CYBERSECURITY FIELD GUIDE #8.0

Introduction to
Managed XDR

Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) is the most advanced threat detection and response available. This guide explains how these offerings compare, how MXDR works and how it can improve security outcomes and reduce risk.

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Topics and Summaries

Threat actors are stealthy, persistent and adaptive. They keep upping the ante, and new variants of cyber warfare increase business risk.

DIY cyber defense isn’t practical or affordable for most businesses. Staffing is difficult. Technology products are expensive, and often they’re underutilized and unintegrated. Processes need constant attention. A security gap or vulnerability can lead to a breach.

Security leaders are looking for relief from tool overload, skills shortages, rising security costs, rising risk and security complexity.

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What are the business challenges driving MXDR…
…and how does MXDR solve them?
How does MXDR compare with MEDR?

Optiv MXDR is a cloud-based, scalable architecture designed to connect disparate tools, deliver real-time detection, support threat hunting and enable automated response. Key features include:

Technology independence
Ingestion of any data type and volume
Optiv platform, which is multitenant, multiregion and multicloud
Capabilities such as centralized logging, detection and response, compliance, fraud, AIOps and infrastructure monitoring to support many use cases
Actionable insights that allow decisive action (by you or by Optiv) to stop threats and mitigate risk

As you think about how to improve your organization’s threat detection and response and lower risk, ask the following questions:

How many security technologies do you have and are you fully using them?
How much effort is required to review the data that comes from your security/network technologies?
Which security signals, alerts or events could you be missing – and are the most concerned about – because you don’t have the right skills or tools?
How many alerts on average do you receive each day or week, and approximately what percentage of them is your team investigating?
If you use threat intelligence, how do you obtain it and use it?
Are you monitoring your business nights and weekends? If not, is this an acceptable risk?
How do you determine which threats are most relevant to your business and industry?
Who is involved in incident response and what is your process for handling incidents?
What would your security stakeholders say about your current solution in terms of value received for your financial investment?

Take a Look Inside

MXDR leverages your existing technology investments. It secures your environment using a simplified approach with full transparency. And it enables the right integrated, automated security tools, letting you know which threats matter most and which to mitigate first.

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September 28, 2021

Traditional threat monitoring has evolved into advanced detection and response services against a backdrop of digital transformation and skyrocketing corporate cyberattacks.

Vendors and service providers continue to innovate and deliver better protection solutions. As a result, managed security services (MSS) have been augmented with managed detection and response (MDR), network detection and response (NDR), endpoint detection and response (EDR), extended detection and response (XDR) and now managed XDR (MXDR).

This field guide overviews:

How these offerings compare
How MXDR works
How it can improve security outcomes and reduce risk

Download this guide to better understand MXDR and how it can bolster your cybersecurity program.

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