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Introduction
Digitalisation and the spread of sophisticated cyber attacks are the reasons why companies have implemented many different security products.
However, many threats are undetected, because a fragmented collection of solutions is not enough to face today’s cybersecurity challenges.
Networking and cybersecurity products such as Firewall, Endpoint Security, Access Points and MFA, detect signs of possible threat, but they are unable to interpret it and respond appropriately. This happens because the various tools are isolated from each other and they don't have a global vision of everything that happens within the network.
A cyber attack that is not detected in time can lead to tragic consequences, including the theft of sensitive data, the block of the activity and economic losses and, in the most serious cases, the business failure.
XDR is an innovative technology that allows you to have a complete view of cyber threats and perform automated responses.
But now let's discover what an XDR solution is.
What is XDR?
XDR collects, correlates and analysestelemetry from variety of networking and security tools, including MFA solutions, Endpoint Security products, Firewalls and Access Points. This allows you to gain greater and integrated visibility of the threats and improve data security thanks to automatic responses.
Why is important to use XDR?
XDR was created as an alternative to tools that detect threats, but aren’t able to provide an automated response, or to tools that can respond only to specific threats.
For example, let's say that you have an XDR tool that receives Firewall and Endpoint telemetry. If the tool detects unusual activity or an unauthorized remote connection attempt on an Endpoint, it would be able to analyse the threat and correlate the information with the incoming data from the Firewall, then act directly on the Firewall to block the threat, autonomously.
With XDR technology, you get a global view and automated threats responses.
What are the benefits of XDR?
The main advantages of XDR are:
- Greater visibility: XDR extends real-time threat detection capability by correlating data from many security systems and providing a complete view of possible cyberattacks.
- Automated Response: XDR can mitigate and respond to cyber threats automatically, in real time.
- Prioritisation of incidents: Thanks to its analysis capabilities, XDR can discover which threats are the most dangerous.
- Reduce IT Team Workload: With automated detection and response capability, the pressure on IT security teams is significantly reduced.
How does XDR work?
Let's analyse the features of an XDR solution:
- Data collection: XDR collects data sent from systems such as Firewalls, Access Points and Endpoint Security.
- Data analysis and correlation: XDR automatically analyses collected data using machine learning to identify indicators of attack by correlating incidents.
- Automated response: XDR responds automatically to cyber threats.
What are the differences between XDR and EDR?
You can think about XDR as theevolution of the EDR. In fact, XDR extends detection and response capabilities of many security systems, not only of endpoint security- This provides greater protection from cyber attacks and complete visibility.
What XDR solution should you choose?
Distline’s advice is WatchGuard ThreatSync XDR, now freely available to owners of a WatchGuard Firewall with the Total Security Suite license.
ThreatSync XDR collects data through telemetry sent by WatchGuard solutions such as Firewalls, Access Points, Endpoint Security and MFA. Then analyses the data and, using Machine Learning, detects threat indicators and correlates them. ThreatSync XDR can respond in automatic way in all WatchGuard systems where XDR is active.
WatchGuard XDR has many advantages, including:
- Ease of use: no configuration and no technical expertise is required to use the solution.
- Complete security: Data correlation of many security systems is available for greater visibility and protection.
- Cost reduction: No additional license activation or configuration costs are required.
Conclusion
In a world where the number and the complexity of cyber threats continuously increasing, companies have to protect themselves using the best cybersecurity systems, to avoid catastrophic damages in the event of a successful cyber attack.
Distline’s advice is to rely on XDR, an essential tool to get a global and unified view of cyber threats.
Keep in mind that when it comes to detecting and responding to a cyber attack, time makes the difference:: the shorter is the time, the lower is the risk of becoming victim of a cybercriminal.
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