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Endpoint device management

Endpoint device management

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Endpoint device management

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- [Instructor] Endpoint device management is a process that we use to detect, provision, update, troubleshoot, and protect devices on our network. We've looked at Cisco AMP in a previous section, which is one solution for this. Here we want to talk more generally about the value of endpoint device management. We consider an endpoint simply as any device that's communicating on our network. This can include desktops, laptops, phones, and tablets. Our endpoints are the largest attack surface for our organization, and one of the key ways that many attacks occur. Attackers can execute code against these endpoints in order to exploit the systems and potentially gain access to our important enterprise assets. Studies have shown that endpoints are responsible for over 70% of successful breaches, so you can see why this is an important consideration for our security. When we talk about endpoint management, we're simply referring to an approach that requires a policy-based solution in order to…

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