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Improving Enterprise Cybersecurity With XDREnterprises are looking at eXtended Detection and Response technologies to improve their abilities to detect, and respond to, threats. While endpoint detection and response is not new to enterprise security, organizations have to improve network visibility, expand data collection and expand threat hunting capabilites if they want their XDR deployments to succeed. This issue of Tech Insights also includes: a market overview for XDR from Omdia, questions to ask before deploying XDR, and an XDR primer.
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9/10/2018 | 6:02:37 PM
Some caveats worth mentioning: new buyers of security automation products may find themselves experiencing sticker shock or falling victim to a still-maturing product space. Many vendor products are prohibitively expensive to the organizations that might benefit most (i.e., the long tail) and too often lock-in users with proprietary workflow formats. That said, automation is worth exploring—and perhaps adopting—for many organizations. My organization has realized numerous benefits to date.
An additional note of caution: I see many organizations rushing to automate workflows without first running the numbers; and, while automation has many benefits, it is first and foremost a matter of economics. Deciding what could, should, and will be slated for automation is an issue of resource management and optimization, whether those resources are people hours, pay-by-use cloud services, or particular team members with in-demand skills and limited availability.
Finally, organizations new to automation need to recognize that deploying new automation workflows is, in many ways, similar to deploying a new "product"—in that the workflows may (in more ways than expected) require additional support resources and know-how for testing, monitoring, and maintenance.