Securing your Endpoints While Keeping Your Users Happy

Any business that relies on technology to interact with customers or manage critical data needs to be aware of the importance of endpoint security. Endpoints are the devices and applications that allow people to access your network, and they can be a weak point for security threats. However, endpoint security is often seen as a trade-off with customer experience, as more stringent security measures can make it harder for users to work efficiently. This doesn’t have to be the case though. There are efficient ways to secure your endpoints without compromising customer experience

Security is paramount when it comes to protecting your domain and hardening your endpoint security should be one of your top priorities

Security best practices for hardening and securing domain endpoints include using least privilege accounts, using strong passwords and passphrases where applicable, applying machine group policies, and keeping systems up to date with the latest security patches for your OS as well as 3rd party applications.

Least privilege accounts help to reduce the attack surface of a system by granting users only the permissions they need to perform their job. This means that if an attacker were able to compromise a user account, they would only have access to the resources that the user has been granted permissions for. Group Policy Objects (GPOs) can be used to further restrict access to resources and to apply security settings evenly across a fleet of machines.

Finally, it is important to keep systems up-to-date with the latest security patches. Security patches close off vulnerabilities that attackers could exploit to gain access to a system. By keeping systems patched, you make it much harder for an attacker to successfully compromise a system.

Here are some recommendations for endpoint configurations to ensure safety and the best user experience. These are examples of what I have learned over the years to have a very positive impact on end-user satisfaction without sacrificing security.

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