2020: The State of Endpoint Resilience™ Report
New enterprise security trends, threats & opportunities revealed in our annual study of 8.5 million devices
Get the ReportSecurity controls installed on the average endpoint
Increase in sensitive data on endpoints since pre-COVID-19
Enterprise devices with a non-compliant VPN
Average days that Windows 10 devices are behind on patching
The Impact of Endpoint Complexity, Exposed
The use of new apps — and devices themselves — is skyrocketing. Sensitive data is piling up on the endpoint. And already fragile security controls are decaying faster than ever — exposing security gaps that malicious actors stand ready to exploit.
Explore the global trends shaping data and device security – and the hidden forces threatening endpoint and application health – in this year’s report.
Inconsistent patching is putting organizations at risk
Unpatched software remains a common attack vector for cybercriminals — one recent study found that 60 percent of breaches can be linked to a vulnerability where a patch was available, but not applied.
This report exposes the vulnerabilities introduced by device OS migration and inconsistent patching — and highlights the areas of immediate focus for IT and security teams.
"Absolute seamlessly developed, tested, and deployed Application Persistence to an application that is critical to our business."
Jeff Reinsfelder, Infrastructure Distribution Manager, Allegis Group
Conflicting apps are more common - and dangerous - than you think
New for 2020, we’ve analyzed widely used security applications to understand how they’re conflicting with, or complementing, other endpoint controls.
Explore the factors that impact the health and behavior of the applications — and app pairings — in your environment, to maximize their effectiveness and optimize your security investments.
"As a CIO, Absolute gives me peace of mind so I can sleep at night. It has strengthened our security posture, allowing us to stay in compliance and giving us that extra level of comfort."
George Gunther, CIO, Asplundh
Remote work introduces new security threats
As workforces have gone remote, increases in device usage and new collaboration apps have expanded the attack surface, and the risk of breaches or compliance violations is on the rise.
Study results shine a light on new security blind spots — including a significant and sustained spike in the instances of sensitive data.
"It’s standard for BitLocker to be installed on all of our endpoints… But if it’s not running, then it’s not useful, is it?"
Paul Baird, IT Security Operations Manager, Bovis Homes
Get The 2020: State of Endpoint Resilience™ Report
Gain the insights and actions needed to keep your organization secure and effective, and protect data and devices, wherever they are.
You'll learn:
Why 90% of enterprise Windows 10 devices are missing critical security updates
Which controls are the most fragile — and their rates of decay and collision
How some teams beat average application health scores by 20%
About Absolute
Absolute serves as the industry benchmark for Endpoint Resilience, visibility, and control. Embedded in over a half-billion devices, the company enables more than 13,000 customers with Self-Healing Endpoint® security, always-connected visibility into their devices, data, users and applications – whether endpoints are on or off the corporate network – and the ultimate level of control and confidence required to support the modern enterprise.
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This report leverages anonymized data from enterprise-specific, statistically significant subsets of nearly 8.5 million Absolute-enabled devices active across 13,000+ customer organizations in North America and Europe.