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"The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians."
"Binary Defense has a human service department that provides live monitoring for our systems."
"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."
"The most valuable part of Binary Defense is its team of cybersecurity analysts. Their analysts filter out the noise and only forward the critical threats that require a response instead of false positives."
"The best part about Binary Defense MDR is that it runs on everything, and they keep an eye on things 24/7."
"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."
"The case interface is Binary Defense MDR's most valuable feature."
"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."
"There are user notifications about our cloud solutions and access, meaning authentication and possible breaches. Overall, the notifications and alerts are valuable. There are also new features like the DNS protection, which is quite good."
"The most valuable features are Action Recommendations of Observations, which keep us informed about existing vulnerabilities so we can proactively update our endpoints and those of our customers against potential threats."
"Unlike previous solutions, where we were solely informed of security incidents, Covalence's MDR allows for real-time incident prevention."
"It is easy to manage surveillance."
"I appreciate the "set it and forget it" nature of Field Effect Covalence."
"The ARO alerts are helpful to use almost daily to get a sense of what actions we need to take to expedite security measures."
"It's running in the background and does a packet-level analysis of everything that comes in. It also has an auto-response feature, so if something gets through and is clicked on, or somehow gets through the network, it gets isolated and quarantined, and we get notified."
"It provides valuable insights into our IT environment, enabling us to improve reselling, upgrades, and customer management."
"The solution helps to detect some suspicious items for us and our clients."
"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."
"I would like to see more frequent check-ins with our security status."
"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."
"The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some enhancements."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"We found a couple of bugs in the user interface."
"They could use more third-party integrations with other MSP tools."
"Field Effect Covalence could benefit from enhancing its packing slip process."
"I'd like improved visibility into the backend data where logs are stored, along with integrations with a wider range of products."
"Covalence's SEAS feature wasn't very user-friendly."
"While the reporting is good, I would like more of a white-label option with my company's name at the top and a clean look for the report."
"They put too much detail into the emails."
"The tagging of ARO closure has room for improvement."
"I would like Covalence to include patching."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
Field Effect Covalence is ranked 5th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 21 reviews while Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting is ranked 21st in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 1 review. Field Effect Covalence is rated 9.2, while Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Field Effect Covalence writes "Helps to manage cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and improve our security team's efficiency and security posture ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting writes "Provides security for organizations by detecting suspicious items". Field Effect Covalence is most compared with SentinelOne Vigilance, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, Huntress, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and Blackpoint Cyber MDR, whereas Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting is most compared with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, Sophos MDR, Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR, Blackpoint Cyber MDR and Huntress.
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