{"id":35918,"date":"2020-07-06T19:52:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T19:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.trendmicro.com\/?p=544286"},"modified":"2020-07-06T19:52:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T19:52:05","slug":"beyond-the-endpoint-why-organizations-are-choosing-xdr-for-holistic-detection-and-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/beyond-the-endpoint-why-organizations-are-choosing-xdr-for-holistic-detection-and-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Endpoint: Why Organizations are Choosing XDR for Holistic Detection and Response"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The endpoint has long been a major focal point for attackers targeting enterprise IT environments. Yet increasingly, security bosses are being forced to protect data across the organization, whether it\u2019s in the cloud, on IoT devices, in email, or on-premises servers. Attackers may jump from one environment to the next in multi-stage attacks and even hide between the layers. So, it pays to have holistic visibility, in order to detect and respond more effectively.<\/p>\n

This is where XDR solutions offer a convincing alternative to EDR and point solutions. But unfortunately, not all providers are created equal. Trend Micro separates themselves from the pack by providing mature security capabilities across all layers, industry-leading threat intelligence, and an AI-powered analytical approach that produces fewer, higher fidelity alerts.<\/p>\n

Under pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that IT security teams today are under extreme pressure. They\u2019re faced with an enemy able to tap into a growing range of tools and techniques from the cybercrime underground. Ransomware, social engineering, fileless malware, vulnerability exploits, and drive-by-downloads, are just the tip of the iceberg. There are \u201cseveral hundred thousand new malicious programs or unwanted apps registered every day,\u201d according to a new Osterman Research report.<\/a> It argues that, while endpoint protection must be a \u201ckey component\u201d in corporate security strategy, \u201cIt can only be one strand\u201d \u2014complemented with protection in the cloud, on the network, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more. Best-of-breed approaches have saddled organizations with too many disparate tools over the years, creating extra cost, complexity, management headaches, and security gaps. This adds to the workload for overwhelmed security teams.<\/p>\n

According to Gartner<\/a>, \u201cTwo of the biggest challenges for all security organizations are hiring and retaining technically savvy security operations staff, and building a security operations capability that can confidently configure and maintain a defensive posture as well as provide a rapid detection and response capacity. Mainstream organizations are often overwhelmed by the intersectionality of these two problems.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

XDR appeals to organizations struggling with all of these challenges as well as those unable to gain value from, or who don\u2019t have the resources to invest in, SIEM or SOAR solutions. So what does it involve?<\/p>\n

What to look for<\/strong><\/p>\n

As reported by Gartner, all XDR solutions should fundamentally achieve the following:<\/p>\n