Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

As the present-day cybersecurity landscape is, cyber attacks have become more sophisticated and multi-layered in nature. Organizations are put in a greater quandary to secure their environments while juggling a range of security tools—everything from firewalls and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to SIEM and SOAR platforms.

Various studies reveal a startling fact: endpoint devices are the source of 90% of successful cyber-attacks and 70% of data breaches1. These numbers emphasize why modern cybersecurity strategies must carefully weigh the choice between XDR vs EDR. Endpoint detection and response (EDR) has served as the life-blood of security frameworks.

The cybersecurity landscape has dramatically shifted with the rise of cloud computing. While Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) have proven valuable in protecting traditional endpoints, the cloud introduces a new set of challenges. This post examines why these solutions, rooted in endpoint-centric approaches, may fall short in the cloud, highlighting the need for a new generation of cloud protection strategies designed for SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS environments.

Ever feel like some tools are designed by people who’ve never had to use them? Like those public restroom hand dryers that leave your hands wetter than before, or CAPTCHAs that make you question if you even know what a bicycle looks like—it’s like a bad joke at our expense. In the 2022 Devo SOC Performance Report, questions were raised about the biggest challenges faced by security operations center (SOC) teams.

Organizations are under constant pressure to ensure that their security defenses adapt effectively to evolving threat actor methodologies. Extended detection and response (XDR) has the potential to significantly advance these efforts thanks to its ability to accelerate and streamline investigation, threat hunting and response. However, successfully adopting XDR to achieve comprehensive visibility demands some important considerations.

WatchGuard Senior Product Marketing Manager Stephen Helm discusses how XDR can harness AI across your entire IT environment – correlating data from networks, Cloud services, VPN logs, and more into a single, AI-driven security framework. Cyber threats are evolving fast, and your clients rely on you to stay ahead.

Cyber adversaries operate with one goal in mind—stealth. The longer they go undetected in an environment, the more damage they can cause. Dwell time is the total amount of time that a threat remains unnoticed in a system, from initial compromise to discovery. According to the most recent threat reports, the average dwell time for undetected breaches has reduced but remains at 10-15 days, providing attackers enough time to exfiltrate data, launch ransomware, or establish persistent access.