Managed security often involves many different products. The typical setup would be a firewall, and endpoint security. Endpoint security is software installed on computers, it consists of a firewall, anti-virus, intrusion detection, malware detection and reporting/monitoring.Most organisations will use the firewall to protect devices on the network. And to create secure connections for users when outside of the office (VPN) as well as to provide access to the outside world to parts of the internal network.