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We performed a comparison between Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR and Sophos MDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Managed Detection and Response (MDR) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR vs. Sophos MDR Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"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 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 most valuable features are the SIEM and the ticketing function; the latter is very smooth and easy to read and understand. We don't have any issues looking at the ticketing information when we're trying to identify what's going on.""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.""Binary Defense's most valuable feature is the 24/7 monitoring and threat hunting. Their team checks the latest breaches and how they're done.""Among the valuable features are the agent, continuous reporting, and dashboard. It has all the features we need and we haven't had to customize it, other than turning on certain features that we wanted.""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 most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians."

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"We can easily isolate affected machines in the network.""The most valuable feature is the support. The support chat. It's always connecting to people. And you open the chat, and it's not about that automated response. It's actually a human being that responds to you.""The most valuable feature is the fast alerting and response time.""We don't have a full SOC, so it's helpful to have them sifting through our alerts and only bringing actionable items to us.""Securworks' threat intel seems pretty decent, and they integrate with several solutions we have, such as Azure AD, so all our Microsoft 365 stuff is covered.""The initial setup was very straight forward.""The most valuable features are IDS and IPS.""The solution definitely made us way more aware of the possibilities out there."

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"The product's most valuable feature is its ability to view environmental activities.""The most valuable feature is the ability to integrate multiple functions into a single dashboard regardless of the vendors being integrated.""It is a stable solution...It is a scalable solution.""The most valuable feature is threat hunting.""The product gives us good visibility into what is happening inside the company.""The product’s most valuable feature is ease of use.""There are lots of benefits because it includes real-time network threat detection (RNT), IP spoofing prevention, and a 24/7 support system. There is also protection against ransomware attacks.""It is a scalable solution."

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Cons
"Binary Defense MDR could be even better with additional features, like automatic scans and file quarantine.""The current reporting system could benefit from 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.""It's hard to think of anything that they need to improve on, but just to point out something, I would like to see them provide advanced XDR.""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.""We found a couple of bugs in the user interface.""I would like to get more reports from Binary Defense about what they're blocking."

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"Tamper-proofing or tamper protection is still pending in Secureworks. Tamper protection will make it more secure. If I'm an admin of a device, I can uninstall an agent without the knowledge of the security or Secureworks admin. If someone gets hold of one endpoint with admin credentials, he can remove anything, and an organization will lose visibility. They need to work on providing more visibility across endpoints. A couple of times it has happened that the cloak agent is there, but it did not get activated, or there were some issues. The machine was restarted, but the cloak agent didn't run. In such cases, you have to troubleshoot. It is a big issue if a cyber attack is happening, and your machine is rebooted, but the events are not captured.""The integration with the Carbon Black sensor could be better. ManagedXDR doesn't seem to know how to extract the forensic data from an endpoint that was quarantined by Carbon Black.""The deployment could definitely be improved.""Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR's query language and stability need improvement.""This solution could be improved with a higher degree of automation such as automated emails, triggers and defining the severity of the cases.""We did a PoC of their next-gen antivirus product, but it wasn't ready yet. It was underdeveloped and caused a lot of issues. We'd like to move away from Carbon Black, but they said that it's probably still not to a point where we'd be happy with it. Carbon Black and RedCloak seem to work fine for us.""Dell Secureworks is for higher-end customers and it's not quite as straightforward to implement or to get up and running as some of the other solutions.""It would be nice if the solution were a little more affordable."

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"Sophos MDR lacks integration with MDM solutions.""They should improve XDR and threat protection capabilities for zero-day attacks.""Endpoint protection is very slow.""The product's pricing could be less expensive.""It is a bit expensive. It could be cheaper. There are many competitive products in the market, like Kaspersky, McAfee Antivirus, and more.""The solution is expensive for customers.""The reports should be more comprehensive and easier to organize.""It could be more secure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution's price is spot on; if anything, it's slightly below the norm for most services. Compared to building the same team internally, it would cost more to create the same amount of capability than what we get from an external team. Price-wise, Binary Defense is in a great spot."
  • "From the initial cost that Binary Defense came in with, we pared it down quite a bit over the course of 30 or 60 days. My leadership would say that their cost was high, but realistically, they were in line with the market."
  • "The pricing is on target. Working with their sales team on pricing negotiations was a pleasant process. They were very respectful of the constraints we had and I feel that we're paying a fair price."
  • "It's valued at the right price. Even with the number of endpoints we have, we don't feel that it's a lot more than any competitor. In fact, it might be less expensive when you look at the fact that you're getting a full flex SOC out of it along with the tools."
  • "Binary Defense has changed its pricing model from being primarily based on the volume of data to one based on escalations and incidents they handle."
  • "Binary Defense MDR is priced competitively and may be slightly lower than CrowdStrike."
  • "After we acquired this platform, we met with a number of different vendors. Binary Defense came in with a proposal that was surprisingly affordable. In fact, we were able to recoup the cost of their services within a short period of time. This is because Binary Defense is able to provide the same level of security as a team of two or three in-house analysts but at a fraction of the cost. As a result, Binary Defense is saving us an estimated $250,000 to $300,000 per year."
  • "The pricing isn't that bad, it's very competitive. I don't feel that it's over-priced and I don't feel that it's under-priced."
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  • "Initially, the cost was going to be something around $160 or $170. And eventually, I think they brought it down to $110 and they also threw in some endpoint protection platforms."
  • "The Red Cloak agent is free."
  • "The pricing for this solution is reasonable. One agent costs approximately 270 dirhams/70 USD for one year. There is a reduction in cost per licence as the number of licences used increases."
  • "The pricing of Dell Secureworks is very reasonable."
  • "Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is very expensive and could be more cost-effective."
  • "The price is kind of on par. The licensing was comparable to other solutions. It's not particularly high or low."
  • "It is expensive but there is no better product than this."
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  • "The cost of the solution is based on how many users use it."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "Sophos MDR is a cheap solution."
  • "The solution has subscription-based pricing plans."
  • "Compared to other tools, Sophos has a pretty good price."
  • "I would rate the price of Sophos MDR as a nine out of ten, with ten being the most expensive."
  • "MDR is a complete enterprise solution, and compared to other OEMs, it is one of the cheapest."
  • "Sophos MDR could be more affordable."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians.
    Top Answer:Binary Defense is fairly priced. I would say that Binary Defense is flexible in negotiating and tailoring a solution… more »
    Top Answer:The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is the support. The support chat. It's always connecting to people. And you open the chat, and… more »
    Top Answer:It is worth the money. It is expensive but there is no better product than this.
    Top Answer:The tool’s dashboard could be more user-friendly.
    Top Answer:Sophos MDR has improved the threat detection process by identifying and addressing the issues before they become severe.
    Top Answer:The product's pricing could be less expensive.
    Top Answer:Sophos MDR has improved the threat detection process by identifying and addressing the issues before they become severe… more »
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    Binary Defense Vision, Binary Defense Managed Detection and Response, Binary Defense Managed Detection & Response
    Secureworks Red Cloak Managed Detection and Response, Dell Secureworks
    Sophos Managed Threat Response
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    Overview

