EDR and EPP market revenue worldwide 2015-2020

The global market for endpoint detection & response (EDR) and endpoint protection platform (EPP) is forecast to grow from 2015 to 2020, albeit at different speeds, with the EDR market growing at a much faster rate than the EPP market. The EPP market size is estimated to grow from 3.17 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 to 3.6 billion in 2020, while the market revenues for EDR are forecast to increase from 238 million U.S. dollars in 2015 to over 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. Endpoint security generated around five billion U.S. dollars of the total worldwide cybersecurity market revenue (993843), behind network security (14.3 billion), vulnerability and security management (8.1 billion), and web and email security (7.2 billion).

EPP vs EDR: why we need them

    An endpoint protection platform (EPP) is an integrated security solution designed to detect and block threats at device level. Typically, this includes antivirus, antimalware, data encryption, and personal firewalls. EPPs are effective at blocking known threats. Endpoint detection and response (EDR) platforms are cyber security systems that combine elements of next-gen antivirus with additional tools to monitor and record activity on endpoints, detect suspicious behavior, security risks, and respond to internal and external threats. In today’s information age, cyber-attacks are commonplace; as of the third quarter of 2019, Microsoft Office was the most commonly exploited application worldwide, while the SaaS/webmail industry accounted for 30.8 percent of phishing attacks as of the fourth quarter of 2019. Endpoint protection platforms are used to help prevent such malware and phishing attacks from occurring. However, in the cases where an endpoint is attacked, an endpoint detection response platform is used to detect and alert against any unusual behaviors.