XDR’s capabilities above and beyond EDR give it several tangible benefits for securing an organization’s IT environment. These benefits include the following.
- Greater Visibility and Context
- XDR provides a full, 360-degree view of the security environment. It allows security analysts to see threats—even those that leverages legitimate software, ports and protocols to gain entry—on any security layer. It collects the how of an attack, the blueprint, the entry point, who else is affected, where the threat originated, and how it spread. This additional context, as well as the analytics required to make sense of it, is crucial to a speedy response to threats.
- Prioritization
- IT and security teams often struggle to keep up with endless alerts generated by their security services. XDR’s data analysis and correlation capabilities allow it to group related alerts, prioritize them, and surface only the most important ones.
- Automation
- XDR’s use of automation speeds up detection and response and removes manual steps from security processes. This allows IT teams to handle a large volume of security data and carry out complex processes in a repeatable way.
- Operational Efficiency
- Instead of a fragmented collection of security tools, XDR provides a holistic view of threats throughout the entire managed fleet. It offers centralized data collection and response that is tightly integrated into the environment and broader security ecosystem.
- Faster Detection and Response
- These advantages add up to an effective security posture. XDR’s added efficiency allows it to detect and respond to threats faster.
- Sophisticated Responses
- XDR’s sophisticated capabilities and greater visibility allow it to tailor the response to the specific system and leverage other control points to minimize the overall impact.
