The broadest, most integrated set of XDR capabilities on the market

A proper interpretation of XDR

It’s Cisco’s perspective that in order to deliver a robust XDR solution, it’s essential to have three components in balance.

The solution must bring together many different control points and data sources – “X”.

It must make detection smarter and faster with machine learning-enhanced analytics – “D”.

And it must reduce dwell times through easier investigations, faster responses, and more automation - “R”.

Any imbalance between these three elements will not deliver the advertised promises of XDR. As we’ve already pointed out, analytics aren’t as effective when they are used in isolation. Likewise, if you have a bunch of integrated solutions, but lack robust detection analytics – you’re similarly out of luck.

Cisco delivers the broadest XDR capabilities through…

Built-in eXtensions – Simplify breach defense by natively connecting detection to response with capabilities integrated within each other products’ consoles across the broadest portfolio.

Intelligent Detections – Identify malicious intent and risk exposure more accurately by connecting machine learning-enhanced analytics across the most data sources.

Confident Responses – Reduce threat dwell times by pinpointing root causes with visual investigations and by connecting playbook-driven automation across the most control points.

We’ve been integrating our solutions for over 10 years.

Cisco enables the XDR capabilities mentioned earlier across the network, cloud, and endpoint control points with our proprietary Network Detection and Response (NDR) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions. Our EDR delivers visibility, quick detection and easy response for all managed devices in your environment. To cover all unmanaged devices and cloud-native systems, our NDR analyzes traffic flows between any entity. With the two, you can see more broadly and with greater understanding. The critical element of differentiation for Cisco is that our platform, SecureX, unifies data, analytics and automation across NDR, EDR and beyond, to offer a simpler and broader approach to XDR. With Cisco, you can boost operational productivity with more intelligent detections and more confident responses built in.

10 XDR use cases to achieve better security

Precise monitoring around user and entity behaviors whether on-prem or not, managed or not
Reduced detection times, even for subtle or hidden attacks via insider, unknown, or encrypted threats
Enriched alerts with cross-product context that streamline operations
Visualized root cause analysis from execution to access, lateral movement to exfiltration, and more
Accelerated decision-making with improved coverage of MITRE ATT&CK matrix
Faster outbreak control with improved coverage of, and automated, MITRE ATT&CK mitigations
Automated “See once, block everywhere” with shared indicators and intelligence
Scaled data retention in the cloud for better forensic analysis
Improved compliance posture by detecting regulatory, zero trust, and custom policy violations
Radical openness that puts any vendor lock-in to shame