IT security is one of the fastest changing realms of the tech world. There are new tools, techniques, and kinds of attacks popping up all the time. One of these new tools is extended detection and response (XDR). XDR platforms include tools for orchestration, monitoring and analytics, automation, visualization, and more. What brings it all together is a centralized viewpoint of your entire security infrastructure.
Security information and event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automation and response (SOAR) solutions share some features with XDR, but there are some key differences. SIEM often can’t properly organize and process all the logs and alerts it generates. SOAR, on the other hand, doesn’t have the integration capabilities that XDR does. However, these two tools still have their places in the security landscape.
This book discusses what exactly XDR is, how it relates to other security solutions, how it can integrate with those solutions, and what challenges, XDR is attempting to solve.
