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According to the 2024 Gartner® “Reference Architecture Brief: Endpoint Security report “Endpoint security is the first line of defense for the largest attack surface within any organization. This brief provides guidance for security and risk management technical professionals on what components make up the endpoint security stack and what kind of protection each component provides.”1 Figure 1: Endpoint Security Architecture Diagram Deception technology for “peri-execution” attack detection. The endpoint security architecture (shown in Figure 1 above) describes the technologies that make up an endpoint protection platform. It highlights deception technology as part of peri-execution techniques that are meant to block unwanted actions upon execution. The Gartner report indicates, “ Deception deploys highly credible deceptive artifacts, such as credentials, files, or applications. The first step in the process is to deploy breadcrumbs onto the endpoint. Deceptive artifacts (created in an automated manner) are deployed into the network to deceive attackers and trap them during the early stages of the cyber kill chain”1

According to the 2024 Gartner® Reference Architecture Brief: Network Security report, “Network security underpins connectivity across the extended enterprise, encompassing public cloud, private cloud and on-premises. This brief provides guidance for security and risk management technical professionals on implementing networks securely.”1 Figure 1: Reference Architecture for Network Security The reference architecture shown in Figure 1 above as part of the Gartner® “Reference Architecture Brief: Network Security” consists of eight core components linked by typical logical network flows: enterprise network security, Enterprise edge security, Secure access service edge (SASE), Security service edge (SSE), DDoS mitigation, Transmission security, Cloud network security, and Network security processes.