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WatchGuard

The Hidden Trade-off in Managed Detection and Response

Oct 19, 2026 By Kim Maibaum In WatchGuard
When MSPs evaluate MDR services, the conversation usually starts in the same place: Tell me about your SOC and how quickly you respond. Those are good to know, but they don't tell you one thing that determines whether the service works: how much of your clients' environments the provider can see and act on. A SOC that's available 24/7 but only watching half the environment isn't protecting your clients. It's giving your clients a false sense of security.
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acronis

Acronis expands MDR toward broader workspace protection

Oct 14, 2026 By Acronis Editorial Team In Acronis
Cyberattacks do not respect normal business hours: They can happen at night, on weekends and during holidays. Acronis MDR by Acronis TRU gives partners 24/7/365 expert monitoring, investigation and response without having to build their own security operations center (SOC). Acronis is expanding the MDR service with capabilities that make this expertise easier to deliver and help partners address more risks. The developments build on a broader commitment to managed security.
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LimaCharlie

How Soteria scaled its MDR practice on LimaCharlie

Sep 25, 2026 By Chris Luft In LimaCharlie
Soteria started as a consulting and advisory firm focused on penetration testing and incident response. Co-founder and managing principal Paul Ihme describes the company's growth from there as organic, expanding into virtual CISO work, offensive security, managed detection and response, and Microsoft 365 security products.
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acronis

Managed EDR pricing and MDR costs: what to expect in 2026

Sep 25, 2026 By Acronis In Acronis
A low endpoint rate means little if your technicians still cover nights, investigate alerts and coordinate recovery. For MSP owners, CFOs and IT directors, the useful comparison is not the headline rate but what the service covers and what work stays in-house. Every dollar figure below is a hypothetical U.S.-dollar assumption or calculation, not a published price or market benchmark.
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acronis

MDR vs XDR: which do you need in 2026?

Sep 24, 2026 By Acronis In Acronis
Quick definitionManaged detection and response (MDR) is a managed security service that provides human-led monitoring, investigation and agreed response actions through a remotely operated security operations center.Extended detection and response (XDR) is a technology platform that correlates security telemetry across multiple domains and provides investigation tools and automated response capabilities for security teams.
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Sophos MDR Onboarding: Case workflow

Sep 15, 2026 By Sophos In Sophos
Detections that generate a new MDR Case trigger the Sophos MDR Operations Team to investigate and respond to identified threats in your environment. This workflow is examined, along with the importance of adding your MDR authorized contacts, and choosing the appropriate Threat Response Mode. The detection triage process is covered in a linked video. Ask questions and get expert answers in the Sophos Community.
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Inside SECNAP: An Agentic MDR Platform Built on LimaCharlie

Aug 26, 2026 By LimaCharlie In LimaCharlie
Joshua Strickland from SECNAP shows how his team built a full agentic MDR platform on top of LimaCharlie. SECNAP layers its own customer portal and SOC workflows directly on LimaCharlie's API, giving AI agents the same access to telemetry and response actions as a human analyst. Joshua will walk you through the customer portal, the SOC dashboard, and a live attack simulation on a sandboxed machine, including how AI agents handle tier one and tier two triage with Sonnet and Opus, and how a human analyst reviews and approves response actions before anything ships.
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