Microsoft Defender XDR Accelerator

Microsoft Defender XDR (extended detection and response) is an advanced security solution that provides a unified defense against sophisticated cyber threats. It extends detection and response capabilities across endpoints, identities, email, and applications, offering an integrated approach to prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to advanced attacks.

• Unified Security Operations By integrating various security components, Microsoft Defender XDR simplifies the security operations center (SOC) workflow, enabling a more efficient response to incidents.
• Cost-Effectiveness Organizations can experience a significant return on investment, as one study found a 242% ROI over three years with Microsoft Defender XDR.
• Enhanced Productivity Automated responses and self-healing capabilities reduce the manual workload on security teams, allowing them to focus on other critical tasks.
• Cross-Product Layer Microsoft Defender XDR augments individual service components, providing a comprehensive view of threats and their impact on the organization.
• Machine Speed Response artificial intelligence (AI) driven technology helps stop advanced attacks like ransomware early in the attack chain, limiting the attacker's progress.
• Proactive Threat Hunting Security professionals can proactively search for cyber threats, enhancing the overall security posture.

About our Accelerator

We help you plan, design, deploy and configure a pilot of Microsoft Defender XDR with the option for full production deployment. During the Accelerator, our cyber experts will help you increase your cyber defense capabilities by delivering the following:

• Planning and Design We work with your team to define technical requirements to build out the Microsoft Defender XDR solution tailored to your specific needs and environment. During this phase we develop a design for the XDR components: Defender for Identity, Defender for Office 365, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud Apps and Entra ID Conditional Access and Identity Protection.
• Deployment of Pilot We manage the deployment of the Microsoft Defender XDR solution from end-to-end and with your permission can even perform the implementation for you. This includes deploying each component, and configuring each component according to Microsoft and industry best practices.
• Exposure Management During the pilot we work with your team to configure attack surface mapping, attack paths, Secure Score and other components to proactively manage your attack surface and vulnerability exposure.
• Policy Optimization During the pilot we work with your team to investigate and fine tune alerts and incidents by adjusting threat hunting queries and settings/policies across Microsoft Defender XDR.

Accelerator Deliverables

• Design Guide We provide a detailed and comprehensive customized document on how the solution was designed, why it was designed that way, along with requirements and architectural diagrams.
• Configuration Guide We provide a detailed and comprehensive customized document on how the solution was deployed and configured, along with screenshots and explanation of settings and policies configured.
• Operations Guide We provide a detailed and comprehensive customized document on how to operate the solution and perform incident investigation and response using Microsoft Defender XDR.

Pricing of our services are scoped and customized specifically for your organization’s needs, use case, and requirements. Upon clicking “Contact Me”, our team will schedule time with you to understand your journey to accelerate cyber security with Microsoft Defender XDR.