I work with it as a third party in other companies. I installed XDR in other companies. And then, I help them understand the tool, help them with developing the necessary use cases, and understand, for example, how to do a threat intel, how to do a threat investigation, and stuff like that. Sometimes, I work with it as well by implementing it and actively using it in the customer's environment.
The workbench feature is excellent. It helps a lot with understanding how the environment is working and how the threats are working in their own environment. It helps a lot to understand where the threat is coming from, where it is going, how is it being dealt with, et cetera.
We do not use XDR to protect a multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environment. I have other solutions on the cloud, like Apex One, the endpoint protection feature in the cloud. I have Cloud One Workload Security, which is protection for workloads and servers where the main console is in the cloud. I'm mainly using this to protect an on-premises environment.
I've been using it for emails, for networks, endpoints, workload servers, et cetera. It has the ability to cover all of those. The coverage is really important. The integration between all those different tools and those different assets makes a big difference in understanding the analytics.
It provides centralized visibility and management across our protection layers. That helps in a lot of ways. For example, the fact that it has some centralized visibility means we can do searches between email addresses and an endpoint. We can take a workspace, for example, and do IPS detection in a workspace and understand from which endpoint something is coming.
We use the executive dashboards that they have almost every day. Once we see an anomaly or something that feels weird in the environment, we can go straight to work, straight to the detections, and we can take a look at it to see what's going on.
We use the Risk Index mainly to help us understand a customer's environment. We use it to get a brief overview of how the environment is, how high their risk is, and then, given the score that we've received, to understand what is causing this risk and then give them suggestions on how to take the score down.
We use the Managed XDR feature. It just basically collects the telemetry and sends it to the console so we can use it in other parts. It has helped a lot with the team's workload. The detection has been really, really useful. It helps a lot to rank where we should put our efforts. Sometimes we'll have to take a deep investigation into some of the stuff we see. Sometimes other issues emerge as we dig. It's helped in detection.
We use the risk management attack surface capability to understand the vulnerabilities and how high a risk something is in the environment. It can help with detection. It's helped us effectively identify blind spots.
The product has helped us decrease time to detect. We've had some issues with a couple of our customers in which the XDR helped us easily detect an issue, and it was fast enough for us to be able to react and respond quickly in order to mitigate damages.
The web viewer could be improved. I've had some issues with it in the past.
The zero trust is a bit complicated compared to other parts of the solution.
Mostly, I don't have any issues with XDR.
I've used the solution for about three years.
I haven't had any issues with stability. There has been no crashing to lagging. We occasionally get informed about maintenance that may cause downtime.
We've had no issues with scalability.
I've contacted support in the past. They are pretty good. They have a high understanding of the platform and the solutions. If they need to escalate, it's easy to do so.
We did not use a different solution previously.
I was involved in the installation. We have an agent installed in the endpoints or a sensor connected to the mail sensors.
The initial setup is straightforward. You just click through with a simple connection.
It doesn't require any maintenance on my end.
We had about four people handling the implementation. We just had to have some credential access, and once the connections were made, we had to distribute the sensors throughout the environment.
You need the whole platform to use XDR. However, there are some activities you don't need XDR to use.
I'm not familiar with their pricing and licensing.
We are an official Trend Micro partner.
We do not yet use the automation capabilities found in XDR.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
After implementing XDR, have a good understanding of how the workbenches work to create a decent playbook. Use the service gateway to your benefit. Connect your active directories, make connections, and use integrations with your firewalls. These third-party integrations are really good, and they help you a lot with your environment.