We performed a comparison between Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks and Secureworks Taegis XDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Wazuh and others in Extended Detection and Response (XDR)."A crucial aspect for our team is the inclusion of identity and access management tools from the vendor."
"I like how Microsoft XDR and the other Microsoft products are integrated into a single unified security stack covering identity access management, endpoint protection, email, cloud applications, etc."
"It has great stability."
"From the perspective of Microsoft 365 XDR, the main benefit is a single, centralized dashboard offering the holistic visibility organizations crave."
"The incident threat response and its ability to facilitate effective remediation against threats are the standout features."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that Microsoft Defender XDR is easy to integrate with other Microsoft platforms or products."
"Microsoft XDR's system of analysis and investigation is super convenient for our customers. It integrates with other Microsoft solutions like Defender for 365 to protect email traffic from malicious external web links and phishing."
"The attack simulation is excellent; initially, this feature wasn't very robust, but Microsoft improved what we could achieve with it. We can now customize our practice phishing emails and include our company logo, for example. Attack simulation also helps integrate with third-party solutions where applicable and provides an overview of our security architecture through testing. The summary includes areas for improvement in our protection and what steps we need to take to get there."
"The interface is easy to use and it is more up to date than our previous solution."
"We can visualize and control the activities in the environment from anywhere."
"The stability of this product is very good."
"The initial setup isn't too bad."
"The multi-layered approach to the product gives you confidence that it will stop exploits, ransomware, worms, or viruses from compromising endpoints, essentially providing peace of mind."
"Palo Alto is constantly adding new features."
"It's very stable. I've never experienced downtime for the ASM console or ASM core."
"Cortex covers everything I need. It's a perfect solution. Cortex provides a different level of visibility because it's an extended EDR, allowing you to grab logs from the network and firewalls. Palo Alto invented the concept of the extended EDR or XDR."
"It's a complete solution package."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"While the XDR platform offers valuable functionalities, it falls short of other solutions in its ability to deliver a cohesive identity experience."
"There should be better information for experts on features in the solution. What I see when reading about features in Microsoft 365 Defender is that it is always general information. If Microsoft could go deeper into details for the experts about how to use the tools, usage of it would be more familiar and it would be easier to use."
"When we do investigations, it would be better if Microsoft could populate the host dashboard more. When we open any host for investigation, we want the entire timeline of what is happening on the host, including all the users logging in, their hardware, Windows version, etc."
"The support from Microsoft could improve. There are times I have to wait for a response from a qualified specialist."
"The licensing is a nightmare and has room for improvement."
"Because of the training model, Defender XDR's automatic response sometimes blocks legitimate users and activities. Also, the UI sometimes responds slowly."
"Advanced attacks could use an improvement."
"It would be highly beneficial if CoPilot could identify anomalies within the network and notify the IT team."
"I would like to see some additional features related to email protection included."
"I don't like that they have different types of licenses. For example, if users select a license, they think they will have all the platforms they need to improve their network or security. But after some time, Palo Alto Networks changed their licensing, and some of the features that, for example, were free at the beginning now have a cost. I think the integration can be improved. For example, a lot of tools are just integrated through APIs."
"The price could be a little lower."
"Dashboards do not allow everyone to see what's happening."
"Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR does not detect malicious activity like in other anti-virus solutions like Trend Micro and Windows with Cisco."
"The connection to the internet has not performed as expected."
"The licensing model is complex to understand. It requires expertise to explain how the licensing works. You need expertise to guide you through the subscription plan."
"There are some third-party solutions that are difficult to integrate with, which is something that can be improved."
"We found limitations in the XDR's detections, lacking the ability to create customized detection and log parsing rules."
"The pricing could be improved."
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Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is ranked 4th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 80 reviews while Secureworks Taegis XDR is ranked 28th in Extended Detection and Response (XDR) with 2 reviews. Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is rated 8.4, while Secureworks Taegis XDR is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks writes "Perfect correlation and XDR capabilities for network traffic plus endpoint security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Secureworks Taegis XDR writes " It's a complete solution package". Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is most compared with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike Falcon, Darktrace, Symantec Endpoint Security and Trellix Endpoint Security, whereas Secureworks Taegis XDR is most compared with Wazuh, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, IBM Security QRadar and LogRhythm UEBA.
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