On July 19, 2024, a faulty CrowdStrike Falcon update triggered one of the largest IT outages in history — grounding flights, halting hospitals, freezing financial systems, and costing the global economy an estimated $10 billion.
The event became a defining moment for the cybersecurity industry. It exposed a critical dilemma: should endpoint protection operate deep in the kernel, where it can detect everything but risk bringing down entire systems — or stay in user space, where it’s safer but less powerful?
This whitepaper unpacks that question in detail.
Security depth means nothing without stability. The next generation of endpoint protection must deliver resilience by design — balancing visibility, safety, and performance in equal measure.
LMNTRIX’s hybrid XDR agent combines user-space safety with selective kernel-level enforcement to achieve both.
If you’re an enterprise security leader, architect, or CISO evaluating XDR and EDR solutions, this paper will help you:
Gain a clearer understanding of the fine line between power and peril — and how LMNTRIX ensures you never have to choose between them.