A time to contain you can report
Mean time to respond is the one number a board and an insurer both want. An operated service produces it. An unwatched tool can’t.
Endpoint detection and responseInternal research
Detection that someone acts on.
Attackers move in minutes, so we match you to detection and response a 24/7 team runs for you.
Free. No fit, no obligation.
Architecture
EDR, XDR and MDR do different jobs.
The difference between them is the whole decision.
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EDR, the sensor
The agent on each device. It records what runs, spots suspicious behaviour, and lets you respond on the endpoint.
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XDR, the correlation
Endpoint signal joined with identity, cloud, email and network, so an attack that crosses surfaces has nowhere to hide.
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MDR, the operated service
A 24/7 team running it for you. They triage, hunt and contain, so you’re not the one watching alerts at 2am.
The problem
Your real choice is who operates it.
The two best detection tools are close enough that a mid-market team won't go wrong on the product. But an attacker can move from a first foothold into the wider network in minutes, and an unwatched tool responds in business hours, if at all.
So the real question is whether a 24/7 team operates the detection, and how fast they contain a threat once they see it. An EDR licence still needs someone to run it.
Minutesfor an attacker to move from a first foothold into the wider network.
What you get
What good detection and response gives you.
The measures that separate protection from a paid-up licence.
Threats contained and undone
The best platforms contain and undo damage on the device, so an alert becomes a closed incident rather than a job for the morning.
One platform to consolidate onto
Detection is the tip of a wider platform. Identity, cloud and SIEM can move onto the same core over time, so you run fewer tools.
What to look for
What can the top platforms do?
Behavioural detection and automated response are a given; these capabilities separate real outcomes from an idle licence.
A 24/7 operated SOC
Experts watching, hunting and containing around the clock, so response doesn’t wait for business hours.
Correlation across surfaces
Endpoint joined with identity, cloud and email, so the cross-surface attack chain is visible in one place.
Autonomous response and rollback
Malicious changes undone on the device as well as recorded.
An agentic AI analyst
Triage and investigation at machine speed, with people supervising the calls that matter.
First-party threat intelligence
Adversary insight the vendor gathers itself, so it doesn’t run a step behind a third-party feed.
Local support on the ground
Engineers here in Australia and a fast time to respond when it counts.
Maturity
Where most teams sit today.
Detection and response maturity, tier by tier.
Focused
Legacy or built-in antivirus, self-managed, alerts reviewed in business hours if at all. Many mid-market teams sit here.
Typical features
- Built-in or legacy antivirus
- Self-managed
- Alerts reviewed in business hours
- No agreed response time
Broad
A tier-one tool, a genuine 24/7 managed service, and identity protection working together.
Typical features
- A tier-one EDR tool
- A genuine 24/7 managed service
- Identity threat protection
- Agreed authority to contain
- A time to contain you can report
Attacks traced across every surface
Comprehensive
Everything Broad does, plus correlation across every surface on one core. Start here if you’ve had an incident or your insurer asks about after-hours cover.
Everything in Broad, plus
- Correlation across endpoint, identity, cloud and email
- SIEM tuned for prevention
- Exposure management on the same core
- An AI analyst in the loop
- Fewer tools on one platform
Endpoint detection and response
Detection is one layer of three.
Prevention, detection and response, and hygiene share one endpoint, and each shrinks the others’ job.
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Prevention
Prevention decides what is allowed to run at all. Controlling execution shrinks what your detection layer ever has to catch.
Explore application control - 02
Detection and response
Catching and containing what operates inside what you have allowed. This is the layer you’re on now.
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Hygiene
Hygiene closes the doors before anyone tries them. Patching and remediation shrink the surface both other layers watch.
Explore vulnerability management
Tekspace Research
We research the endpoint detection and response field.
Internal research
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR/XDR)
Spots and stops attacks on laptops and servers, with someone watching around the clock.
Vendors assessed8 vendors assessed
- Bitdefender
- CrowdStrike
- Huntress
- Microsoft Defender
- Palo Alto Cortex XDR
- SentinelOne
- Sophos
- Trend Micro
Examples of what we test
- 24/7 managed detection (MDR)
- Correlates identity and cloud
- Automated containment
Same tests on every product. The scores publish with the benchmark.