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CrowdStrike
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EDR vs MDR vs XDR: Everything You Need To Know | CrowdStrike
June 26, 2025 - Learn the differences between endpoint detection and response (EDR), managed detection and response (MDR) and extended detection and response (XDR).
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CrowdStrike
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What is XDR? Extended Detection & Response
August 12, 2025 - A: XDR uses capabilities to extend protection to also monitor data from networks, cloud workloads, servers, email, and more for threats that antivirus software can’t detect. ... A: EDR monitors end-user devices for threats.
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ELI5: EDR vs MDR vs XDR?
EDR is endpoint detect and response. You manage it. MDR is EDR, but someone else manages it. XDR is EDR, but someone else manages it. And in addition to EDR logs, it correlates the data with other tools like your firewall logs. More on reddit.com
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Which of these EDR solutions would be the best to use?
I would probably recommend against Carbon Black. Especially since the Broadcomm acquisition of VMware they seem to be going down the tubes quickly. Most of our clients are moving towards Crowd strike, and we're also investigating Palo Cortex XDR. More on reddit.com
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What antivirus/EDR you choose and why?
We run defender for endpoint, we had defender side by side with Crowdstrike and loved having both of them. However, it was very hard to justify the cost since we already had all the bells and whistles with M365 E5 and Crowdstrike got cut. More on reddit.com
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What is XDR vs EDR?
EDR monitors end-user devices for threats. XDR uses EDR capabilities and extends protection beyond endpoints to also monitor data from networks, cloud workloads, servers, email, and more.
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crowdstrike.com
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What is XDR? Extended Detection & Response
What is extended detection and response (XDR)?
Extended detection and response (XDR) collects threat data from previously siloed security tools across an organization’s technology stack for easier and faster investigation, threat hunting, and response.
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crowdstrike.com
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What is XDR? Extended Detection & Response
What are the benefits of XDR?
XDR coordinates and extends the value of siloed security tools, unifying and streamlining security analysis, investigation and remediation.
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crowdstrike.com
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What is XDR? Extended Detection & Response
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CrowdStrike
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Our Customers Have Spoken: CrowdStrike Delivers the Best in EDR, EPP, XDR
August 4, 2025 - G2: CrowdStrike finished #1 in the Winter 2022 Report for EDR in the Enterprise, Mid-Market and Overall categories, and #1 in the Winter 2022 Report for XDR in the Enterprise and Overall categories. CrowdStrike was the only Leader listed in the Enterprise category for EDR.
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CrowdStrike
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CrowdStrike and Forrester Discuss Why XDR Must Start with EDR
January 2, 2025 - XDR must also provide detection and response actions beyond the endpoint, empowering security teams to stop breaches faster. By building on EDR, XDR can make all telemetry accessible and actionable — incorporating data from across endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, email, network traffic, virtual containers, sensors (from operational technology, or OT) and more to generate XDR detections.
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CrowdStrike
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Why EDR is the Path to XDR | Infographic
March 25, 2024 - They must evolve their endpoint security to extended detection and response (XDR) — but not before starting with the right endpoint detection and response (EDR). ... For technical information on installation, policy configuration and more, please visit the CrowdStrike Tech Hub.
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CrowdStrike
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CrowdStrike Falcon® Insight XDR
March 6, 2025 - Supercharge detection and response across your security stack with CrowdStrike Falcon® Insight XDR. With industry-leading EDR at its core, CrowdStrike Falcon® Insight XDR synthesizes multi-domain telemetry into attack insights and alerts – enabling threat detection, investigation, hunting ...
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Xcitium
xcitium.com › is-crowdstrike-an-edr-or-xdr
Is CrowdStrike an EDR or XDR? | Understanding of EDR or XDR
Crowdstrike is an XDR. Yes, you heard it right. This software unlocks the capabilities of XDR and EDR in one single platform.
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CrowdStrike
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CrowdStrike Unlocks XDR for All EDR Customers and Expands Third-Party Integrations Across All Key Security Domains
September 4, 2024 - With this release, CrowdStrike is once again disrupting the eXtended Detection and Response (XDR) category. CrowdStrike is allowing all EDR customers to easily activate XDR capabilities within Falcon Insight XDR through simple-to-consume connector packs that unlock cross-domain detections, investigations and response actions across all key security domains from a unified console.
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CrowdStrike
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Why the Most Effective XDR is Rooted in EDR | CrowdStrike
January 2, 2025 - But when it comes to efficiently analyzing threat data and quickly identifying the root cause of an incident, not all XDR solutions are alike. The most effective XDR solutions are rooted in endpoint detection and response (EDR), because if you don’t start with EDR, you don’t have XDR.
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CrowdStrike
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What is EDR? Endpoint Detection & Response Defined | CrowdStrike
April 23, 2025 - Coined by Gartner's Anton Chuvakin, EDR is defined as a solution that "records and stores endpoint-system-level behaviors, uses various data analytics techniques to detect suspicious system behavior, provides contextual information, blocks malicious activity, and provides remediation suggestions to restore affected systems."
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SIEM XPERT
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Comprehensive Guide on Crowdstrike EDR and XDR
September 21, 2023 - CrowdStrike XDR not only detects threats but also automates response actions. This reduces the burden on security teams and ensures swift mitigation of threats. By deploying CrowdStrike EDR and XDR, organizations significantly enhance their ...
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Medium
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CrowdStrike — moving EDR/MDR/XDR boundaries and making it worth | by Martina Lenić | CyberDnevnik | Medium
February 14, 2024 - CrowdStrike — moving EDR/MDR/XDR boundaries and making it worth For several years, CrowdStrike has been recognized as a Leader for EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) and EPP (Endpoint Protection …
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Xcitium
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What is Crowdstrike XDR? | Features and Capabilities XDR
Xcitium’s XDR platform enables our respondents to automate the forensic collection process, block activity in real-time, isolate endpoints from the network, execute custom commands, and provide live responses to your remote systems for remediation.
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Reddit
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r/cybersecurity on Reddit: ELI5: EDR vs MDR vs XDR?
February 10, 2022 -

