Cybersecurity
Endpoint Protection
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and antivirus platforms
Overview
Endpoint protection platforms (EPP) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions protect devices — laptops, servers, mobile devices — from malware, ransomware, and advanced threats. Modern solutions use AI/ML for behavioral analysis and provide real-time threat hunting capabilities.
Market Size
The endpoint security market exceeds $18 billion annually, driven by remote work and increasingly sophisticated threats.
Top Players
CrowdStrike Falcon
- Company: CrowdStrike (USA)
- Market Position: Market leader in cloud-native endpoint protection
- Key Strengths: Lightweight single agent, cloud-native architecture, AI-powered threat detection, threat intelligence (Falcon X)
- Products: Falcon Prevent (NGAV), Falcon Insight (EDR), Falcon XDR, Identity Protection
- Typical Customers: Enterprises of all sizes
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Company: Microsoft (USA)
- Market Position: #2, dominant in Microsoft-centric environments
- Key Strengths: Built into Windows, unified with Microsoft 365 Defender suite, strong for E5 license holders, Copilot for Security
- Products: Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud
- Typical Customers: Microsoft E3/E5 customers, enterprises
SentinelOne Singularity
- Company: SentinelOne (USA)
- Market Position: Top 3, strongest autonomous response capabilities
- Key Strengths: Autonomous AI-driven response, Storyline technology (attack visualization), Purple AI (LLM-powered security analyst)
- Products: Singularity Platform (EPP + EDR + XDR), Ranger (IoT), Cloud Security
- Typical Customers: Security-conscious enterprises
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR
- Company: Palo Alto Networks (USA)
- Market Position: Leader in integrated XDR approach
- Key Strengths: Unified XDR (endpoint + network + cloud), strong analytics, integration with Palo Alto firewall ecosystem
- Products: Cortex XDR, Cortex XSOAR (SOAR), Cortex XSIAM
- Typical Customers: Enterprises using Palo Alto network security
Carbon Black (VMware/Broadcom)
- Company: Broadcom (USA, via VMware acquisition)
- Market Position: Strong in virtualized environments
- Key Strengths: Deep VMware/vSphere integration, behavioral analysis, strong for cloud workload protection
- Products: Carbon Black Cloud
- Typical Customers: VMware environments, data center security
Key Trends
- XDR convergence: EDR expanding into Extended Detection and Response across all telemetry sources
- AI-native security: LLM-powered threat analysis and security copilots
- Zero Trust endpoint: Continuous device health attestation and conditional access
- Identity threat detection: Endpoint tools expanding to detect identity-based attacks