Dell Four-Way Endpoint Security Play Targets the Mid-Market

Dell launched its SafeGuard and Response as a four-level approach to endpoint security aimed at the mid-market. It’s also the second significant endpoint security announcement made this week. SafeGuard and Response includes elements from Secureworks and CrowdStrike, who are partnering on the offering. The four-level approach includes: CrowdStrike Falcon Prevent, which is an antivirus element priced at $20 to $30 per endpoint per year. CrowdStrike Falcon Prevent and Insight. This element of the package aims to stop malware. If malware does infect the target system, Falcon Prevent is designed to reduce time to detection. It’s priced at $40 to $50 per endpoint per year. Secureworks Managed Endpoint Protection. Organizations deal with multiple real threats and false positives. Working with CrowdStrike, this element of the platform helps organizations make sense of the blizzard of these alerts. This cloud-based managed service drills down to isolate what really is happening. It is priced at $60 to $70 per endpoint per year.