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About one in five Windows servers (opens in new tab) lacks endpoint security, meaning organizations of all sizes risk various cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware.
A report from Sevco Security, which analyzed data coming in from more than 500,000 IT assets, found that companies are not only not taking good care of their Windows servers, but are indexing too much on Windows client protection.
About one in ten (11%) of Windows clients lack endpoint security (opens in new tab)the company said.
Macs also lack endpoint security
Overall, visibility seems to be a big issue, as the report claims that 12% of all IT assets lack endpoint security, while about 5% of IT assets were never even discovered by patch management solutions.
When it comes to Macs, 12% of MacOS assets lack endpoint protection and are 2-3 times more likely to be missing patch management, compared to Windows clients and servers. In fact, 14% of macOS devices lack patch management, compared to 5% for Windows servers and 4% for Windows clients.
In addition, there are many “old” IT assets (these are visible as installed on endpoints, but have not been checked for at least two weeks), which further exacerbates the cybersecurity risks. The report claims that 3% of all IT assets are considered “obsolete” when it comes to endpoint protection, and 1% when it comes to patch management.
“You can’t protect what you can’t see,” Sevco says. “Lack of visibility is the biggest challenge facing security teams today, and this latest report identified a significant gap in IT resources that lack basic security from security tools. It also reveals the more insidious threat of “outdated” IT assets acting as ticking time bombs for enterprises.”
They are described as “ticking time bombs” because they masquerade as compliant assets when in fact they are not, Sevco concluded.
Through: VentureBeat (opens in new tab)