Looking for a clear cut comparison between three but google inundates me with unhelpful marketing nonsense.

Also what’s a practical reason a business would switch from one *DR to another *DR?

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EDR is endpoint detect and response. You manage it. MDR is EDR, but someone else manages it. XDR is EDR, but someone else manages it. And in addition to EDR logs, it correlates the data with other tools like your firewall logs.
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I only have about a 3 yr old understanding of the topic and a knack for explaining things to 5yr olds like their 20, but I'll give it my best starting with AV to start somewhere hopefully we are all familiar with. AV - this is your basic anti virus. A program that should scan all files/processes in the system, detect malware, and auto delete/quarantine. EDR - Extended Detection and Response, AV but with much better reporting to allow forensic review of how the malware got on the system, the process chain for execution etc. Also should have additional Response options like being able to isolate a host to clean up etc MDR - Managed Detecting and Response, typically an EDR product though it could be a simple AV with a 24/7 SOC (Security Operations Center) monitoring and responding to any alerts. There are some variations in what "Respond" means. Some MDR services will actually actively clean up an infected endpoint, others will just open a ticket for your internal IT to clean things up. Depends if you want this parties taking scrubs in your environment or just giving guidance and coaching to clean up yourself. XDR - eXtended Detection and Response, this is the newest and most poorly defined term. I don't remember the actual origin story, but my web search reads like the xdr category was invented by an analyst and now everyone marketing department are rushing to justify why the same thing they had last year is now XDR. So what is it.. it's indeed to be a "replacement" or improvement over a SIEM. In short XDR should aggregate events from EDR, spam filter, firewall, possibly auth logs from your cloud services etc etc so you can corelate across multiple platforms and see the full stack from first email phish to credential compromise and on to malware on an endpoint. There are lots of variables here, some "open XDR" offerings that should allow integrations with third party tools, it closed platforms that only integrate one vendors set of tools.
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Corelight
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NDR vs. XDR vs. EDR: What Are the Differences? | Corelight
January 13, 2025 - Extended Detection and Response ... automation to enhance threat detection and response. It provides a more comprehensive approach to incident detection and response. XDR can extend to cloud network security, and identity and ...
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Field Effect
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What is the difference between MDR, XDR, and EDR?
June 16, 2025 - Ultimately, while EDR provides critical capabilities, it requires significant time, tuning, and expertise to see real value. Threats can slip by if alerts are overlooked, misinterpreted, or addressed too slowly—which is often the case without ...
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Palo Alto Networks
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CrowdStrike vs. Cortex XDR - Palo Alto Networks
Cortex XDR includes built-in playbooks from Cortex XSOAR (the #1 SOAR), enabling full response and remediation across every key data source, cutting response time to minutes. ... Integrations power comprehensive playbook automation. ... To go beyond EDR, CrowdStrike forces customers to use separate products, including an incomplete SIEM product that lacks unified analytics across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email sources.
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SentinelOne
sentinelone.com › cybersecurity-101 › endpoint-security › edr-vs-mdr-vs-xdr
EDR vs. MDR vs. XDR: Choosing the Best Option
October 7, 2025 - XDR incorporates threat analysis from multiple data sources, including cloud services, networks, and endpoints. It uses advanced analytics and automation to discover threats that are undetectable by siloed security tools.