Cisco XDR vs. Microsoft Defender XDR

I enjoy how well it integrates Cisco systems to provide a single pane of glass for security events that are easily digestible to the SOC. However there is room for improvement to integrate more seamlessly with non Cisco products. XDR is great to identify where malicious processes are in the MITR kill chain and is useful for threat analysis.

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Microsoft Defender XDR is well suited for organizations already invested in the Microsoft Ecosystem - including Microsoft 365, Azure Ad and INTune. For example, in scenarios where you need to correlament the fishing attacks with the closing point behavior and identity agreement, Microsoft Defender XDR does a big task of sewing the timeline of a full attack simultaneously and even automatically removing.
This hybrid function is also ideal for the environment, where safety visibility in distance tools, cloud apps and email is important. Microsoft Defender XDR provides centralized insight and response in all these domains without the requirement of many devices.
However, it is less suitable in the atmosphere with diverse or non-microsoft infrastructure, such as an organization running a mixture of Linux server, Google work area or third-party EDR tools. Cross-platform support is still developing, and integration of the microsoft ecosystem often requires additional configurations or third-party connectors. For companies of that situation, Microsoft Defender XDR cannot give its full value from the XDR box.

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• Providing visibility for threat risks
• Detecting holes in the network that have vulnerabilites
• Flagging ddos events and kicking off an incident response

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• The software uses advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to monitor activities and detect any anomalies immediately, protecting our financial data.
• Automated responses to known threats reduce the impact of possible incidents and improve our security posture.
• Microsoft 365 Defender easily combines with other Microsoft 365 services and external security solutions, providing a complete and unified security solution.

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• XDR can improve with more integrations
• XDR can be improved with more programmability for the end user
• XDR can be improved with more options to mitigate events

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• Enhanced False Positive Mitigation:
• Improved algorithms to minimize false positives in threat detection, reducing the impact on security teams and preventing unnecessary investigations into non-threatening incidents.
• Advanced User-Friendly Interface:
• Streamlined and intuitive user interface for the centralized dashboard, making it more accessible for security professionals with varying levels of expertise.
• Greater Third-Party Integration:
• Increased compatibility and integration capabilities with a broader range of third-party security tools

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We are likely to renew our used of Microsoft defender XDR due to its comprehensive security features, integration capabilities, and the proactive approach to threat detection and response it enables. It’s often seen as a valuable asset in maintaining robust cybersecurity defenses. The automated responses aids the IT team in our business to respond to threats as soon as they appear.

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The product is easy to deploy and very customisable.

Available if a simple UI and seamless software implementation process.

Microsoft Defender XDR integrates well with various security systems.

Software compatibility and scalability.

Ability of the software in efficiently analysing and detecting threats in both the system and Website.

Their support throughout our onboarding of the product was fabulous. They not only took the time to carefully explain to teams not as well equipped with the lingo but explained to the tech team how to teach the other teams to be successful. They never once seemed impatient or annoyed with basic questions and didn’t pretend to know something when they needed to research an answer

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Good and hard to find someonme who can explain everything for you beside Microsoft they provide you everything you need.

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Microsoft Provides a good training for the Microsoft 365 Defender and has a good learning paths to learn and take the exams and get your Certifications.

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seemless and almost transparent. can be deployed by script if needed so every endpoint on our system get's it. if you have intune it gets dumped on the the endpoint by policy so nothing escapes it

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While both products were both easy to use and would have fit our environment, we are a very heavy Cisco shop and Cisco Cisco XDR fit better with the rest of our software portfolio. Stellar Cyber has some additional functionality in addition to Cisco XDR but the cost difference didn't work with our budget.

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Our product in that area, for instance as a security platform and for us it is for the moment really bad point. We started to move in that direction that there is that disconnect from the client management. So if there is some action that needs to be executed detected by security team, there is not an easy way to make that available to the team that is responsible for managing the identities as users, as the devices

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• It has reduced the number of tools we have had to budget for.
• We were able to replace a third part MDR service with Cisco XDR

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• Security incident cannot be measured, once you down you down, hence the security applications like this is just a must have
• The subscription model will be cheaper and can be a good point if you want to free resources within the IT Team
• The SaaS model, if measured correctly can and will reduce long term cost in Infrastructure and Man Power

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