Palo Alto Networks introduced Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response (Unit 42 MDR), a service that offers continuous threat detection, investigation and response. This offering brings together Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR with Unit 42’s threat intelligence, which includes insights from incident response cases. Unit 42 MDR is built on Cortex XDR and is optimized to not only prioritize alerts but also to reduce the number of alerts customers receive. This helps customers detect more suspicious activity than they would have otherwise.
Wendi Whitmore, senior vice president, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, commented, “Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 brings a unique combination of innovative cybersecurity technologies and a world-class threat intelligence team which allows us to provide customers with rapid detection and response to critical cyberthreats.”
The Unit 42 MDR service offers customers cybersecurity experts to help identify and respond to security alerts and potential threats in real time, enabling businesses to focus security operations (SecOps) personnel on other organizational security priorities. The service provides organizations with monitoring, threat hunting and response/remediation capabilities, including:
- Continuous Monitoring & Response: Security experts monitor alerts, events and indicators 24x7x365. The Unit 42 MDR team uses a mix of proprietary processes, infrastructure and enrichment to accelerate detection, response and threat hunting to help quickly stop malicious activity most likely to impact your organization.
- Proactive Threat Hunting: World-class threat hunters search environments for complex attacks using deep knowledge of XDR data sources and the latest threat intelligence from Palo Alto Networks. This helps organizations stay ahead of emerging attack campaigns, malware and vulnerabilities.
- Security Posture Optimization: Experts provide periodic health checks of an organization’s posture and detailed recommendations on policy changes to help facilitate addressing risks before they become issues.
Tom Osteen, CIO, Enloe Medical Center, said, “Intervening and addressing threats at the earliest stage is crucial. With Unit 42 MDR we have confidence that we can quickly identify and stop malicious activity to help keep our organization safe and secure.”
