CRN’s 2024 Security 100 List: 20 Coolest Endpoint And Managed Security Companies

Here is a look at 20 important endpoint and managed security companies, ranging from vendors offering tools for endpoint protection and detection to managed detection and response services.

AI-powered protection and detection are still essential for protecting corporate PCs, servers, and other endpoint devices in the face of the ongoing increase in the frequency and complexity of cyber threats. Consequently, there is an ongoing demand for endpoint security: the global endpoint security market grew by 29.2 percent in 2022 over 2021, based on the most recent data available from IDC.

Customers have been showing an “increasing appetite” for a modernized approach to endpoint security, which includes “a broader set of functionality and services,” according to the research firm’s report. Additionally, according to a report by IDC, enterprises are protecting an increasing number of devices.

According to IDC, Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Trend Micro, Trellix, VMware, Sophos, and Palo Alto Networks lead the $13.11 billion endpoint security market by revenue share. According to a report by IDC, SentinelOne, which holds the ninth-most-spot in the market, grew by 84.5 percent from the previous year, trailing Microsoft in terms of revenue growth among the top endpoint security players, which grew by 108.9 percent year over year.

Overall, endpoint security is still considered standard practice for many businesses, even though managed solutions, like managed detection and response (MDR), are becoming more and more well-liked due to the labor shortage.

The 20 endpoint and managed security companies that made our Security 100 for 2024 are listed below.

1. Adlumin

Robert Johnston
Co-Founder, CEO

Adlumin, a managed detection and response provider, unveiled a new subscription-based incident response option that promises to “dramatically” cut expenses. The IR service guarantees up to 80 hours of support annually in addition to one-hour responses from a skilled response team that is available around the clock.

2. Bitdefender

Florin Talpes
Co-Founder, CEO

One of Bitdefender’s most recent product releases, GravityZone Security for Mobile, offers sophisticated threat detection capabilities for iOS and Android smartphones as well as Chromebooks. Other significant actions included the purchase of Horangi Cyber Security, which gave its GravityZone platform access to crucial cloud security features.

3. BlackBerry

John Giamatteo
CEO

BlackBerry has introduced a new generative AI-powered “assistant” tool designed to aid Security Operations Center teams in threat analysis. Customers of Cylance AI can access the tool, which provides a completely integrated workflow experience within the Cylance Console and is essential to enabling “predictive cybersecurity,” according to the company.

4. Blackpoint Cyber

Jon Murchison
Founder, CEO

With the release of Cloud Managed Detection and Response for Single Sign-On, Blackpoint Cyber expanded the protection of attack surfaces beyond the endpoint. One of the primary functions of Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory service is Identity Response, which facilitates identification and response actions in the event of unauthorized logins.

5. Broadcom

Hock Tan
President, CEO

Cloud-native detection and response is one of the new features that VMware’s Carbon Black, which was functioning independently within Broadcom as of this writing, unveiled for its extended detection and response offering. Improved visibility into environments based on Kubernetes and containers is the goal of this capability.

6. CrowdStrike

George Kurtz
Co-Founder, CEO

CrowdStrike unveiled Falcon Go, an updated version of their SMB-focused endpoint security product with an easier-to-use interface and simpler policy-setting management. Along with a host of other improvements, it unveiled the Charlotte assistant—a GenAI-powered tool—as part of its Falcon unified security platform.

7. Deepwatch

Charlie Thomas
CEO

Deepwatch released updates to its managed detection and response platform intending to enhance cyber resilience. These updates included improved threat management and automated response capabilities. To facilitate quicker security decision-making, the updates also included the introduction of curated threat intelligence.

8. eSentire

Kerry Bailey
CEO

The “world’s largest MDR data set” and GenAI are combined in eSentire’s new AI Investigator tool, which the managed detection and response provider says will improve threat investigation, response, and remediation. Additionally, it unveiled a new MDR Agent designed to enhance SMB threat detection.

9. ESET

Richard Marko
CEO

One of ESET’s major updates was the introduction of its first threat intelligence services that were offered for sale. ESET offers threat intelligence services such as ESET Threat Intelligence Feeds, which attempts to give a real-time global view of the threat landscape, and ESET Advanced Persistent Threat Reports, which include access to an ESET analyst.

10. Expel

Dave Merkel
Co-Founder, CEO

The new Vulnerability Prioritization tool, which seeks to identify the highest-risk vulnerabilities for a prioritized response, was recently unveiled by managed detection and response provider Expel. The product integrates with third-party vulnerability management tools and is powered by the Expel Workbench security operations platform.

11. Huntress

Kyle Hanslovan
Co-Founder, CEO

The managed detection and response platform from Huntress has been expanded to include Microsoft 365 in addition to endpoints. The service includes monitoring of Active Directory activity, identity compromise detection, 24×7 human operator analysis, and remediation.

12. Malwarebytes

Marcin Kleczynski
Co-Founder, CEO

Among Malwarebytes’ significant updates was the release of a new Security Advisor tool for its ThreatDown OneView multitenant console. An organization’s cyber defense posture is analyzed by a Security Advisor, which also generates a security health score that identifies vulnerabilities.

13 OpenText

Mark Barrenechea
Vice Chairman, CEO, CTO

OpenText recently revealed that its Webroot endpoint security platform is being offered separately from domain name system protection. The company states that by making this change, users can now standardize their DNS protection without having to install two different antivirus programs.

14. Secureworks

Wendy Thomas
President, CEO

Secureworks announced the integration of SentinelOne’s Singularity Complete product with its Taegis XDR platform. According to the company, this makes it possible to see endpoints, identity systems, and cloud apps more clearly, giving partners and clients a more “holistic view” of the attack surface of an organization.

15. SentinelOne

Tomer Weingarten
Co-Founder, CEO

SentinelOne unveiled Unity, a significant new release of its Singularity platform that integrates several platform components, including cloud security for enhanced threat detection and response. Additionally, the vendor unveiled Purple AI, a GenAI technology that is integrated throughout the Unity release.

16. Sophos

Joe Levy
President, Acting CEO

New endpoint security features from Sophos include adaptive active adversary protection, which, if a customer appears to be under attack, switches Sophos’ endpoint security tool into “breach mode.” The vendor added that network detection and response are now supported by its XDR platform.

17. Tanium

Dan Streetman
CEO

Tanium released its Autonomous Endpoint Management platform, which uses GenAI to prioritize risks based on information about the relative value of various assets, among other ways to increase productivity. Additional features automate the process of creating workflows related to endpoint management.

18. ThreatLocker

Danny Jenkins
Co-Founder, CEO

Ops, the company’s first-ever tool for detecting malicious activity, was unveiled by ThreatLocker to supplement its “application allowlisting” feature, which makes sure malware cannot run in customer IT systems. According to the company, the capability can assist MSPs in implementing additional cyber defense measures for a customer that has been targeted.

19. Trellix

Bryan Palma
CEO

What Trellix refers to as its “comprehensive” endpoint security offering has been unveiled. By combining Trellix Endpoint Security, Trellix Endpoint Detection and Response, and Trellix Endpoint Forensics, the Trellix Endpoint Security Suite seeks to function as an “end-to-end” security platform.

20. Trend Micro

Eva Chen
Co-Founder, CEO

A service-oriented version of Trend Micro’s Vision One cybersecurity platform was unveiled. The goal of Trend Vision One for Service Providers is to give partners more chances to introduce managed services procedures centered on the single, AI-powered platform for threat detection, response, and prevention.