoint security is treated as a tool rather than a control plane?
A: Teams lose the connection between device risk, identity risk, and response actions.
Practitioner guidance
- Inventory every endpoint that can reach sensitive systems Build and maintain a complete device inventory that includes employee laptops, BYOD devices, contractor machines, servers, printers, and IoT assets.
- Require endpoint posture before granting sensitive access Gate access to privileged systems, production data, and administrative consoles on current device health signals, not only user authentication.
- Correlate endpoint telemetry with identity events Feed EDR and endpoint protection alerts into identity workflows so suspicious device activity can trigger credential review, token revocation, or access step-up.
What's in the full article
SecurityScorecard's full article covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- How its endpoint monitoring model ties into continuous third-party risk detection across vendor ecosystems
- The operational distinctions between EPP, EDR, and outside-in monitoring for distributed workforces
- Why the article recommends inventory, configuration, patching, and response as a single endpoint programme
- Examples of how endpoint hygiene affects supply chain exposure and remote access risk
👉 Read SecurityScorecard's full endpoint security analysis and monitoring guidance →
Endpoint security and unmanaged devices: are controls keeping up?
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25/08/2026 9:14 am
Endpoint security is now an identity adjacency problem, not a standalone device problem. The article makes the usual case for layered endpoint protection, but the deeper governance lesson is that endpoint compromise often becomes identity compromise. Cached tokens, VPN sessions, and access to managed services turn one device into a gateway for broader trust abuse. For IAM and PAM teams, endpoint posture is part of access control, not a separate concern.
A question worth separating out:
Q: Who is accountable when an endpoint management breach exposes privileged access?
A: Accountability sits with the teams that own the privileged control plane, not only with endpoint operations. Security, IAM, and platform owners need shared governance for admin accounts, service identities, logging, and revocation. Frameworks such as PAM governance and NIST Cybersecurity Framework controls help assign that responsibility clearly.
👉 Read our full editorial: Endpoint security is now a continuous identity and resilience problem
