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Glossary: Protecting Data

Endpoint

Also written: endpoints

Any device at the edge of the network that a person uses or that collects data, such as a laptop, phone, tablet, card terminal or printer. Data is in use there, copies pile up, and the devices leave the building.

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Related terms

Full disk encryptionMobile device management (MDM)Remote wipeUSB (Universal Serial Bus)