Best Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms of 2024

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    Heimdal Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Reviews
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    Heimdal® Endpoint Detection and Response is our proprietary multi-solution service providing unique prevention, threat-hunting, and remediation capabilities. It combines the most advanced threat-hunting technologies in existence: Heimdal Next-Gen Antivirus, Heimdal Privileged Access Management, Heimdal Application Control, Heimdal Ransomware Encryption Protection, Heimdal Patch & Asset Management, and Heimdal Threat Prevention. With 6 modules working together seamlessly under one convenient roof, all within one agent and one platform, Heimdal Endpoint Detection and Response grants you access to all the essential cybersecurity layers your business needs to protect itself against both known and unknown online and insider threats. Our state-of-the-art product empowers you to quickly and effortlessly respond to sophisticated malware with stunning accuracy, protecting your digital assets and your reputation in the process as well.
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    Blumira Reviews
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    Blumira

    Blumira

    Free
    124 Ratings
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    Blumira’s open XDR platform makes advanced detection and response easy and effective for small and medium-sized businesses, accelerating ransomware and breach prevention for hybrid environments. Time-strapped IT teams can do more with one solution that combines SIEM, endpoint visibility and automated response. The platform includes: - Managed detections for automated threat hunting to identify attacks early - Automated response to contain and block threats immediately - One year of data retention and option to extend to satisfy compliance - Advanced reporting and dashboards for forensics and easy investigation - Lightweight agent for endpoint visibility and response - 24/7 Security Operations (SecOps) support for critical priority issues
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    SentinelOne Reviews

    SentinelOne

    SentinelOne

    $45 per user per year
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    SentinelOne provides cutting-edge security through this platform. It offers protection against malware exploits and scripts. SentinelOne's cloud-based platform is innovative and compliant with security industry standards. It is also highly-responsive to any work environment, Linux, Mac, or Windows. The platform is always up-to-date, can hunt for threats, and has behavior AI to help it deal with any threat.
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    Microsoft 365 Defender Reviews
    Security teams become overwhelmed as threats become more complex, persistent, and difficult to detect. Microsoft 365 Defender is part of Microsoft's XDR Solution. It automatically analyzes threat data across domains and presents a complete picture of every attack in a single dashboard. This clarity allows defenders to focus on the most critical threats and hunt for sophisticated attacks. The powerful automation in Microsoft 365 Defender detects, stops and recovers from all types of attacks and returns the organization back to a secure state. Reduce your attack surface to eliminate persistent threats. Integrate threat data to provide a rapid and complete response. Use the time you save to use your unique expertise. Secure hybrid identities and simplify access for employees, partners, and customers.
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    ESET PROTECT Reviews
    ESET's multilayered technology protects your business endpoints, business data, and users. ESET PROTECT platform provides customizable security solutions that are easy to manage via a cloud console. Cyber risk management and visibility into the IT environment. Keep one step ahead of unknown or known threats. IT staff can quickly respond to any new threats with up-to-date information. IT administrators can save time and protect themselves against future attacks by using predefined policies and automating tasks. Scheduled reporting and dozens customizable templates make it easy to meet reporting requirements. A malicious email might be opened by a user in your network that contains ransomware. Programmers who use code on their work computers may create false positives from compiling software.
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    ThreatDefence Reviews

