Cyber security and acronyms usually go hand in hand. The newest is XDR, also known as Advanced Detection and Response. If you’ve never heard of it, you will for sure, as it promises to help security organizations improve their ability to identify and respond to threats in increasingly complex, diverse, and growing IT environments.
Security vendors of all kinds – from endpoint protection to SIEM and beyond – make acquisitions and market XDR. In fact, according to 451 Research, there were 17 deals between March and August 2021 that were driven by vendors looking to expand their XDR capabilities.
Definitions for XDR can vary widely based on what a vendor is selling, and this confuses even the most seasoned security professionals. At its core, however, XDR is essentially an approach that combines multiple security tools used in threat detection and response to expand and improve data collection, correlation, contextualization and analysis to …
