The complexity of cybercrime is increasing in geometric progression. An equally potent Antivirus is the need of the hour, and Bitdefender fits into the definition of powerful Antivirus software. The intuitive capability of Bitdefender decides on its own while dealing with any malware strain without bombarding you with constant messages. One of the phenomenal facts about Bitdefender is that despite having all the advanced tools, Bitdefender doesn’t consume much storage space. Also, the advanced Bitdefender photon technique makes sure your device remains up and running.

One of Bitdefender’s remarkable services is Managed Detection and Response (MDR) that outsources the services to Bitdefender users 24×7. MDR services offer cybersecurity for endpoints, Network and security analytics, and the expert team of SOC staff having analysts from global intelligence agencies. 

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services are designed to identify security incidents around the customer and take necessary actions to minimize them. It does more than just sending notifications. MDR helps you achieve better security outcomes.

Key features of MDR service

Active protection

• 24×7 threat protection keeps you ahead of the attackers.
• Offers industry-leading prevention.
• Analyze the user behavior with User Risk Analytics.

Advanced Protection

• Establishes a relation across endpoints and networks.
• Over 500 million sensors power the global threat intelligence feature of MDR.
• Targets that could be a serious cyber-risk to your business are actively monitored.

High-skilled protection

• Global intelligence agencies have recruited highly skilled security analysts that conduct ongoing threat hunts and threat models.
• Product and industry expert’s playbooks perform automated remediation.
• The dwelling time of the attacker is reduced.

Capabilities of MDR

The various Bitdefender MDR packages help their users get to enhance their incident response capabilities.

• Bitdefender MDR core: This offers top-class Antimalware and Antivirus applications. Also, it includes a host-based firewall, web control, and endpoint detection and response from a single cloud-managed source. 
• Bitdefender MDR Advanced: This includes proactive threat identification, customized threat modeling, user-based analytics, and customized incident response playbooks, along the features of MDR Core.
• Next-gen AV (NGAV)
• Application & Device Control
• Customer-specific Threat Model
• Host-based Firewall & Web Control
• Automated Remediation
• Security Account Manager
• Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
• Targeted Threat Hunting
• User Risk Analytics
• Custom Incident Response Actions based on Playbooks
• Bitdefender MDR Enterprise: This offers the most advanced MDR services that are available. Along with having MDR Core and MDR Advanced features, it also includes phishing domain registry monitoring, dark web monitoring, integration with custom tooling, intellectual property monitoring, high-value monitoring, and high-target monitoring. If you avail of the add-on service, you will get IoT monitoring too.
  • Next-gen AV (NGAV)
  • Automated Remediation
  • Host-based Firewall & Web Control
  • Application & Device Control
  • Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR)
  • Security Account Manager
  • Targeted Threat Hunting
  • User Risk Analytics
  • Custom Incident Response Actions based on Playbooks
  • Phishing Domain Registration Monitoring
  • Customer-specific Threat Model
  • Unauthorized publication of code or customer information monitoring
  • Dark Web Monitoring
  • High-value Target and High-risk Target Monitoring
  • Integration with Custom Tooling

Working of MDR Security

Bitdefender Managed Detection and Response has a combination of industry-leading detection and prevention technologies and operates 24 hours with modern security. The intelligent and smart security analysts from various intelligence agencies comprise SOC staff that identify and remove the adversaries.

Prevention

• Detect and Block: With its industry-leading technology, Bitdefender identifies and blocks the attacks across the Endpoint, Cloud environments, and Network. This gives more time to security analysts to pay attention to advanced attacks.
• Monitoring: High-risk target identification and High-value target monitoring focus on areas with a higher risk of being a target and reducing the risk on the other areas.
• Supporting Operating Systems: Bitdefender MDR supports all the major operating systems such as Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

Detection

• Host and network telemetry: Continuously collect information from the host and network telemetry along with security analytics and automation so the security account managers can start the active and anomaly detection.
• Threat intelligence research: Customer’s threat profile decides the threat intelligence research and hunting missions.
• Strong customer data: Create stronger customer data with Bitdefender Global Threat Intelligence.

Respond

• Customized response actions: Provides effective incident response action by customizing response actions for the reach of the customer along with managing business interruption risk.
• Automated remediation action: The pre-approved actions work as automated remediation actions and reduce the attacker’s dwell time.
• Security reports: Security incident flash reports give the ongoing security analyst the live updates.

Report

• Monthly strategic report: Get an overview of the value of the MDR service with the monthly strategic report.
• Real-time dashboards: Get insights into the security posture of your environment with real-time dashboards.
• Postmortem reports: Measure the impact on the business from the postmortem reports.

Why do you need MDR services?

There are multiple benefits of MDR services. It helps to fill the gaps in areas which are inaccessible for the common customers. 

• Alerts Gap:
• When the alerts are low-quality, time is short.
• The staff is less.
• The threat goes unnoticed.
• Visibility Gaps: When customers fail to see all the devices on their Network and the risks associated with them.
• Outcomes Gap: When customers don’t get the security information in time.
• Skills Gap: When there is a lack of specialized security skills, training ramp-up is delayed, and there is a rapid turnover of staff.

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