    ThreatDefence

    ThreatDefence

    $5 per user per month
    1 Rating
    Our XDR (Extended Detection & Response) cyber security platform provides deep visibility into your endpoints, servers, clouds, and digital supply chains and allows for threat detection. The platform is delivered to you as a fully managed service, supported by our 24x7 security operations. This allows for the quickest enrollment time and low cost. Our platform is the foundation for effective cyber threat detection, response services, and prevention. The platform provides deep visibility, advanced threat detection, sophisticated behavioral analytics, and automated threat hunting. It adds efficiency to your security operations capabilities. Our platform uses AI-empowered machine intelligence to detect suspicious and unusual behavior, revealing even the most obscure threats. The platform detects real threats with high fidelity and helps investigators and SOC analysts to focus on the important things.
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    VMware Carbon Black EDR Reviews
    Threat hunting and incident response solutions provide continuous visibility in offline, disconnected, and air-gapped environments using threat intelligence and customizable detections. You can't stop something you don't see. Investigative tasks that normally take days or weeks can now be completed in minutes. VMware Carbon Black®, EDR™, collects and visualizes detailed information about endpoint events. This gives security professionals unprecedented visibility into their environments. Never hunt the same threat twice. VMware Carbon Black EDR is a combination of custom and cloud-delivered threat intelligence, automated watchlists, and integrations with other security tools to scale your hunt across large enterprises. No more need to reimagine your environment. In less than an hour, an attacker can compromise your environment. VMware Carbon Black EDR gives VMware the ability to respond and correct in real-time from anywhere in the world.
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    Stellar Cyber Reviews
    On premises, in public cloud, with hybrid environments, and from SaaS infrastructure. Stellar Cyber is the only security platform that provides high-speed, high-fidelity threat detection with automated response across the entire attack area. Stellar Cyber's industry-leading security platform improves security operations productivity, allowing security analysts to eliminate threats in minutes instead if days or weeks. Stellar Cyber's platform accepts data inputs from both existing cybersecurity solutions and its own capabilities and correlating them to present actionable results under a single intuitive interface. This helps security analysts reduce tool fatigue and data overload. It also helps cut operational costs.
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    Seceon Reviews
    Seceon’s platform allows over 250 MSP/MSSP Partners and their 7,000 clients to reduce risk and run efficient security operations. Cyber attacks and insider threat are prevalent in many industries. Seceon streamlines operations by providing a single pane-of-glass with full visibility of all attack surface, prioritized alerts and easy-to automate responses to remediate attacks and breaches. The platform includes continuous compliance posture reporting and management. Seceon aiSIEM combined with aiXDR is a comprehensive cybersecurity platform that visualizes and detects ransomware in real-time and eliminates threats. It also includes continuous compliance posture management and reporting.
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    Bitdefender GravityZone Reviews
    Bitdefender GravityZone gives organizations complete visibility into their overall security status, global security threats, as well as control over the security services that protect mobile devices, servers, and virtual desktops. All Bitdefender Enterprise Security solutions can be managed in the GravityZone via a single console, Control Center. This provides control, reporting and alerting services for different roles within the organization.
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    Microsoft Defender for Cloud Reviews

    Microsoft Defender for Cloud

    Microsoft

    $0.02 per server per hour
    Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a cloud security posture management (CSPM), and cloud workload protection solution (CWP). It can identify weak points in your cloud environment, strengthen your overall security posture, and protect workloads across multicloud or hybrid environments from evolving threats. Continuous assessment of the security of cloud resources running on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Use the built-in policies and prioritized suggestions to align with key industry and regulatory standards. Or, create custom requirements that suit your organization's specific needs. You can automate your recommendations using actionable insights. This will help you ensure that resources are securely configured and meet your compliance requirements. Microsoft Defender for Cloud allows you to protect yourself against evolving threats in multicloud and hybrid environments.
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    AirCISO Reviews
    AirCISO, Airiam's extended detect and response (XDR), software, gives CISOs and IT Managers, as well as CIOs, the insight they need to improve cybersecurity in their organizations. Understanding your environment's threats and how they relate to the MITRE ATT&CK® framework. You can keep your software secure by knowing the vulnerabilities in your system and using common vulnerabilities exposures (CVEs) data. Respect regulatory frameworks such as the PCI DSS and CMMC, NIST SP 80053 and HIPAA. AirCISO provides a unified view across your entire IT landscape. You can see what is happening at your endpoints, email servers, cloud, third-party and IoT systems. This information makes it easier to identify and isolate threats. AirCISO services are the single source for truth for your tools and teams. You can take a strategic look at your cybersecurity with dashboards that provide metrics and data that show your business' maturity over time and your ROI.
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    Uptycs Reviews
    Uptycs presents the first unified CNAPP and XDR platform that enables businesses to take control of their cybersecurity. Uptycs empowers security teams with real-time decision-making driven by structured telemetry and powerful analytics. The platform is designed to provide a unified view of cloud and endpoint telemetry from a common solution, and ultimately arm modern defenders with the insights they need across their cloud-native attack surfaces. Uptycs prioritizes responses to threats, vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, sensitive data exposure, and compliance mandates across modern attack surfaces—all from a single UI and data model. This includes the ability to tie together threat activity as it traverses on-prem and cloud boundaries, delivering a more cohesive enterprise-wide security posture. With Uptycs you get a wide range of functionality, including CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM, KSPM, CIEM, CDR, and XDR. Shift up with Uptycs.
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    CybrHawk SIEM XDR Reviews
    CybrHawk is a top supplier of risk intelligence solutions driven by information security that are only concerned to provide advanced visibility to clients to minimize the risk of a cyber-attack. Our products help businesses define their cyber defenses to stop security breaches, spot malicious behavior in real time, give security breaches top priority, respond rapidly to them, and anticipate new threats.We also invented an integrated strategy that offers numerous cyber security options for businesses of various sizes and levels of complexity.
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    RevBits Cyber Intelligence Platform Reviews
    XDR - Full Speed Multiply managing security tools can be time-consuming. Ineffective intelligence sharing between solutions can lead to missed opportunities for proactive defense against threats. RevBits Cyber Intelligence Platform harnesses the power of four superior security products to bring XDR to full speed security. The integrated platform provides superior protection by sharing threat information from ten security modules. Cybersecurity solutions should be able to protect a company's network against any threat at any moment. They should also integrate to provide proactive threat intelligence. For more information about RevBits Cyber Intelligence Platform, contact RevBits
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    Huntsman SIEM Reviews

