Managed Detection & Response (MDR)

Managed Detection & Response

What is Managed Detection & Response?

Managed Detection and Response can be described as an alternative to an in-house SOC in that the threat hunting, monitoring, and incident response is provided as a service in addition to the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). A successful MDR implementation will result in a 24/7 network monitoring and incident investigation and response as well as protection across endpoints, network, and cloud workloads. The granular visibility and protection gained from the deployment of MDR within an organization’s environment is one of its many benefits. The effectiveness of an in-house security team as well as a SOC deployment can be made possible by an MDR implementation.

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
  • Proactive Threat Hunting
  • Use of ML
  • Automated Threat Hunting

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9.5 /10
CX Score
9.6 /10

Built from the ground-up to detect and respond to abnormal behaviour on endpoints, cloud services, and networks, Field Effect MDR (formerly Field Effect Covalence) is a holistic cyber security solution that delivers visibility into the threats and risks facing your business—giving you the advantages of automated cyber security, backed by human intelligence. No matter the size of your team or where they work, Field Effect MDR extends across your entire IT infrastructure. It pinpoints the cyber threats and vulnerabilities targeting your business and delivers the information you need to respond—all from one user-friendly platform.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
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Composite Score
8.4 /10
CX Score
8.7 /10

ReliaQuest GreyMatter 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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  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
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Composite Score
8.4 /10
CX Score
8.4 /10

Detect, prevent and respond to attacks with next-generation endpoint protection delivered via the Falcon Platform.

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  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
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Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.7 /10

Cybersecurity attacks are on the rise. Alert Logic MDR® gives organizations the tools and expertise to detect, respond to, and eliminate security issues in their systems and networks.

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  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
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eSentire

eSentire

Composite Score
8.3 /10
CX Score
8.6 /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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  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
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Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

Red Canary was founded to make security better. We defend hundreds of organizations around the world, with customers ranging from global Fortune 100s to 100-endpoint organizations. Our cloud-based MDR levels the playing field for businesses of all sizes by empowering your modern security operations center. to win against rapidly evolving adversaries.

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  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service

Sophos Managed Threat Response (MTR) provides 24/7 threat hunting, detection, and response capabilities delivered by an expert team as a fully-managed service. Built on our Intercept X Advanced with EDR technology, Sophos MTR fuses machine learning technology and expert analysis for improved threat hunting and detection, deeper investigation of alerts, and targeted actions to eliminate threats with speed and precision.

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  • Trustworthy
  • Effective Service
  • Helps Innovate
  • Respectful
Netsurion

Netsurion

Composite Score
7.4 /10
CX Score
7.6 /10

Netsurion Managed XDR delivers both the technology and expertise you need to succeed. Our Open XDR platform unifies your existing security telemetry to deliver wider attack surface coverage and deeper threat analytics resulting in greater security visibility. Our SOC does the heavy lifting for you of proactive threat hunting, event correlation and analysis, and provides you with guided remediation. The result is a force multiplier that allows your IT team to be confident and in control again while also maximizing all of your cybersecurity investments.

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  • Respectful
  • Trustworthy
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Fair
Composite Score
7.4 /10
CX Score
7.3 /10

A cybersecurity operations platform designed to take on the evolving demands of IT teams and service providers.

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Pros

  • Respectful
  • Enables Productivity
  • Saves Time
  • Security Protects

Cons

  • Under Delivered

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Critical Start Inc

Critical Start MDR

Composite Score
8.5 /10
CX Score
8.5 /10

CRITICALSTART is a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service. The Behavior Registry reviews every alert to determine if it was generated by known-good behavior versus unknown behaviors that need to be investigated by our analysts. This allows us to resolve every alert and stop accepting risk - leveraging our transparent platform and native iOS and Android mobile apps.

Pros

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