{"id":3107,"date":"2020-08-14T13:49:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T17:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/?p=3107"},"modified":"2020-08-14T13:49:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T17:49:48","slug":"what-is-extended-detection-and-response-xdr-with-empow-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/what-is-extended-detection-and-response-xdr-with-empow-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Extended Detection and Response (XDR)? (With empow Experts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2994\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2020\/04\/ransomware-4-mod.jpg\" alt=\"What is Extended Detection and Response (XDR)? (With empow Experts)\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2020\/04\/ransomware-4-mod.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2020\/04\/ransomware-4-mod-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2020\/04\/ransomware-4-mod-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2020\/04\/ransomware-4-mod-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2020\/04\/ransomware-4-mod-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/files\/2020\/04\/ransomware-4-mod-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extended Detection and Response (XDR) appears as one of the most prominent new branches of modern <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/siem-buyers-guide-security-information-and-event-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cybersecurity<\/a>. Certainly it continues to grow in both prominence and attention by technology experts. But what is XDR? Why does it matter to enterprise InfoSec policies and execution?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">XDR refers to a unified security incident and response platform that automatically collects and correlates data from proprietary security components. In other words, you can think of it as a platform that aggregates the security events collected by SIEM, EDR, and identity management tools; it puts them under a single pane of glass, offering a holistic cybersecurity perspective over the entire network.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Further, XDR can cross environments for its correlation capabilities, and thus it also provides normalization for consistent and reliable analysis. Therefore, XDR enriches data sources and consolidates the information for greater analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ultimate goal of XDR platforms is to speed up investigation processes and incident response times. To learn more, we spoke to Avi Chesla, Founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/empow.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">empow<\/a>, and David Valovcin, President of empow. They provided a clearer view of XDR technologies and what enterprises should look for in their solutions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=6m9Z7SVq*Tw&amp;offerid=507388.1627&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=6m9Z7SVq*Tw&amp;bids=507388.1627&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&amp;gridnum=16\" alt=\"Generic Category (English)728x90\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>What is XDR? Key Requirements<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the key requirements of XDR solutions, one of the most important is the centralization of normalized data. Under normal circumstances, security event data is siloed by the individual solution. If it generates an alert, that singular alert is enough to trigger an investigation ticket.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, a single alert from a single solution often isn\u2019t enough to merit a full investigation; this perspective contributes to the overwhelming noise in security operations centers, which can drown out actual threats and increase burnout. XDR bridges the silos under a single pane of glass, creating alerts that stem from multiple platforms and thus have more credence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Mr. Valovcin, \u201cXDR pulls together proprietary sensors. Some might be good on endpoint, others on the network. But because they are siloed, you see them as individuals not as part of a broader event.\u201d He compares it to looking for a disease: you can look at the symptoms individually, but only by looking at all of them can you get a clear picture of what is wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr Chesla adds: \u201cThe main idea is to find advanced attacks hidden in silos.\u201d He goes on to describe the importance of XDR\u2019s centralized incident response capabilities. These can change the state of individual security products or policy setting as part of an incident response. As he says, XDR answers \u201cwho are all the entities involved as part of this attack? What is the relationship between them? What are their roles? Do they carry sensitive information? So it provides an element of contextualization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finally XDR comes with automatic correlation. With so many data sources on the network all at once, it is impossible for any human to keep track of it all. Automation matters now more than ever in cybersecurity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>How to Learn More<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/empow.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">empow<\/a> and its latest i-XDR platform here. You can learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/security-information-event-management\/siem-buyers-guide-security-information-and-event-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIEM in the Solutions Review SIEM Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extended Detection and Response (XDR) appears as one of the most prominent new branches of modern cybersecurity. Certainly it continues to grow in both prominence and attention by technology experts. But what is XDR? 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