Microsoft Defender XDR is a comprehensive security solution designed to protect against threats in the Microsoft 365 environment.
It offers robust security measures, comprehensive threat detection capabilities, and an efficient incident response system. With seamless integration with other Microsoft products and a user-friendly interface, it simplifies security management tasks.
Users have found it effective in detecting and preventing various types of attacks, such as phishing attempts, malware infections, and data breaches.
Watch the Microsoft demo video here: Microsoft Defender XDR demo video.
Crystal Eye XDR
Extend, Detection and Response
Crystal Eye XDR (Extended Detection & Response) protects, detects and responds to threats across your whole organisation, all from a single unified platform. It secures your organisation from the cloud to the endpoint with a range of integrated security controls.
Problems
- Security incidents are becoming more complex while compliance obligations are becoming harder to meet.
- Organisations are struggling with too many products from different vendors which aren’t integrated together.
- Companies need to be able to quickly identify real threats from all the noise and then initiate rapid response procedures to minimise business impact.
Solution
- XDR solves these problems by avoiding the complexity of configuring and monitoring separate security systems.
- XDR offers a single unified platform that delivers security protection, threat detection and incident response across your whole organisation.
Benefits
- Reduce the risk of a security incident.
- Reduce time to detect and respond to an event.
- Reduce the cost of securing your business.
XDR – Extended Detection & Response
- XDR involves the collection and correlation of event data from endpoint, network and cloud sensors to identify real threats anywhere in your environment and automatically trigger a coordinated response to secure your business.
- The first fully-integrated detection and response platform is ready to go out-of-the-box, so it delivers a consistent level of security without the complexity of integrating products from multiple vendors.
- Our network-based and cloud-based sensors (Crystal Eye XDR) deliver Network Detection & Response (NDR), in combination with our host-based sensors (XDR Endpoints) deliver End-Point Detection & Response (EDR) which all work together to deliver Extended Detection & Response (XDR).
- Crystal Eye Orchestrate is our centralised management console which takes care of the service delivery and also acts as a data lake to collect all the data for correlation and response coordination. This is a significantly simpler process due to the standard data format and shared data storage used across the Crystal Eye products, which avoids the laborious task of normalising and correlating data from different technologies.
More than SIEM
- XDR avoids the complex integration required with Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) and breaks down the silos between different systems by having a single data store for all events.
- Where SIEM focuses on pulling the data together into events, XDR has the added benefit of pro-active and automated rapid response to stop threats in their tracks before real damage occurs. XDR goes a step further to provide advanced threat detection with research analysis labs to support defensive efforts.
Integrated SOAR
- Our XDR solution has integrated Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR) processes which allow you to automate responses to low-risk threats and coordinate responses to high-risk threats with the relevant resources.
- These capabilities are typically not accessible for most organisations, but our integrated SOAR approach provides a comprehensive, cost-effective response solution available to businesses of any size. Our automated incident response process gets executed immediately when a breach occurs and is significantly cheaper than alternative options.
Sophos UTM is a unified threat management platform designed to protect your businesses from known and emerging malware including viruses, rootkits and spyware. The solution provides a complete network security package with everything your organization needs in a single modular appliance.
Sophos UTM Features
Sophos UTM has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:
- Web and Email Filtering
- General Management
- Network Protection
- Network Routing and Services
- Advanced Threat Protection
- Authentication
- Email Encryption and DLP
- Web Policy
- End-User Portal
- VPN IPsec Client, VPN SSL Client, and Clientless VPN
- Web Application Firewall Protection
- UTM Endpoint Protection and Management
- SEC Endpoint Integration
- Logging and Reporting
Sophos UTM Benefits
There are many benefits to implementing Sophos UTM. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:
- Simplifies your IT security without the complexity of multiple point solutions
- Intuitive interface to help you quickly create policies to control security risks
- Provides clear, detailed reports to give you the insight you need to improve your network performance and protection
- Complete control to block, allow, shape and prioritize applications
- Two-factor authentication with one-time password (OTP)
- Integrated wireless controller
- Allows you to connect remote offices with easy VPN and Wi-Fi
Reviews from Real Users
Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the Sophos UTM solution.
PeerSpot user Dana B., Network Administrator at a manufacturing company, says “The web and email filtering are the two biggest and most valuable aspects of the solution for us. The solution overall has just been a good, cost-effective solution for us. The solution offers a lot of functionality. The solution scales well. We've found the technical support to be helpful. The stability and performance are quite good.”
A Technical Director at a security firm mentions, "Sophos SG UTM had all the basic functionality that you needed. It is user-friendly and easy to manage for any integrator."
Marek M., Senior Network Engineer at a computer software company, comments, “Sophos UTM is the simplest of these products to set up. If you follow the instructions using the wizard, which is just a few steps, then you will have a firewall to protect you and your customer.”
A Software Sales Manager at a tech services company explains, “The overall visibility of the console is what I find most valuable, plus it's very user-friendly. It can be integrated with other solutions such as SOAR, SIEM, etc., even when you have an existing firewall. I really like that the console can be integrated. You'll see everything on the same window, and the single window feature of the machine is so good. These are the features I really like.”
James D., IT Manager at Manual Workers Union, states, “The fact that it's on the cloud means we don't have to administer it on our network or deal with a physical machine, which saves us money. The solution has many great features. From the console, we can start different scannings on different machines. We enjoy the centralized reporting part of it. The initial setup is simple. We enjoy its general stability. The solution can scale. So far, the solution has been problem-free.”