Tuesday 2nd July 2024
Bytes are pleased to announce that Microsoft has been recognised as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platforms for Q2 2024. This prestigious acknowledgment is a testament to Microsoft’s commitment to innovation and excellence in cybersecurity.
In the report, Microsoft received the highest scores in the strategy, current offering, and market presence categories. Microsoft Defender XDR was rated the highest possible in 15 out of 22 evaluation criteria, including Endpoint Native Detection, Surface Investigation, Threat Hunting, Analyst Experience, Vision, and Innovation.
Forrester highlighted Microsoft’s comprehensive XDR offering, stating that “Microsoft is refining the most complete XDR offering in the market today.” The report also praised Microsoft’s dedication to innovation, particularly noting its significant R&D budget allocation, which rivals the most innovative vendors in security.
Microsoft Defender XDR stands out for its incident-level visibility, automatic attack disruption capabilities, and accelerated detection and response across a wide range of assets. It provides end-to-end protection, integrating data from endpoints, IoT, OT, on-premises and cloud identities, email, collaboration tools, SaaS apps, cloud workloads, and data insights.
The recognition by Forrester underscores Microsoft’s leadership in the cybersecurity space and its ability to provide customers with a unified security operations platform that combines XDR, SIEM, exposure management, generative AI, and threat intelligence. This integrated approach helps defeat security tool silos and empowers security teams with comprehensive features that apply to multiple use cases.
For more detailed information, you can read the full announcement on Microsoft’s Security Blog here.
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