What is Managed Detection and Response?

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is a cybersecurity service that combines human expertise with advanced technology to protect organizations from cyber threats. MDR services monitor your environment for threats, investigate, and respond to any suspicious activity. Unlike EDR, MDR is a managed service with analysts monitoring and responding to threats instead of a security tool.

How does MDR work?

MDR services are designed to pull in security data across the IT environment from endpoints, networks, and cloud services. They combine that data with threat intelligence to spot unusual or suspicious activity. Security analysts then investigate any alerts, identify actual threats, and help to contain and remediate them.

Why is MDR important?

It’s too hard for most organizations to monitor every endpoint, network, or cloud service in their environment around the clock. MDR addresses that gap by putting a combination of technology and human security expertise to work to spot suspicious activity, investigate what’s happening, and respond before a threat can do more damage.

Benefits and use cases

• Continuous monitoring and faster detection
• Guided containment and remediation
• Coverage across endpoint, cloud, and network
• Support for regulatory and audit requirements

Does NexusTek help with MDR?

Yes. NexusTek delivers cybersecurity as a core pillar, with services that provide proactive detection, prevention, and response to advanced threats, and domestically staffed support available 24/7/365. NexusTek has nationally distributed Network Operations Centers, which support ongoing monitoring and response.