We are excited to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Q4, 2021,1 receiving one of the highest scores in the strategy category. Microsoft 365 Defender was rated as “differentiated” in seven criteria including detection, investigation, and response, and remediation.
Forrester notes that “there is a deep divide in the XDR market between those far along the path and those just starting to deliver on the vision of XDR,” and that of mature providers “combine the best elements of their portfolios, including industry-leading products, to simplify incident response and build targeted, high-efficacy detections.”
The XDR market category recognizes that while endpoint detection and response (EDR) is important, it is insufficient as the only method to protect against evolving threats in 2021. XDR extends EDR to include many additional known sources of telemetry including identities, applications, and cloud infrastructure and then uses AI to correlate and prioritize threats.
Microsoft’s XDR strategy
Microsoft’s strategy for XDR is to create the most comprehensive solution—collecting signals from multi-platform sources including Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and macOS, and multi-cloud deployments including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) coupled with built-in AI, automation, and prevention capabilities.
Microsoft’s approach with our XDR products Microsoft 365 Defender and Azure Defender is to simplify and empower the security operations team with a cloud-hosted, integrated experience that maximizes the time defenders spend thwarting attackers. We also provide the best data set while minimizing the time required on lower-impact activities such as integrating and ..
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