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The Convergence of Security and Management

Executive Summary

Malware is growing exponentially, both in volume and complexity.

Medium-sized companies are challenged with managing more heterogeneous, dispersed and complex IT systems which only aggravates the security problem. This creates additional gaps and stretches current human resources to the limit and beyond.

Cloud, mobile and big data are not only part of this new IT reality but also an intrinsic part of protecting and managing it. Device management is now converging with security so that companies can address security from a broader perspective while gaining great efficiencies.

The answer to this situation is Panda Fusion, a centralized and integrated cloud solution that provides maximum protection against malware, while allowing you to manage and support all the devices on your IT network. Complete, yet not complex.

Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms
Neil MacDonald | Peter Firstbrook | John Girard
22 December 2014
The endpoint protection platform provides a collection of security capabilities to protect PCs, smartphones and tablets. Buyers of endpoint protection should investigate the quality of protection capabilities, the depth and breadth of features, and the ease of administration.

Strategic Planning Assumption

This document was revised on 22 December 2014. For more information, see the Corrections page on gartner.com.

By 2018, more than 60% of EPP solutions will enable the restriction to only execute processes that have been preinspected for security and privacy risks – up from 22% today.

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The Convergence of Security and Management

Can you have one without the other?

The situation: increasing malware set loose in dispersed and complex environments

Today's disperse mobile, heterogeneous environments are creating new management headaches and additional security gaps especially for medium sized companies.

The nature of security is evolving to keep up with an ever changing threat landscape. As most industries are in the grips of technological transformation fuelled by the cloud, mobility and, to some extent Big Data, the evolution of IT security is not exempt and must also respond to profound change.
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