Look at any company in business today and they have an ongoing song about reducing IT costs but retain effective measures for IT security. IT is always plagued with the challenges to implement overall security for computers, applications and networks with an eye out for the budget. As such, how do you go about trying to reduce costs while using end-point security software which tends to slow down computers, demand to upgrade desktops on a continuous basis, and when faced with a relentless increase in the number of Malware, Spyware and Virus incidents?
The desktop has, over the years, morphed from a simple machine to an increasingly complex machine that has to host tons of applications, software, and programs. For the past few years, there’s been a seemingly insatiable need for better computing resources. In response the modern day operating systems, hardware, desktop applications, and everything else we use have become better.
Some applications remain incorrigibly stocky and tend to use up precious systems resources. End-point security software, to a certain degree, belongs to the notorious list of such applications. The “signature part” of the end-point security software grows at a break-neck speed. Imagine this: an average accelerated proliferation of malware blows up to over 2000 unique variants every single hour which causes the signature files to update regularly and hence slow down system resources ( with RAM taking a huge load). This also shortens the life-cycle of a PC and requires frequent upgrades to hardware to keep up with the demands.
All of this, in case you did not realize, increases the cost per client for your business. What’s the solution then?
Here are a few ways you can use end-point Security software and still work within your budget without breaking the bank:
Use Software that uses small client footprints: thin, light and easy
While there’s no end-point security software that can detect and quarantine 100% of all inbound threats, at least modern day software use realistic, evolving metrics to counter threats. As such, look for end-point security systems that can use not more than 60% - 70% of system resources under heavy-load conditions. Anything more than this freezes your computing power.
Go for industry-leading, reputed end-point security software
Plenty of solutions exist to help you to counter the problem. However, the better an end-point solution is, the more it would cost you. However, there are end-point security solution vendors who tend to balance quality and price. Looking through the glasses, poring through the list of available vendors, researching solutions and taking decisions might just not be the thing you might want to do. The Network Pro Endpoint Security (NES) is an industry leading application you can consider, to start with. In combination with our other products such as Net Email Filter, Net Central Monitoring, and Net Armor Web Content Filtering , you have nothing short of an arsenal of weapons to guard your computer networks and still not spend too much on upgrading or maintaining system resources.
Stay on top of numbers
Osterman Research suggests that infected computer systems or client computers within a network (endpoints) require roughly about 95 minutes for the IT staff to work on it – all of that time lost is end-user downtime. Research also points that about 2/3rd of the systems get infected each year. How do you intend to use your end-point security software? How does it save you money? How much do you save on each endpoint system by using particular software? Ask your vendor for these specifics.
Plenty of damage, end-user, downtime and associated costs of restoring it all back to normalcy – do you see the costs piling up? More malware, spyware and virus infections are being reported now, more than ever. Are you doing something about it?
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