    Huntsman SIEM

    Huntsman Security

    Our next generation Enterprise SIEM is trusted by government departments and defence agencies, as well as businesses worldwide. It provides a simple way to implement and manage cyber threat detection and response solutions for your organisation. Huntsman Security's Enterprise SIEM features a new dashboard that includes the MITRE ATT&CK®, allowing IT teams and SOC analysts to identify threats and classify them. As cyber-attacks become more sophisticated, threats are inevitable. That's why we developed our next generation SIEM to improve the speed and accuracy of threat detection. Learn about the MITRE ATT&CK®, and its crucial role in mitigation, detection, and reporting on cyber security operations.
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    SharkStriker Reviews

    SharkStriker

    SharkStriker

    $9.99/month
    SharkStriker's Managed Detection and Response platform (MDR) is based on the ORCA philosophy (Observe, Response, Compliance, Awareness). The ORCA philosophy is based on real-life. Sharks fear only the ORCA or killer whale. SharkStriker's unique platform acts like an ORCA to all sharks in Cybersecurity Ocean. Our ORCA philosophy allows our elite team to provide hands-on keyboard-based incident management and human-led threat hunting. It is a machine-accelerated platform, which uses modern technologies like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to hunt for threats in real time without removing the human element. The platform is used by our cybersecurity experts to provide hands-on keyboard-based threat hunts and incident responses. Our MDR service doesn't limit the number incident responses (IR). Customers don't need to worry about hourly-based IR fees or retainers.
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    SecurityHQ Reviews
    SecurityHQ is a Global Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) that detects & responds to threats 24/7. Gain access to an army of analysts, 24/7, 365 days a year. Receive tailored advice and full visibility to ensure peace of mind, with our Global Security Operation Centres. Utilize our award-winning security solutions, knowledge, people, and process capabilities, to accelerate business and reduce risk and overall security costs.
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    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Reviews
    Protect Office 365 from advanced threats like phishing attacks and email compromises. Integrated protection against advanced threats will increase productivity, simplify administration, reduce total cost of ownership, and increase productivity. Automated workflows can improve SecOps efficiency and effectiveness to an unmatched scale. A complete solution for collaboration to protect your organization against attacks across the kill chains. With a robust filtering system, you can prevent a variety of targeted and volume-based attacks such as ransomware, credential phishing and business email compromise. Use industry-leading AI to detect malicious and suspicious content, such as files and links, across Office 365. Advanced hunting capabilities allow you to track attacks across Office 365. These capabilities help to identify, prioritize, investigate, and even investigate them. Automated incident response and automation capabilities will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of your security team.
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    OpenText Managed Extended Detection and Response Reviews
    OpenText™, Managed Extended Detection & Response (MxDR), is based on a remote, cloud-based virtual security Operations Center. (V-SOC), which is supported by machine learning and MITRE AT&CK framework. Advanced workflows and artificial intelligence are used to create correlations between device, network, and computer logs. BrightCloud®, Threat Intelligence Services integrates directly to help businesses understand and validate the impact of security events. OpenText MxDR experts will help you identify, investigate, and prioritize alerts. This will allow you to save time and allow your internal teams to concentrate on business operations.
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    Defense.com Reviews

