Is Your Security Vendor Forcing You To Move to the Cloud? You Don’t Have To!

Many endpoint security vendors are beginning to offer their
applications only in the cloud, sunsetting their on-premise
offerings. This approach may be beneficial to the vendor, but many
clients continue to need on-premise solutions.

Vendors that sunset on-premise solutions force clients that
prefer on-premise solutions to either change their operating
environment and approach or change vendors.

Fortunately, some vendors continue to provide their offerings in
both cloud and on-premise versions.

One such company is Cynet^[1], which allows clients to
deploy their EDR and XDR (Extended Detection and Response)
solutions in on-premise, cloud, and hybrid cloud delivery
models.

Clients can access the solution in any way they see fit now and
into the future. This provides an alternative for organizations
that do not want to be forced to move into the cloud.

Cloud vs. On-Premise

The cloud vs. on-premise argument continues to rage. Recently,
however, it seems that everyone is jumping on the cloud
bandwagon⁠—even for security solutions.

There’s no doubt that cloud services have come a long way and
now provide several advantages over on-premise solutions, including
lower cost, easier updates, and quicker scalability.

Many companies also realize improved security as the cloud
provider may employ security measures that are out of reach for an
individual company—and of course, cloud apps are accessible anytime
from anywhere via almost any device.

However, on-premise solutions still provide much greater control
around security, privacy, and regulatory compliance, which is
important for many organizations, particularly those in highly
regulated industries.

Organizations can work with their cloud providers to develop
appropriate controls to attain the levels of security, privacy, and
regulatory compliance required.

However, companies remain liable for any lapses. Sometimes, the
risks of relying on a third party for critical controls outweigh
the other benefits derived from cloud-based delivery.

Basic Microeconomics

So, ultimately, which is better? That’s really up to you to decide.
There really isn’t one correct answer that applies to everyone.
Every company’s unique circumstances will dictate which route is
better.

Unfortunately, many security vendors are abandoning on-premise
offerings for their benefit.

For vendors, cloud offerings are far cheaper to maintain,
provide far more control, and generally cause fewer headaches than
supporting separate software installations across multiple
clients.

Because hosting software in the cloud has many advantages, many
vendors have decided to sunset their on-premise solutions and move
entirely to cloud-only offerings.

But, what if the cloud doesn’t make sense for your particular
business?

The short answer is you either have to grudgingly follow your
vendor to the cloud or find a new vendor that provides an
on-premise solution.

It comes down to basic microeconomics. Suppliers offer the
services they hope consumers will buy, but consumers ultimately
decide whether or not they want the services being offered.

Fortunately, some vendors understand that many businesses
continue to prefer on-premise solutions. There are a variety of
reasons, but frankly, the reasons shouldn’t matter. If you want
your solutions on-premise, you want your solutions on-premise.

Leading or Following?

One example is the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) market,
where vendors are now moving to cloud-only offerings. Some large
vendors only offer EDR as a cloud-based solution and other are
sun-setting their on-premise EDR solutions and will only provide a
cloud-based EDR solution.

Vendors that only offer cloud-based EDR solutions hope their
clients and prospects either already prefer cloud-based services or
can be convinced to forgo their current on-premise architecture for
a cloud delivery model.

Other vendors provide multiple deployment models and allow their
clients to choose whichever is right for their particular
situation.

Cynet is an example of a vendor that offers its EDR and XDR
(Extended Detection and Response) solutions in on-premise, cloud,
and hybrid cloud delivery models. If a client wants an on-premise
solution, the client gets an on-premise solution. Clients that
prefer on-premise solutions at this time that decide to migrate to
the cloud in the future have a built-in migration route to cloud
Cynet’s hybrid delivery model, though.

The choice of delivery model is up to the client and flexible
enough to suit the client’s preference now and into the future.
Learn more
here^[2].