We performed a comparison between Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR and Sophos MDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The biggest aspect for us is that they are able to conform to our environment and utilize our tools. That way, we still maintain ownership of all the data and access to the applications, and we never lose control of the ability to run the solution ourselves if we need to."
"The customization has been the most valuable aspect and was really the reason we ended up selecting Binary Defense. They worked with us to provide exactly the level of support, features, response, and collaboration we needed."
"Binary Defense has a human service department that provides live monitoring for our systems."
"Binary Defense's most valuable feature is the 24/7 monitoring and threat hunting. Their team checks the latest breaches and how they're done."
"The best part about Binary Defense MDR is that it runs on everything, and they keep an eye on things 24/7."
"One of the main benefits of Binary Defense MDR is the ability to easily meet with their support team to discuss any issues we encounter."
"With Binary Defense, we don't just get an alert, but also a detailed rundown of why they're alerting us on it. They tell us what was executed, or the username, script, or IP. That way, we're not wasting time investigating."
"The speed at which their services are reactive is valuable. Nowadays, when a threat hits an endpoint, you've got minutes, not hours or days. Their average response time is about four minutes on an alert. For anything that needs to be sent to us, it's about fourteen minutes, which is pretty good. They're the third SOC that I've used in fifteen years. By far, they are the quickest ones to act. When you're looking at prevention, that's a key factor."
"This solution gathers the information logs from all devices and correlates all the information. It notifies us of any critical events taking place across our networks which has been valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the fast alerting and response time."
"The pricing is flexible."
"The most valuable feature is the support. The support chat. It's always connecting to people. And you open the chat, and it's not about that automated response. It's actually a human being that responds to you."
"The initial setup was very straight forward."
"There are some patent pending detectors within the platform that provides a lot of value."
"The most valuable features are IDS and IPS."
"We don't have a full SOC, so it's helpful to have them sifting through our alerts and only bringing actionable items to us."
"There is a feature called XDR Central. With this, Sophos can connect to third-party security solutions."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to view environmental activities."
"The most valuable feature of the Sophos Managed Threat Response is the central management capabilities and monitoring."
"The product’s most valuable features are integration and endpoint protection."
"The authentication it offers minimizes the risk of access."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the ability to interact with the firewall and workstations seamlessly to shut down the threats. Additionally, you are able to control the workstations remotely."
"There are lots of benefits because it includes real-time network threat detection (RNT), IP spoofing prevention, and a 24/7 support system. There is also protection against ransomware attacks."
"We found a couple of bugs in the user interface."
"If I were shopping for an MDR solution today, I would not only look for a company that has the ability to alert, detect, and remediate, but also the ability to integrate vulnerability management. That's a big thing that they're lacking today."
"The most significant area for improvement is in support for non-English speakers; we're a global organization, so many of our users are not English speakers, which can make interacting with them a challenge. There's no Chinese language support, so we must rely on what we can do with the internet. We don't expect Binary Defense to build a language staff, but details can get lost in translation when we assume the whole world speaks English."
"I don't find any downside to them, but if I have to put one, it would be consistent manpower or staffing. The only area where the solution can be improved is going to be with people. As they grow, they are struggling with the same thing that every other company is, which is getting talent and getting that talent to stay, but they've just revised their tiering system to go from a flat analyst and manager to a three-tier solution where it goes through two or three before it gets elevated. That seems to have worked out well, so if one level misses it, the next one picks it up, and it works out fine."
"The current reporting system could benefit from improvement."
"I would like to see more frequent check-ins with our security status."
"We should be able to isolate devices faster. They should shorten the time between clicking on a device to contain it and carrying out the action. That would be a welcome improvement."
"It's sometimes difficult to know when to engage Binary Defense or TrustedSec, their sister company. TrustedSec is more focused on offensive security, as opposed to the defensive security that the MDR solution provides. It would be awesome if there were a better bridge between that relationship for when we need to get more proactive services or when we need to do a penetration test."
"The deployment could definitely be improved."
"It would be nice if the solution were a little more affordable."
"In terms of ROI, I'd be surprised if there is any investment return on the SIM."
"The integration with the Carbon Black sensor could be better. ManagedXDR doesn't seem to know how to extract the forensic data from an endpoint that was quarantined by Carbon Black."
"Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR's query language and stability need improvement."
"Dell Secureworks is for higher-end customers and it's not quite as straightforward to implement or to get up and running as some of the other solutions."
"We did a PoC of their next-gen antivirus product, but it wasn't ready yet. It was underdeveloped and caused a lot of issues. We'd like to move away from Carbon Black, but they said that it's probably still not to a point where we'd be happy with it. Carbon Black and RedCloak seem to work fine for us."
"Dell Secureworks could improve its integration with other third-party solutions."
"Sophos MDR lacks integration with MDM solutions."
"Its technical support could be better."
"Sophos MDR's support and basic training of their devices could be improved."
"Sophos MDR’s pricing is the biggest factor that needs improvement per customers and technical professionals."
"One of the limitations that we have found is with communications and the languages in different countries."
"It could be more secure."
"Endpoint protection is very slow."
"The product's stability needs improvement."
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Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is ranked 8th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 13 reviews while Sophos MDR is ranked 5th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 22 reviews. Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is rated 7.8, while Sophos MDR is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR writes "Offers proactive threat hunting and actively examines our environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos MDR writes "Proactive protection, scalability, and cloud-based efficiency". Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, SentinelOne Vigilance, Rapid7 MDR, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, whereas Sophos MDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, SentinelOne Vigilance, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Trend Micro Managed XDR and Intercept X Endpoint. See our Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR vs. Sophos MDR report.
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