Small businesses are increasingly investing in endpoint management as the number and diversity of devices used to run the business continue to grow. For IT leaders at organizations with fewer than 500 employees, managing and securing this expanding endpoint environment is especially challenging — often with limited staff, time and budget. That growth, combined with rising expectations that every device accessing business or customer data be encrypted, patched and monitored, is why endpoint management has become a priority for small businesses that want to reduce risk without slowing operations. “The concept of the endpoint has expanded far beyond laptops and phones,” says Apu Pavithran, CEO and founder of Hexnode. “Attackers know that smaller organizations often have fewer security controls, and the initial entry point is almost always an endpoint — whether it’s a phishing email, an unpatched device or a system no one realized was still in use.”Click the banner below to start implementing smarter security.