    Defense.com

    Defense.com

    $30 per node per month
    Cyber threats can be controlled. Defense.com helps you identify, prioritize, and track all security threats. Cyber threat management made easier. All your cyber threat management needs are covered in one place: detection, protection, remediation and compliance. Automated tracking and prioritized threats help you make intelligent decisions about your security. Follow the steps to improve your security. When you need help, consult with experienced cyber and compliance experts. Easy-to-use tools can help you manage your cyber security and integrate with your existing security investments. Live data from penetration tests and VA scans, threat information, and other sources all feed into a central dashboard that shows you where your risks are and how severe they are. Each threat has its own remediation advice, making it easy for you to make security improvements. You will receive powerful threat intelligence feeds that are tailored to your attack surface.
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    Cybereason Reviews
    Together, we can stop cyber attacks at every stage of the battle, from the enterprise to the endpoint. Cybereason provides high-fidelity convictions and visibility of known and unknown threats, so that defenders can harness the power of true prevention. Cybereason provides deep context and correlations across the entire network to enable threat hunters to detect and deter stealthy operations. Cybereason dramatically reduces the time it takes for defenders investigate and resolve attacks using both automated and guided remediation. Cybereason analyzes over 80 million events per second, which is 100x more than other solutions available. To eliminate emerging threats in minutes, rather than days, reduce investigation time by up to 93%.
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    CrowdStrike Falcon Reviews
    The Falcon Platform is flexible, extensible, and adaptable when it comes to your endpoint security requirements. You can choose from the bundles listed above or any of these modules. Additional modules can be added to Falcon Endpoint Protection packages. Individual modules can be purchased without the need for a Falcon Endpoint Protection bundle. Customers who have more stringent compliance requirements or operational requirements will find our specialized products useful.
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    Sophos Intercept X Endpoint Reviews

    Sophos Intercept X Endpoint

    Sophos

    $28 per user per year
    With remote response capabilities and powerful querying, you can take threat hunting and IT security operations up to the next level. Ransomware file protection, automatic recovery, and behavioral analysis are all available to stop ransomware attacks and boot record. Deep Learning Technology Artificial intelligence integrated into InterceptX that detects known and unknown malware, without relying upon signatures. Blocking exploits and techniques that are used to distribute malware, steal credentials and escape detection will deny attackers. An elite team of threat hunters and experts in response to take targeted actions for you to eliminate even the most sophisticated threats. Active adversary mitigation stops persistence on machines, credential theft protection and malicious traffic detection.
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    Netsurion Reviews
    Our open XDR platform, 24x7 SOC and cybersecurity confidence are key to achieving security confidence. Our dedicated SOC will learn about your environment, manage your incident response plan, work with you, and be your trusted partner to keep you ahead of emerging threats 24x7. Our open XDR platform covers all of your attack surface with more than 250+ data source integrations. We will continue to add new integrations every month. Our extensible platform allows you to scale the coverage and our co-managed service lets us become a trusted member your SecOps team.
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Overview of Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms

Extended detection and response (XDR) platforms are an advanced type of security solution that is used to detect, analyze, respond to, and prevent cyber threats. XDR solutions work by collecting data from a variety of sources, such as user endpoints, servers, cloud applications, SaaS applications, networks, and IoT devices. This data is then analyzed using analytics and machine learning techniques to identify suspicious activity or malicious intent. When a threat is detected the platform can automatically take action to block it or alert administrators for further review.

XDR solutions provide a comprehensive view of security across an organization’s entire environment which offers many advantages over traditional security tools. For instance, they can detect threats that may not be visible with other solutions such as insider threats or sophisticated attacks against cloud services. In addition XDR provides greater visibility into what is happening in the environment since it collects data from multiple sources. This can help organizations better understand their risk profile and where they may need to focus their efforts when it comes to improving security posture.

In terms of implementation, XDR platforms are offered as a service by vendors or they can be integrated into existing IT infrastructures using APIs or connectors depending on the vendor's capabilities. Additionally, many vendors offer customizable dashboards that allow administrators to quickly identify any areas of concern in their environment and also track trends over time in order to identify areas for improvement or potential new threats emerging.

