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Extended detection and response (XDR) delivers security incident detection and automated response capabilities for security infrastructure. XDR integrates threat intelligence and telemetry data from multiple sources with security analytics to provide contextualization and correlation of security alerts. XDR must include native sensors, and can be delivered on-premises or as a SaaS offering. Typically, it is deployed by organizations with smaller security teams. (Retired as of Aug-04-2026).

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Extended Detection and Response (Retired)

Extended Detection and Response

Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft

Cyber Security Specialist

No-brainer solution if you already have other Microsoft-based security solutions, but expect limited on-platform detection & response capabilites with other third-party vendors

<50M USD

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Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees

30B + USD

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10B - 30B USD

IT Consultant

We currently utilize Microsoft Defender Administrator console for mail & web reputation services, policies and filtering.

Security Specialist

One of the best SaaS XDR solutions on the market. We are using it for past fe w years and results are astonishing. We can hunt for threats using advanced hunting queries using Kusto Query Language. We are getting real time alerts from Endpoints, Identities, office and cloud apps. Overall its good for large and small orgs

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Favorable Review

Advanced Threat Detection With KQL Enhances Real-Time Alerts Across Multiple Platforms

Critical Review

MS Defender is a good product on it's own with some scalability available.

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