MICROSOFT Defender XDR

Enhance Your Security Operations with Microsoft Defender XDR

In a world where cyber threats are constantly evolving, you can quickly elevate your security efforts with unified visibility, investigation, and response capabilities, across the entire cyber-attack chain with the industry-leading extended detection and response (XDR) solution, Microsoft Defender XDR.

Stripe OLT can help you utilise the power of Microsoft Defender XDR

What is Microsoft Defender XDR, and What Does It Do?

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Microsoft Defender XDR (formerly Microsoft 365 Defender) is an Extended Detection and Response (XDR) cloud-based security solution that brings together multiple Microsoft Defender products to strengthen security efforts and speed up response times, all within a unified pre and post-breach defence suite.

The Microsoft Defender XDR suite of tools, combines capabilities from many sources, including popular products like:

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Microsoft Defender for Identity

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft Defender for IOT

Leader in XDR Technology

Microsoft Defender XDR was named a leader in the Forrester Wave: Extended Detection and Response Platforms report in Q2 of 2024.

Microsoft is refining the most complete XDR offering in the market today…its dedication to innovation is demonstrated by its percentage of the R&D budget by revenue, which rivals the most innovative vendors in security.

How Can Microsoft Defender Xdr Support My Organisation?

Microsoft Defender XDR is a product packed full of security features to improve protections within your organisation’s IT environment. Below we delve into how a security solution that implements Defender XDR can solve some of your biggest business cyber security challenges.

Ever-Changing Cyber Security Risks

Your Business Challenge

Protecting crucial business assets against ever-evolving digital threats is a concern for all business leaders. As cyber risks evolve in complexity and frequency, the task of defending your organization with the same level of resources becomes increasingly challenging.

The Solution: Cutting Edge Analytics

Microsoft Defender XDR efficiently counters a variety of sophisticated cyber-attack vectors, including phishing, ransomware, DDoS, and espionage attempts. By integrating cutting-edge AI and behavioural analytics, it not only identifies threats but also predicts and mitigates potential breaches before they occur.

Data Security and Privacy

Your Business Challenge

Safeguarding sensitive data, in addition to enforcing strong data controls across your organisation.

The Solution: End-to-End Data Security

Microsoft Defender XDR continuously monitors and detects threats. In the rare event of a breach, it rapidly isolates systems, limits data exfiltration, and initiates automated remediation. Meanwhile, automated compliance reporting can help maintain data integrity and meet regulatory requirements.

Dispersed Security Toolsets

Your Business Challenge

Managing separate security tools can lead to reduced control and visibility and slower response to sophisticated cyberattacks.

The Solution: Unified Security Platform

Microsoft Defender XDR integrates a number of Microsoft security solutions into one platform with a centralised dashboard creating a unified platform to provide greater control, reduced complexity and deep visibility.

Insider Threats and Employee Awareness

Your Business Challenge

Protection of sensitive information by identifying and mitigating risks from internal threats such as employee negligence or malicious insider actions.

The Solution: Unified Security Platform

Microsoft Defender XDR can use behavioural analytics and machine learning to detect unusual activities and potential insider threats. The detailed insights and alerts that it provides can help security professionals quickly respond to suspicious or malicious threats posed by potentially negligent behaviour.

Remote Devices and System Availability

Your Business Challenge

Ensuring that critical applications and services are always available on-demand and that mobile devices are secure in an ever-increasing remote and hybrid world.

The Solution: Complete System Visibility

With continuous threat monitoring and real-time response capabilities, Microsoft Defender XDR ensures that all endpoints, including remote and mobile devices, are shielded from emerging threats. It also facilitates seamless access to applications and services, maintaining optimal performance and uptime for business continuity. By adapting to the dynamics of a remote workforce, Microsoft Defender XDR keeps your operations secure and uninterrupted.

Optimised Total Cost of Ownership

Your Business Challenge

With resources being constantly squeezed, keeping costs low, whilst ensuring comprehensive security protection means IT Security Leaders need to rely on technology more than ever.

The Solution: Improved Efficiency

Microsoft Defender XDR reduces the total cost of ownership by rolling up multiple security tools into one. This means fewer vendors and less manual correlation of threat signals so, lower costs and fewer overheads.

Key Capabilities of Microsoft Defender XDR

Advanced Kill Chain Visibility and Protection

Microsoft Defender XDR consolidates data from various sources such as collaboration tools, identities, endpoints, and cloud applications.

By integrating this information, it correlates low-level alerts into a single incident, providing a comprehensive view of the entire kill chain. This holistic perspective enables the detection of sophisticated attacks that might be overlooked by standalone solutions.

With Microsoft Defender XDR, your organisation gains enhanced visibility and protection against complex cyber threats.

Unified Investigation and Response

Microsoft Defender XDR can enhance the efficiency of security analysts by providing an incident-based framework for investigations. It consolidates alerts into a combined incidents queue that offers a full attack scope and an end-to-end view.

This approach allows contextual deep dives and response playbooks, it simplifies the investigation and response process, enabling SOC security teams to mitigate threats more effectively.