In summary, XDR platforms provide organizations with an effective way to monitor their entire IT infrastructure for potential security threats and take preventative action quickly if needed. By providing full visibility across all aspects of the network these platforms can help organizations better protect themselves against cyber-attacks while maintaining compliance with industry regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

Why Use Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms?

  1. Automated Detection and Response: XDR platforms provide automated detection and response capabilities, allowing organizations to quickly identify and mitigate cyber threats. This helps to reduce the amount of manual effort required to detect and respond to malicious activity, freeing up time for other strategic initiatives.
  2. Shared Security Data: XDR platforms can collect security data from multiple sources, including endpoints, networks, cloud services, applications, log files, etc., and collate this data into a central repository. This provides a comprehensive picture of an organization's security posture that can be used to identify potential weaknesses or suspicious activity in real time.
  3. End-to-End Visibility: By combining data from multiple sources into one platform, XDR solutions provide complete visibility across an organization's infrastructure – helping teams easily identify both known and unknown threats before they can cause damage.
  4. Simplified Workflows: With an XDR solution in place, IT personnel don't have to manually correlate different types of data or navigate through multiple toolsets (firewall logs, antivirus software etc.) for threat investigation – saving valuable time & resources when responding to potential breaches or attacks.
  5. Improved Compliance & Auditing Capabilities: With automated detection & response capabilities as well as detailed logging of all activities on the system (such as user access & changes made), XDR solutions help organizations quickly meet compliance requirements while providing the evidence needed during legal proceedings or internal audits.

Why Are Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms Important?

XDR platforms are an important tool to protect businesses in today’s highly dynamic digital environment. Unlike traditional security systems, which focus on perimeter defense, XDR platforms combine endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and behavior analytics to provide comprehensive detection and response capabilities.

Organizations of all sizes are faced with sophisticated attacks from increasingly advanced cyber criminals. The ability to detect threats quickly and accurately is paramount for any organization looking to stay ahead of attackers. XDR platforms enable organizations to detect suspicious activity across their entire infrastructure in real-time, allowing them to take swift action before it's too late.

XDR platforms use AI-driven analytics and automation capabilities that allow organizations to quickly identify malicious activity throughout their network and respond rapidly. This includes automatically responding to incidents at scale and prioritizing responses that can mitigate or eliminate threats with minimal disruption of the business operations. In addition, XDR simplifies incident investigation by providing a unified view across multiple data sources such as logs, events, files system artifacts and more. This helps security teams detect patterns faster while simplifying root cause analysis so they can remediate threats quicker than ever before.

Finally, in order to keep up with evolving threats over time, XDR solutions come with built-in scalability allowing organizations to expand coverage without having processes being overwhelmed or stretched thin when additional resources are required due to negligence new risks arise from internal or external activities. As these technologies become increasingly accessible and cost-effective for businesses of all sizes, using an XDR platform is a key component in building a strong cybersecurity strategy for any business today.

Features of Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms

  1. Visibility: XDR platforms offer visibility across the entire IT environment, with structured and unstructured data collected from endpoints, networks, and cloud services in order to provide a unified view into suspicious behavior.
  2. Orchestration: XDR solutions can integrate with existing security tools for streamlined orchestration of automated responses to threats. This helps to reduce the time required for investigation and response from days or even weeks down to minutes or hours.
  3. Insight Generation: By applying machine learning algorithms to gathered data, XDR systems can generate insights into potential threats and help identify patterns that could indicate malicious behavior before humans can detect it with their own eyes.
  4. Automation: An XDR platform provides automation capabilities that allow organizations to quickly respond to threat alerts without needing manual intervention by security professionals or engineers every step of the way. This increases response times while reducing operational costs associated with external resources needed for investigations.
  5. Governance & Compliance Management: XDR solutions also provide governance and compliance management features that help organizations ensure they are adhering to industry standards when it comes to security policies and procedures, as well as automating auditing processes in order to keep track of all current policy requirements at any given time.

What Types of Users Can Benefit From Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms?

