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Curriculum/Cybersecurity/End User Device Management/What is Endpoint Security?
30 minBeginner

What is Endpoint Security?

After this lesson, you will be able to: Define endpoints, understand why they're a top attack vector, and preview this track.

An endpoint is anything a user touches: laptop, phone, tablet, IoT device. They're the #1 attack vector because they're where users are, and users click things. This track covers hardening, EDR, MDM, patch management, and IoT.

What's an endpoint?

Anything connecting to your network as a user device, laptops, desktops, phones, tablets, smartwatches, IoT (printers, cameras, smart TVs in conference rooms).

💡 Why endpoints matter

70%+ of breaches start at an endpoint (phishing → malware on a laptop → spread). Servers are usually patched and watched; endpoints are millions of moving targets.

What this track covers

  1. 1

    1. OS hardening (Windows, Linux).

  2. 2

    2. EPP/EDR/XDR, what each does.

  3. 3

    3. MDM for mobile.

  4. 4

    4. Patch management at scale.

  5. 5

    5. IoT, the device class with the worst security record.

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