The gap between the top two and everyone else has shrunk dramatically, and SentinelOne is now in third place.įirstbrook said SentinelOne appeals to late-stage buyers in sectors such as manufacturing and retail where legacy operating systems are more pervasive and clients have environments that aren't fully connected to the internet. Last year, Microsoft and CrowdStrike sat way above the pack in execution ability, and Trend Micro was a distant third. Microsoft, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Trend Micro and Sophos were recognized by Gartner as endpoint protection leaders both this year and last, but their position within the quadrant has shifted. 'It's becoming less of a point purchase and more of a sophisticated play.'

'We're tired of buying in siloes,' Firstbrook told Information Security Media Group. Sophisticated buyers are taking a more strategic approach to their endpoint protection purchases and want products that will help consolidate their technology stack and correlate data (see: CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Trend Micro Top EDR Forrester Wave).

The remaining buyers tend to be less mature and need someone to manage the product on their behalf.Ĭlients increasingly want to integrate their endpoint protection technology into a broader security ecosystem via XDR, bringing endpoint telemetry together with that from network, email and identity settings, Firstbrook said. The endpoint protection market has rapidly matured in recent years - 80% of organizations have already adopted a cloud-based offering and half of businesses have already upgraded from antivirus software to endpoint detection and response, said Gartner Vice President and Analyst Peter Firstbrook. See Also: Webinar | The Evolution of Network Architecture: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You Cybereason has risen to the leaders quadrant and Trellix has fallen to a niche player. Microsoft and CrowdStrike once again dominate Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection.

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