The term “next-generation” is used quite frequently across the tech industry – it’s not limited to security. Since we see the term so often, it’s easy to gloss over without giving it much thought. Next-generation pretty obviously implies that the product you’re purchasing today is better than the versions that came before it.
When it comes to endpoint security, it’s important to understand why a new generation of tools is needed, and what makes these tools better than the “last generation”.