Attackers increasingly leverage AI and automation to continuously scan systems for vulnerabilities, with threats coming from cybercriminal gangs and even nation-state actors. Meanwhile, finding skilled cybersecurity professionals is both challenging and expensive. As cybersecurity tools become more advanced, professionals are overwhelmed with massive amounts of data, making it harder to quickly assess risks and make the right decisions—especially when immediate action is needed. This can lead to burnout for cybersecurity teams.

Fortunately, Barracuda XDR offers a unified approach to cybersecurity for MSPs (managed security providers).

What is XDR and how does it work?

XDR (Extended Detection and Response) automates incident responses based on pre-defined plans. It continuously monitors devices, searching for indicators of compromise, providing better visibility, and reducing false alarms. Barracuda XDR combines an advanced analytics platform with 24/7 support from a security operations center (SOC), which sets it apart from many other XDR solutions.

Key features:

• Proactive threat protection: It provides real-time protection, detection, and response to threats across major vectors like cloud, email, networks, servers, and endpoints.
• Layered defense: Barracuda XDR creates multiple layers of protection around your customers’ data, devices, and users, addressing major attack surfaces such as email, endpoints, servers, firewalls, and cloud services.
• Comprehensive threat detection: It monitors endpoint security, network traffic, system logs, and more, detecting unusual activity and potential attack correlations.
• Global threat intelligence: Barracuda leverages a vast repository of threat indicators and integrates insights from various security intelligence sources to protect your customers.

Additionally, Barracuda XDR provides a multi-tenant dashboard featuring:

• Advanced cyber threat prevention and detection.
• AI-powered analytics engine.
• 24/7 managed SOC.
• SIEM analysis.
• Simple deployment and usability.
• Compliance support and reporting.
• Centralized visibility.

The solution also goes beyond traditional visibility, analyzing data from existing security tools for extended oversight, while employing vendor-agnostic telemetry to monitor key data sources. It utilizes machine learning to enhance threat detection and is aligned with the MITRE ATT&CK framework to identify threat actors and predict their next moves.

With around-the-clock SOC support, you benefit from real-time monitoring, expert guidance, and continuous advancements in security through ongoing research and development.

In summary:

Barracuda XDR streamlines and strengthens your cybersecurity efforts, reducing costs and response times while empowering MSPs with a comprehensive, automated defense system. It unifies security information and event management (SIEM), security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), and threat intelligence—analyzing billions of indicators of compromise to protect your customers efficiently.

For more insights, check out these resources:

• EDR-MDR-XDR Comparison for Organizations
• Barracuda XDR Insights: How AI Learns Your Patterns to Protect You