  • Businesses: XDR platforms enable businesses to quickly detect, investigate, respond to and remediate security incidents across the entire infrastructure stack in a unified manner.
  • Security Administrators: XDR platforms provide administrators with visibility into emerging threats in real-time, allowing for quicker response times and improved forensic investigation capabilities.
  • Security Operators: By utilizing AI/ML and automation technologies, security operators can leverage XDR systems to automate threat detection, response and remediation tasks with greater accuracy.
  • DevOps Teams: XDR solutions simplify compliance processes by providing DevOps teams with continuous monitoring of user behavior and system configurations. This enables them to identify any potential security vulnerabilities more rapidly.
  • IT Managers: Through automatic provisioning of resources on demand as well as near-automated incident response processes, IT managers are able to optimize the utilization of existing resources while improving the overall performance of the organization’s infrastructure stack.
  • Compliance Officers: With automated reporting toolsets provided by XDR solutions, organizations can ensure that their environment remains compliant with industry regulations across all components of their business landscape – from cloud applications to network environments.

How Much Do Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms Cost?

The cost of extended detection and response (XDR) platforms can vary greatly depending on the features and complexity of the platform. Generally, most businesses should expect to pay at least $5000 per year for a basic XDR platform. More complex platforms with additional features may cost upwards of $30,000 per year or more.

Many XDR offerings are priced based on the size of an organization’s network, so larger enterprises typically pay more for their XDR solution than smaller companies do. Additionally, many providers offer discounts if multiple years are purchased upfront or if an organization commits to a certain number of users or nodes that will be monitored by the XDR solution.

In addition to the annual costs associated with purchasing a platform, organizations should also factor in any set-up costs and any ongoing maintenance fees they may incur as part of their agreement with their chosen provider. Organizations should ensure that they thoroughly understand all associated costs prior to purchasing an XDR platform so they can better plan for budgeting and financial considerations.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms Risks

  • Uncontrolled Data Access: XDR platforms can provide access to data from a number of different sources, which means that unauthorized or malicious actors could gain access to sensitive information. This could result in data breaches or other cyber-attacks if the platform is not properly secured.
  • Increased Complexity: XDR platforms are complex systems and require extensive setup and configuration by IT staff. If not done correctly, they can be difficult to maintain and manage, which can lead to potential problems with security and reliability.
  • Costly Upkeep: Due to their complexity, XDR platforms tend to require significant amounts of time and money for maintenance, upkeep and upgrades. This can be a major cost for organizations that are already struggling with tight budgets.
  • Potential False Positives: XDR platforms rely heavily on complex algorithms for detection purposes. Unfortunately, this means there is always a chance of false positives being generated when trying to identify threats. This could end up wasting valuable resources as well as exposing sensitive information due to the misidentification of threats.
  • Performance Issues: The sheer amount of data processed by an XDR platform can cause performance issues if the system is not sufficiently powered or configured correctly via proper optimization techniques while managing risk tolerance thresholds appropriately by stakeholders.

Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms Integrations

Extended detection and response (XDR) platforms integrate with a variety of software applications to provide an added layer of security. These software types generally include endpoint protection solutions, such as antivirus programs; networking security tools, such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems; and even cloud-based applications like Office 365 or SaaS. Additionally, XDR platforms can be integrated with data loss prevention solutions for sensitive information monitoring as well as user identity management for authentication control. By linking all these components together into a unified platform, XDR helps organizations increase visibility into potential threats before they occur, detect existing issues efficiently, respond quickly and accurately to mitigate risk, and automate tooling across the enterprise.

Questions To Ask Related To Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Platforms

  1. How does the XDR platform integrate with existing security solutions?
  2. What type of data sources are supported and how regularly is this monitored?
  3. Does the platform offer threat intelligence that provides additional context to security alerts?
  4. Is there a dashboard or reporting capability to identify trends and vulnerabilities?
  5. What types of alerts will be generated by the XDR platform and what thresholds must be met before they are triggered?
  6. Are there rules, filters, or correlations available to customize detection conditions?
  7. What kind of response options do you provide when suspicious activity is detected (i.e., email notifications, quarantining, etc.)?
  8. Does the XDR provide solutions for automated remediation or compliance enforcement?
  9. How quickly can incidents be investigated once an alert has been triggered and what level of granularity is offered in terms of visibility into attack origin/destination information?
  10. Can you provide details on any collaborative features such as playbook automation, chat-ops integration, shared investigations etc.?