Item: Cisco XDR
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco XDR

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco XDR as a central tool in our security platform for centralizing security monitoring and alerting. We have integrated it with about 15 different applications via the native integrations. For about the last 6 months it has been our primary tool for evaluating the impact of security incidents including ones we wouldn't have previously discovered.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Automatic incident summarization
Integration with popular third party applications
Native support for most Cisco tools

Cons

Better integration with Palo Alto firewalls

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR and Stellar Cyber

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.

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco XDR delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco XDR's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco XDR live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco XDR go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco XDR again?

Yes

Other Software Used

CrowdStrike Falcon, Check Point Harmony Email & Office

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for environments that have a large mix of Cisco products and popular software packages. As a SaaS application it doesn't require much for a local footprint but at the same time won't work in an environment that requires your security tools to store data or run locally.

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