AI and Automation

With Microsoft Enterprise Mobility & Security, your organisation has access to a world of security technologies to facilitate complete security management.

From user insights and tracking to document encryption and protection, EMS is a full security solution.

Broad Intelligence and Threat Vector Visibility

From Power Automate, designed to help you automate tasks and quickly boost productivity, to Power BI, used to find insights and can help connect disparate data sets – within Microsoft 365 there are a powerful selection of applications designed to make your life easier.

Rapid Response with XDR-prioritised Incidents

M365’s productivity and sharing platform, SharePoint encourages innovative work practices across your organisation. Build sites, communities and content to reach multiple users, large teams, whole departments and companywide users.

Huboo – Client Success Story

“We have experimented with several service providers, and none have succeeded in delivering a quarter of the value that Stripe OLT provides. They consistently exhibit a high level of responsiveness, always making time to address any inquiries.”

John Brannan – Director of Infrastructure and Information Security

Learn how we helped Huboo with our MXDR solution

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Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR)

As a managed service you get all the benefits of a comprehensive MXDR solution whilst bridging the gap in the following areas.

Human-Led Expertise: Gain the help of experts that are certified and recognised across the industry, for their skills within the Microsoft security eco-system.

Speed: Backed up by sophisticated analytics and bespoke automations, our team are able to thoroughly investigate advanced threats at speed.

24/7 Coverage: From networks, email and collaboration tools, to servers, cloud apps and services, our team have got your environment covered 24/7/365.

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Why Choose Stripe OLT to support your XDR requirements?

Microsoft Specialists

Award-Winning

Certified Cyber Security

Cloud Experts

Microsoft Specialists

Certified Microsoft Solutions Partner

Whether you need to enhance collaboration with applications like Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Teams or secure your environment with Azure Sentinel, you can trust in our highly certified Microsoft team.

Award-Winning

Award-Winning Service Desk

With 20 year’s experience, we’ve built a reputation we’re proud of. Winning awards for both our managed IT and managed cyber security services means we don’t just claim to be the experts.

Certified Cyber Security

Accredited Security Experts

Employing both ex-government and military veterans, we ensure our clients are protected by the best. Our engineers are IASME, CREST & Microsoft security certified (to name a few), consistently performing at a high level, 24/7.

Cloud Expertise

Specialists in Azure Cloud Services

At Stripe OLT we specialise in cloud technology, with a particular focus on Microsoft Azure and Sentinel. Our experts are there to empower your team with the most appropriate cloud solutions, for maximum benefit.

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Microsoft Defender XDR FAQs

How does Microsoft Defender XDR work?

XDR is most commonly accessed through Microsoft Sentinel but can be used through other Defender dashboards. Here is a breakdown of some of the capabilities:

Data Collection and Normalisation: Defender XDR collects and normalises data from multiple sources so it’s consistent and easy to view.
Data Parsing and Correlation: AI and machine learning parses and correlates alerts in real-time, way faster than human security teams.
Incident Management: The system prioritises incidents by severity so the most critical can be addressed first. Teams can use automated actions or manual investigation.
Prevention of Future Incidents: Data is used to improve detection and response so the security framework gets better over time.

Example of how Defender XDR can come into use:

Phishing: An attacker sends phishing email messages, which are caught by Defender for Office 365.
Malware: The email has malware that installs malware, detected by Defender for Endpoint.
Credential Theft: The attacker uses stolen credentials from the phishing email to access data, detected by Defender for Identity.
Data Exfiltration: The attacker tries to take data through a cloud app, detected by Defender for Cloud Apps.

Microsoft Defender XDR combines all this Defender data to respond to the attack. The system can:

Block the phishing email and malicious file across collaboration tools.
Quarantine the endpoint.
Disable the account.
Stop data exfiltration from cloud services and cloud apps.

What is XDR in Microsoft Defender?

What is the difference between Microsoft Defender XDR and EDR?

EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) is a cyber security solution that monitors endpoints, focusing on finding compromised devices. Microsoft’s EDR solution is called ‘Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.’ XDR (Extended Detection and Response) enhances cyber security by aggregating data from multiple solutions, including EDR, for better post-breach detection and automated actions to mitigate advanced threats.

What is the difference between XDR and SIEM? Does XDR Replace a SIEM?

Why was Microsoft Defender XDR formerly Microsoft 365 Defender?

Can I use Copilot in Microsoft Defender XDR?

Microsoft are working toward adding Copilot AI capabilities into their Defender Products. Since April 2024 there has been a generally available release of Copilot for the Defender suite which includes Microsoft Defender XDR. So yes, you can use Copilot in Microsoft Defender XDR. Copilot in Defender lets security analysts cut time on tasks with capabilities such as:

Summarising combined incidents and gaining actionable step-by-step guidance.
Analysing code and scripts and translating them into easy comprehensive language.

According to Microsoft security professionals were up to 22% faster across all their tasks and security novices were 44% more accurate on tasks.

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