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Extended Detection & Response (XDR)

Extended Detection & Response

What is Extended Detection & Response ?

Extended detection and response (XDR) is defined as a security technology that protects IT infrastructure by offering a single pane of glass view with enhanced visibility across your entire technology stack as well as quick threat analysis, and faster response.

Common Features

  • Real-Time Threat and Anomaly Detection
  • Incident Management
  • Threat Intelligence
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Compliance Reporting and Archival Mechanisms
  • Prevention
  • Use of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework
  • Technology Management
  • Risk Scoring & Remediation Act
  • IOC Focus and Management
  • Standardized Playbooks
  • 24/7/365 Security Monitoring
  • One-click Remediation
  • Simplified Automation and Integration

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Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

Composite Score
9.0 /10
CX Score
9.2 /10

To stay ahead of fast-moving threats, you need AI-powered endpoint security that continuously learns new attack techniques. Cortex XDR™ offers protection that blocks all malware, exploits and fileless attacks to keep your endpoints safe

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Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Fair
  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
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With Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, you can deliver integrated backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and endpoint management at scale, while preserving your margins and streamlining your business operations with powerful automation capabilities and broad integrations.

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  • Reliable
  • Efficient Service
  • Respectful
  • Altruistic
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The CrowdStrike Falcon platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritized observability of vulnerabilities. Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity and immediate time-to-value.

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Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Fair
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Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.6 /10

The Cynet security platform correlates and analyzes indicators across all fronts of the organization – networks, files, users and endpoints – to establish risk-ranking and hone in on previously unidentified threats. It is a complete, natively built, fully integrated and automated suite of cybersecurity capabilities in one, unified solution that is easy to deploy, operate and manage.

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Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Respectful
  • Security Protects
  • Reliable
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SentinelOne Singularity platform is an industry-first data lake that seamlessly fuses together the data, access, control, and integration planes of its endpoint protection (EPP), endpoint detection and response (EDR), IoT security, and cloud workload protection (CWPP) into a centralized platform. With Singularity, organizations gain access to back-end data across the organization through a single solution, providing a cohesive view of their network and assets by adding a real time, autonomous security layer across all enterprise assets.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Defender XDR

Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10

Coordinate cyberthreat response across your entire digital estate and quickly stop cyberattacks with Microsoft Defender XDR (formerly Microsoft 365 Defender), a unified, AI-powered XDR solution. Accelerate security operations center (SOC) response with incident-level visibility and automatic cyberattack disruption with extended detection and response (XDR). Remediate cyberthreats efficiently with a complete view of the cyberattack chain informed by 65 trillion daily signals and prioritized investigation and response at the incident level.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Efficient Service
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Inspires Innovation
eSentire

eSentire

Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

eSentire is Managed Detection and Response, protecting your critical data and applications. It provides complete, multi-signal Managed Detection and Response providing 24/7 cutting-edge protection against cyber attackers that bypass traditional cybersecurity controls. eSentire MDR means high fidelity detection and unparalleled response. You shouldn’t settle for partial security, so we ingest multiple signals, correlating data across your network, endpoint, log, and cloud sources to disrupt threats before they impact your business.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers a comprehensive solution to protect your organization and employees from advanced, targeted and zero-day phishing, malware and business email compromise attacks.

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Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

ReliaQuest GreyMatter Platform is a cloud-native security operations platform that helps organizations increase visibility, reduce complexity, and manage risk. Built on an open XDR architecture with bi-directional API integrations, GreyMatter enables security operations teams to extend detection, investigation, and response across multiple clouds, endpoint, and network infrastructures leveraging relevant data from both security and business applications.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Unique Features
  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service
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TrendAI Vision One (Previously Trend Vision One) is an easy-to-deploy, AI-ready enterprise platform, backed by world-leading threat intelligence and a relentless commitment to your success. Turning insight into action, TrendAI transforms security from reactive threat response to strategic risk management – making security an enabler of growth, not a barrier. Eliminate risk, defeat threats, and accelerate innovation. Built for the AI age, TrendAI Vision One secures the entire enterprise to protect your people, operating infrastructure, and data against AI-enabled adversaries.

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  • Respectful
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
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