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In this article, we’re going to go over everything you need to know about Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and how you can implement it into your business with ease. With this, you can take charge of your business’s security posture, and make it so your security strategy is infallible.
What Is Managed Detection and Response (MDR)?
Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is a security service that takes your ability to react and respond to threats to the next level, making your business more secure all around. It takes aspects of security and combines them with a third-party managed service, meaning that their expert team can take care of every aspect of security.
Of course, this takes a lot of stress off of your back, as it ensures that the people handling your security are highly trained and knowledgeable, while also costing far less than hiring someone in-house to tackle security problems. With the current skills shortage, a managed service provider (or MSP) will often have the best people from around the country to be able to deal with your business’s security.
Why Traditional Security Tools Alone Aren’t Enough
Traditional security tools aren’t enough in the modern world, as they’re generally reactive rather than proactive, whereas proactivity is vital to tackling modern security threats. Generally speaking, attacks and breaches nowadays are more complex and difficult to react to, and so human analysis is vital to spotting the signs and being proactive.
An MSP will be able to work around the clock to be able to look out for these signs, making it simpler than ever to ensure your business’s safety even outside of business hours. That way, you can rest assured that your business is in safe hands even when nobody’s in your office, with the ability to deal with threats of the most dangerous kind with a powerful response.
The Core Features of MDR
24/7 Threat Monitoring
Due to being managed by a provider that can have 24/7 uptime, MDR provides 24/7 threat monitoring even outside of your business hours. With this, you never have to worry about security, as it’ll always be in safe hands and watched over by experts.
Rapid Response and Containment
An MSP will instantly respond to and contain a threat as soon as it arrives, in real-time rather than in hindsight. With this, they’ll validate the threat and its scope, as well as anything else that might be important, and then work on containment and recovery.
With this, you can expect a swift response and minimal damage, whereas traditional security measures might act too late. On top of this, you have the power of both automated scripts, and humans checking over them to ensure everything is correct.
Expert Analysis and Threat Intelligence
An MSP has tons of experts working around the clock to protect your business, which means that they’ll be able to use their knowledge to help analyse threats and work out the best plan of action to deal with them.
Moreover, an expert will be up to date with the latest information about attackers, meaning that they’ll be more likely to be able to know what current threats are looking like, to keep an eye out for patterns and techniques ahead of the curve.
Endpoint, Network, and Cloud Visibility
An MDR provider will be able to monitor and analyse activity across your whole IT environment, including endpoints, your network, and the cloud. This is great, as attackers don’t just target one aspect of your business, each environment needs to be protected equally.
The Business Benefits of MDR
Reduced Dwell Time and Faster Recovery
“Dwell time” is the amount of time that a threat actor remains undetected in your environment, and essentially means they can do more damage in that time. Reducing that time by ensuring that threats are detected and responded to immediately means you’ll have less damage to your systems overall.
Moreover, MDR enables swift recovery, meaning that you can quickly bounce back from an attack and stop downtime all-over.
Enhanced Security Without In-House Burden
To put it simply, security is expensive. The expertise needed and the current skills shortage in the IT sector means that a cybersecurity expert will cost a ton of resources in-house, whereas an MSP will provide you with the same service (if not better) for a fraction of the cost.
It becomes even more difficult if you want 24/7 threat detection, as you’d have to spend on a whole team of personnel to keep watch, which is nowhere near as efficient as MDR.
Improved Compliance and Risk Posture
Regulatory compliance is vital to consider in the modern world. With so many regulations, failing to meet them can cause a lot of issues in the long run, even if you manage to dodge actual attacks. Some companies get away with it, but most face financial consequences and even sometimes litigation.
All aspects of MDR work in the favour of compliance, as key aspects like 24/7 monitoring and audit-ready reporting are a given with MDR, making compliance far easier to manage.
How We Can Help
MDR is a vital part of ensuring your business not only stays secure but also compliant, allowing you to do so at a low cost. With an MSP, you can take advantage of the benefits of working with an expert, without having to invest thousands into hiring and upholding an in-house security team.
If you’re looking to get started with MDR, reach out to us today. We’re here to help you, and will provide you with your own MDR solution, fully tailored to your business.
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