Managed detection and response (MDR)

MDR is essentially a virtual SOC. If your company doesn’t have a SOC, or even if it does, having an MDR solution is useful. Now, you have a remote SOC that is monitors threats across the globe, as well as the EDR clients on your network. When an alert is sent, the remote SOC analyst reviews the alert and determines whether it is a false positive. Once it is determined that the threat is not a false positive, then the team will reach out to your company and either guide your own IT security team in how to address the issue or remediate the issue.

MDRs offer several advantages:

• They provide 24/7 coverage, which can be complex and costly to implement in-house
• They possess expertise that may not be available internally
• They must handle the high turnover rates of their cybersecurity analysts
• They can distribute the costs of expensive security tools across all their clients
• They can oversee your log retention needs
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