Extended Detection and Response is gaining traction by expanding its approach>
Enterprise Channel MEA – Marc Solomon
In some of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world, most industry analysts and other security experts are talking about the emergence of Extended Detection and Response, XDR, solutions. Gartner defines XDR as solutions that automatically collect and correlate data from multiple security products to improve threat detection and provide an incident response capability. We have the definition of XDR by Gartner above, but what does it really mean from a practical standpoint. Let me start with a simple and important statement: XDR = EDR + NDR. Unfortunately, this is how some have viewed the development of XDR, bridging the gap between endpoint, EDR, and network detection and response, NDR. However, XDR has a broader, more complicated reality which is XDR = EDR + NDR + CDR + the dozens of existing security tools. This reality forces the need for a best-of-breed strategy, at a minimum from a transition standpoint, but more likely for an ongoing basis. Whichever path to XDR is selected, integration with existing tools in the security infrastructure is essential for XDR solutions to merit and capitalise on all the attention. The reasons are obvious for a best-of-breed approach, but even single-source XDR requires integrations to deliver on the promise. There are two key types of integrations that are needed:

Integration with third-party data and intelligence feeds Integration with third party systems is important for multiple reasons To truly become a movement that more organisations can get behind, whatâs needed is a conduit between an XDR solution and the data sources and security tools it needs to interoperate with. A centralised platform that bridges these gaps can provide the integrations and intelligence for all teams and tools to use which helps with detection, understanding and response and unleashes the full potential for XDR.
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