Endpoint

How it is used

Common in product names and job titles: endpoint protection, endpoint security, endpoint detection and response (EDR). In API work 'endpoint' has a different meaning: a URL that accepts requests.

Example sentences

1. Every endpoint must have the EDR agent installed before it joins the network.

2. Most of our incidents start on user endpoints, not on servers.

Common collocations

• endpoint protection
• endpoint security
• managed endpoint
• endpoint agent

Related terms

• EDREndpoint detection and response: security software on laptops and servers that records activity, detects suspicious behaviour and lets analysts investigate and respond remotely.
• antivirusSecurity software that scans files and devices to detect, block and remove malware, using known signatures and suspicious behaviour.
• hardeningThe process of making a system more secure by removing unnecessary software and services, changing default settings and applying secure configurations.
• SOCSecurity operations centre: the team, and often the room, that monitors an organisation's systems around the clock and responds to security alerts.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• endpoint · Software Engineering
• endpoint · Web Development
• endpoint · Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
• endpoint · Pharmacy & Pharmacology
• endpoint · Chemistry

More terms: Security Operations and Monitoring

• log
• SIEM
• alert
• false positive
• blue team
• threat intelligence
• threat hunting