Best Endpoint Protection Tools

Carbon Black (Broadcom) is an endpoint detection and response platform designed for SOC teams running incident response and threat hunting across hybrid, air-gapped, and offline environments. Acquired by Broadcom from VMware in 2023, it continuously records unfiltered endpoint telemetry from laptops, servers, and cloud workloads, then reconstructs attack kill chains for forensic analysis. Strengths include behavioral EDR, live query and remote response, application control for locked-down systems, and on-prem deployment options that suit regulated industries and customers with strict data residency requirements. Best fit for mature SOCs and existing Broadcom/Symantec customers consolidating endpoint security tooling.

Fortinet’s FortiGate line is the company’s Firewall/NGFW offering, covering stateful firewalling, application control, IPS, web filtering, SSL/TLS inspection, and threat-intelligence-backed blocking. It is widely deployed from branch and edge sites to enterprise perimeter and segmentation use cases, with hardware, virtual, and cloud form factors managed through the same Fortinet policy stack. Buyers typically choose it when they need firewall enforcement plus inline inspection and VPN capability in one appliance, especially in environments that already use FortiGuard threat feeds or the Fortinet Security Fabric. Adjacent products include SD-WAN and ZTNA, but those are not the core scope here.

OpenText Core EDR provides endpoint detection and response integrated with SIEM, SOAR, and vulnerability assessment in a single cloud platform. It deploys a lightweight agent for telemetry collection on endpoints including laptops, servers, and mobile devices, capturing process execution, file changes, network connections, and registry modifications. Built for MSPs managing SMB clients, it uses pre-configured policies, automated playbooks for containment like device isolation and process termination, and CVE-based vulnerability scanning. Global threat intelligence and syslog/API integrations with IT, security, and PSA systems enable multi-client visibility and response without additional vendors.

Sophos defeats cyberattacks with an adaptive AI-native open platform and unmatched security expertise.

Trend Micro offers integrated Data Loss Prevention (DLP) functionality embedded within its broader endpoint security and email security platforms. The iDLP module provides lightweight agent-based monitoring across endpoints, email, USB devices, and web channels without requiring dedicated hardware. Trend Micro positions DLP as a cost-effective alternative to standalone enterprise solutions, leveraging pre-built regional and industry-specific policy templates. Best suited for organizations already invested in Trend Micro's endpoint protection or email security infrastructure seeking consolidated data protection without additional management overhead.

Webroot, an OpenText company, is a global leader in modern cybersecurity, pioneering cloud-based, AI-driven protection that keeps individuals and families safe from today's most sophisticated digital threats. We were the first to harness the cloud and artificial intelligence to stop zero-day attacks in real time, and thanks to its cloud-native architecture, Webroot can detect and block threats even before they ever reach your computer. Our technology continues to evolve to secure your devices, identity, privacy, and data everywhere you go.