AI-based risk analysis and human expert knowledge: Ontinue presents its Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) and explains which three typical problems companies can solve by working with a security partner.
Endpoint detection and response was yesterday. Today, companies show their attackers the MXDR rake and work closely with specialized service providers to do so. With their know-how, they implement an extended security concept that is based on the teamwork of everyone involved and the AI-based monitoring of all entry points.
A security concept for all gateways
The external experts thus extend the proven automated detection of and response to security threats from the endpoint to the entire infrastructure and also integrate servers, applications, identities and cloud services. In addition, MXDR service providers rely on prevention, AI analysis and real-time communication with the company, thus overcoming the following problems in defending against cyber attacks.
Too reactive: A unique feature of MXDR services is that they rely on prevention rather than just detection and response. MXDR specialists know what threats lurk for a company and where it is most vulnerable. Instead of just holding up the protective shield, such service providers know the organization's internal IT architecture, workloads and applications, how these are linked and where popular gateways lie.
Vulnerability management for analysis
Through targeted vulnerability management, experts also analyze past security incidents, identify unresolved risks and proactively avoid them. The combination of integrated vulnerability management and in-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure and processes is constantly increasing the maturity level of cyber security.
Too slow: Speed without AI support is impossible today. Using machine learning to monitor and predict threats is nothing new. But MXDR services take the use of AI for IT security to the next evolutionary level. In addition to detecting attacks, AI is also effective in investigating threats, communicating between all actors, initiating reactions and accelerating processes.
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More time through increased AI work
AI-controlled automation gives employees in the company, but also at the MXDR service provider, more time to concentrate on more complex activities. Real-time communication also turns the defense of IT security into a real team sport. The extended security concept does not leave the company alone with a dashboard in an emergency, but ensures that the service provider's Security Operation Center (SOC) and the company's security team communicate directly via text, audio or video communication in order to avert the danger at lightning speed .
Too inefficient: More doesn't automatically mean better. The opposite is true for applications for IT security, because a lack of interoperability and integration between different solutions leads to gaps in a company's security network. Organizations can address this inefficiency by consolidating vendors to create a heterogeneous security stack.
MXDR combines AI and expert knowledge
This step not only guarantees specialization in the security ecosystem of choice, but also reduces costs because licenses for maintaining many different products are eliminated. After successful consolidation, it is easier for the external security experts to gain a holistic view and knowledge of the IT infrastructure and to detect and remediate threats through AI automation without disrupting business processes.
“For those responsible for internal security, efficient protection against cyberattacks is very confusing and complex when a whole arsenal of different security solutions constantly send security warnings,” explains Jochen Koehler, VP EMEA Sales at Ontinue. “An MXDR provider helps them get a unified view of the infrastructure so they can not only respond very quickly to threats, but also proactively prevent them.”
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About Ontinue
Ontinue, the Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) expert, is a XNUMX/XNUMX security partner headquartered in Zurich. In order to continuously protect its customers' IT environments, assess their security status and continuously improve them, combined Ontinue AI-driven automation and human expertise with the Microsoft security product portfolio.