Scott Crawford is Research Director for the Information Security Channel at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he leads coverage of emerging trends, innovation and disruption in the information security market. Scott is also a member of 451 Research's Center of Excellence for Quantum Technologies.
Well known as an industry analyst covering information security prior to joining 451 Research, Scott has experience as both a vendor and an information security practitioner. At IBM, Scott served as a senior strategist with IBM Security. He is the former CISO of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) International Data Centre in Vienna, Austria, where he pioneered the implementation of security policy and architecture for a non-governmental organization (NGO) serving more than 150 nations.
His experience includes systems and security management for leading organizations in both the private and public sectors, from Emerson to a division of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, focused on the collection, management and analysis of geophysical and meteorological data.
At its virtual Ignite conference, Microsoft made several announcements around its security, compliance and identity portfolio. Together, they paint a picture of a more consolidated and automated security architecture covering not only customers' on-premises (and WFH) assets and those on Azure but reaching into other cloud environments as well.
The company has long been comfortable with engineering challenges on a massive scale. Taking to the virtual stage at at Google Cloud Next '20 OnAir, it highlighted capabilities related to confidential computing, certificates, DDoS and more.
The COVID-19 pandemic could accelerate or hinder these initiatives, which embrace multiple technology segments. Will they be successful, or become mere positioning that could further frustrate the security buyer? That could depend on whether their components are complementary in practice.
While the banter at last year's camp revolved around a potential plague of grasshoppers visiting Las Vegas, there's much less levity now, as the pandemic converts in-person events to online substitutes. But the security industry still came together remotely to discuss relevant topics, present new research, and try to network during BlackHat and DefCon.
This is the inaugural report focused on the endpoint market from 451 Research's Information Security Market Monitor service. The following analysis includes offerings that deal with defending corporate endpoints against the unauthorized execution of malicious code, which can take a variety of forms, although we focus on malware and exploits. We focus on exploits as abuse of a targeted asset's software " usually through an uncorrected vulnerability " to execute arbitrary code or otherwise corrupt the desired state of the system. Malware refers to the execution of unauthorized code via a specific sequence of instructions that is downloaded to the endpoint. Additionally, we include vendors offering server-centric protection, particularly those targeting detection and response use cases, and mobile security vendors with product portfolios that incorporate the elements outlined above.
Market Monitor: Information Security: Endpoint Security is a quantitative research service from 451 Research that tracks and forecasts the size and growth of the marketplace surrounding endpoint security. The Market Monitor analyst team uses a pure bottom-up approach to track and project revenue. Market Monitor leverages 451 Research's deep insight into established technology vendors and startups. Our methodology relies heavily on active participation from sector analysts in setting estimates. As a result, when used with in-depth qualitative research from our 451 Research analysts, Market Monitor provides a deep and holistic view of the market.
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