    Binary Defense provides a Managed Detection and Response service using an Open XDR strategy that detects and isolates threats early in the attack lifecycle. Expert security analysts in the Binary Defense Security Operations Center leverage an attacker’s mindset, monitoring your environments for security events 24x7x365 and acting as an extension of your security teams. When a security event occurs, Binary Defense analysts triage, disposition, and prioritize the event. Analysts conduct full kill chain analysis and supply tactical and strategic mitigation recommendations to your security team with the goal of increasing your organization’s security posture against the latest adversary threats.

    Visit us online at https://www.binarydefense.com

    Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is a managed detection and response (MDR) tool that combines security analytics software, 24x7 support, threat hunting, and incident response into a standalone product. In a single dashboard, users can see the whole story of their endpoint, network, and cloud activity, making event correlation simple. XDR operationalizes threat intelligence by automatically connecting our threat landscape knowledge with your security telemetry and regularly updated threat intelligence.

    Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR gives your security operations teams more confidence when responding to security problems. Security analysts have additional power to actively examine and proactively look for risks in your environment with features like longer log retention, search query, user-defined reporting, and custom use case support. XDR may easily replace your current SIEM, allowing you to receive actionable insights into malicious activities as well as sophisticated threat detection. This solution provides you with enough business and security context for you to understand an investigation and take appropriate action.

    Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR Features

    Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • 24/7 service
    • Live chat with experts
    • Interface for collaborative investigation
    • Use of prioritization and threat triage
    • Use of investigation and validation
    • Use of executed containment
    • Use of threat engagement manager 
    • Full access to Taegis advanced analytics
    • Supports cloud, network, and endpoint
    • Supports AWS, Azure, O365
    • Use of applied threat intelligence
    • Use of remote incident response services
    • CTU's global threat hunting and research is ongoing
    • Use of response action execution
    • Access to monthly targeted threat hunting
    • Support provided for integration of third-party data source technologies to ensure coverage across your environment

    Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Improve threat detection and response time: Users have access to Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR’s team of experts, who research and respond to threats on their behalf 24/7. This solution can cut dwell times from the industry average of 111 days to minutes and hours.

    • Industry leader on your side: To safeguard you around the clock, Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR’s security professionals are supported by 20+ years of security experience and insights from 1,400+ annual IR engagements and their extensive threat research.

    • Reduce cost and operational burden: Save money (413% ROI, according to a Forrester Consulting TEI research) while relieving your employees of the strain and allowing them to focus on strategic projects.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR stands out among its competitors for a number of reasons. One major reason is its easy deployment.

    A Solutions Architect at a computer software company, writes, “The deployment was easy. We just put on some of the end points, so we're still talking about what's going on there. But to my knowledge, there's been no issues with it.”

    Threat Notification Isn’t the Solution – It’s a Starting Point
    Other managed detection and response (MDR) services simply notify you of attacks or suspicious events. Then it’s up to you to manage things from there.

    With Sophos MTR, your organization is backed by an elite team of threat hunters and response experts who take targeted actions on your behalf to neutralize even the most sophisticated threats.

    Sample Customers
    Securitas USA, Black Hills Energy, Lincoln Electric,The J.M. Smuckers Company, New York Community Bank, State of Connecticut, NCR
    RICOH, Owens and Minor
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    Manufacturing Company33%
    Wholesaler/Distributor8%
    Insurance Company8%
    Energy/Utilities Company8%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Computer Software Company56%
    Comms Service Provider33%
    Retailer11%
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
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    Manufacturing Company22%
    Comms Service Provider22%
    Computer Retailer11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise31%
    Large Enterprise38%
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    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise45%
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    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise36%
    Large Enterprise29%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Small Business62%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise29%
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    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise39%
    Buyer's Guide
    Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR vs. Sophos MDR
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR vs. Sophos MDR and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is ranked 8th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 14 reviews while Sophos MDR is ranked 6th in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) with 19 reviews. Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is rated 7.8, while Sophos MDR is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR writes "Offers proactive threat hunting and actively examines our environment". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos MDR writes "Proactive protection, scalability, and cloud-based efficiency". Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, SentinelOne Vigilance, Rapid7 MDR, Trend Micro Managed XDR and Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, whereas Sophos MDR is most compared with CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, SentinelOne Vigilance, Trend Micro Managed XDR, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and Huntress. See our Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR vs. Sophos MDR report.

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