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What is 'endpoint security' and why is it important for banks?

Q: Answer-What is 'endpoint security' and why is it important for banks?

Endpoints are the most common attack entry points like phishing emails open on employee laptops, USB drops on branch computers, or vulnerabilities in ATM software. Endpoint security includes antivirusanti-malware, EDR Endpoint Detection and Response, disk encryption BitLocker, application whitelisting, host-based firewall, DLP Data Loss Prevention, and patch management. Banks must secure not just servers but every device connecting to the network, including the thousands of ATMs running embedded OS.

A Security measures applied only to internet-facing web servers

B Security controls protecting individual devices (laptops, desktops, mobile phones, ATMs) that connect to a corporate network, including antivirus, EDR, encryption, and access control

C Security of the physical endpoints (doors, gates) of bank branch offices so that no unauthorized person can cross the endpoints and enter into the offices

D Network perimeter security at the boundaries of bank WAN connections

E Security protocols for API endpoints in mobile banking applications

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