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Managed Detection and Response

Differentiated Managed Services with Cortex

As threats and attacks evolve, many organizations find that traditional methods and products are limited in their scope and effectiveness. Compounding the problem, the growing cybersecurity skills shortage means many companies don’t have a dedicated team that can view and respond to threats 24/7.

Preventing successful cyberattacks requires the right combination of products and expertise
For enterprises that are now choosing to outsource their security operations, managed service partners can deliver round-the-clock monitoring, analysis and coordinated response to secure your most critical assets with Cortex™ AI-based continuous security platform. Today, with Cortex XDR cloud-based detection and response, our partners can provide managed threat hunting, investigation and response across network, endpoint and cloud environments.
Benefits
Leverage various services around Cortex XDR, From advanced threat hunting to compliance, including: Managed prevention, Automated detection, Risk assessment, Simplified incident response
Meet rigorous enterprise SLAs Quickly adapt services to meet the world’s ever-changing cybersecurity challenges.
Lower operational costs Maximize resources by automating manual processes across Tier 1, 2 and 3 service levels.
Reduce response times Automate the investigation and analysis of security alerts as well as cut response times.

Customer Stories

Critical Start “Cloud-delivered services on the Cortex platform allow us to reduce the time to deploy and configure our offerings while streamlining operations to focus on securing customers’ critical assets. Today, Cortex XDR will give CRITICALSTART the ability to provide our customers monitoring, analysis and coordinated response across network, endpoint and cloud environments, for a comprehensive view of an attack.”

Randy Watkins, Chief Technology Officer, Critical Start
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Trustwave "As a Cortex managed services partner, we are pleased to be part of this launch that will no doubt have significant ramifications across the cybersecurity landscape. In our services today, Cortex XDR’s use of analytics and automation greatly magnifies the capabilities of our detection, hunting and response teams to quickly pinpoint anomalies, provide deeper investigations or if necessary, immediately eradicate the threat.”

Chris Schueler, Senior Vice President, Managed Security Services
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PwC "Our managed detection and response services combine best of breed technology with our market-leading Threat Intelligence and Incident Response skills to provide holistic cyber defense across the IT environment (including network, endpoint and cloud). As part of the Cortex managed service partner ecosystem, we can immediately deploy Cortex XDR with our overlay of 700+ behavioural rules and additional threat intel integration, managed by experienced threat hunters, to provide global coverage of threats. As a result, organisations can utilise the investment they have made in their SOC and security skills to respond to validated threats, rather than chasing false positives and battling alert fatigue."

Colin Slater, Cyber Security Lead Partner, PwC United Kingdom
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