Fidelis Elevate vs Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR comparison

Fidelis Elevate vs. Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR / MDR

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ABHISHEK_SINGH

Senior Process Expert at A.P. Moller - Maersk

Gained full visibility and streamlined threat detection through behavior-based insights and AI integration

Initially, we got to have a lot of false positives when we onboarded, but nowadays it's quite smooth. We have fine-tuned our security policies and allowed different levels of policies to get rid of those false positives. Currently, we are getting a fairly good amount of incidents that are not false positives or benign, but actionable items. The process is streamlined. In the initial days, the operations used to get involved in a lot of benign and other activities, but now the process is streamlined. We are leveraging the auto-detection and remediation plans. The operations teams are now more involved in other business roles as well, not just looking into the logs and fetching out what's happening there. They have fixed a lot of things. Initially, they didn't have IAC code drift detection, cloud posture management, or security posture management, but they have those now. They purchased different vendors and did a merger with that. They have now Prisma Cloud that gets integrated and now they are working with Cortex Cloud. Everything that was negative has now been addressed, and the product altogether looks to be in a very better and mature shape now. Currently, it's more or less detecting the workloads with AI-based best practices. Since most organizations are consuming AI agents and other things, we are looking forward to seeing what other feature enhancements Palo Alto can support in that.

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Mostafa Ameen

Information Security Engineer at ICT Misr

Advanced threat detection capabilities with comprehensive incident response features providing robust cybersecurity for organizations

The initial aspect concerns two engines. The first one mentioned is available for searching behaviors directly. The second engine involves the Google Ade tool, which operates on the machine. The challenge arises when attempting to rectify protection rules, causing confusion. It would be beneficial to enhance Rigixs Query. I encounter difficulty removing certain entries in behavior or alerts; likewise, I am unable to add specific calls.

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reviewer2396166

VP International Business and Alliances at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Customers have found quick incident response and proactive security management through effective threat detection

Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR MDR is a great product that has not posed any challenges from my perspective. I am extremely happy with the quick response from the Secureworks team. After the Sophos merger, I look forward to seeing a better and more enhanced version of the product. The team does a phenomenal job with automatic maintenance.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Cortex XDR features advanced threat detection capabilities."

"If the user leaves our premises or network, Palo Alto Traps will still be on that endpoint and will still apply our policies."

"Its ability to react to cyber data attacks is awesome."

"The product's most valuable features are massive user and feature intelligence exploit detection."

"Monitoring is most valuable."

"The best feature of Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is that it collects logs from different sections such as the endpoint, the network, and the cloud, making it easy to investigate alerts, collect some of the investigation packages related to the infected machines, and provide live response."

"If you are looking for security, mainly for advanced threat prevention from ransomware and malware attacks, I would recommend Cortex."

"Cortex XDR alerts us on the dashboard when there's a threat, which allows us to restrict that user and helps secure our infrastructure."

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"It ensures the stability of network behavior across various aspects of our network and offers responsive capabilities to address incidents promptly"

"The solution is pretty scalable; you buy a lot of features, a known product, and you want it to run in any environment, and it does, so it's scalable enough."

"The technical support is very helpful."

"It has also improved our hunt ability with quick search tools, to zone in on malware or other anomalies. It is able to link items to incidents from other consoles, and works natively with the SIEM."

"After rack and stack, devices were up and running base configurations within two hours. As with any IPS, tuning is required to stop false positives. This is no different, but the ease of use of the interface allowed my team to start making adjustments within a few hours."

"Compared to similar solutions, it's quite scalable. You just need to add more storage to scale-up."

"The initial setup is very straightforward. The deployment of the server doesn't take so long; about a day or two max."

"It has a rating system now so you can rate things up or down, depending on your environment. This means alerting can be customized, yet still pick up anomalies."

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"There are some patent pending detectors within the platform that provides a lot of value."

"Solved a fundamental problem that lets us all sleep well at night!"

"Securworks' threat intel seems pretty decent, and they integrate with several solutions we have, such as Azure AD, so all our Microsoft 365 stuff is covered."

"The knowledge base is up to date and easy to use."

"We can easily isolate affected machines in the network."

"The pricing is flexible."

"This solution gathers the information logs from all devices and correlates all the information. It notifies us of any critical events taking place across our networks which has been valuable."

"The most valuable feature is the support. The support chat. It's always connecting to people. And you open the chat, and it's not about that automated response. It's actually a human being that responds to you."

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Cons

"If he is using a smaller company, he can depend on some other tools because Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is a bit expensive."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks could improve by offering remote management. It would be useful to look at the client's issue to fix it."

"On the pricing aspect, Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks needs to have a more reasonable rate, particularly for customers in Sri Lanka and Asian countries."

"If you compare it to SentinelOne, which has more functionalities and detection capabilities on an open platform, the pricing on SentinelOne is far more reasonable and cheaper than Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks."

"The price could be a little lower."

"Cortex XDR should have a lightweight agent, and the agent size should not be heavy."

"This product has not improved my organization - in fact, we are in the process of moving back to another product as a result of Cortex's horrible impact on system performance."

"Although I would say this product is highly-rated, it could probably do more because nothing does everything that you want."

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"There is room for improvement in email security. It's a security issue. If you're aiming for XDR, covering the entire threat landscape is crucial."

"The reports in the endpoint area of Elevate can be improved."

"We position the solution as an antivirus, but this part of the solution needs improvement. They need to generally enhance the features that they have, rather than adding anything new."

"The interface bug needs to be squashed once and for all."

"Fidelis Endpoint is an expensive product making it one of its shortcomings that needs improvement."

"Configuration, in terms of building the collector and communicating with endpoints, is complex."

"The interface bug needs to be squashed once and for all. This has been the predominant issue with an otherwise stellar product. It reboots itself unscheduled, about once a month, due to a memory buffer flaw in the interface."

"I encounter difficulty removing certain entries in behavior or alerts; likewise, I am unable to add specific calls."

"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see file integrity monitoring."

"I would rate the scalability at 50%. We have been having a problem as we are shifting from a previous appliance to a virtual machine."

"The integration with the Carbon Black sensor could be better. ManagedXDR doesn't seem to know how to extract the forensic data from an endpoint that was quarantined by Carbon Black."

"Dell Secureworks is for higher-end customers and it's not quite as straightforward to implement or to get up and running as some of the other solutions."

"Dell Secureworks could improve its integration with other third-party solutions."

"It would be nice if the solution were a little more affordable."

"Tamper-proofing or tamper protection is still pending in Secureworks."

"This solution could be improved with a higher degree of automation such as automated emails, triggers and defining the severity of the cases."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an expensive solution."

"If one wishes to work with another team or large number of users at a future point, he must purchase a license for them."

"Traps pays for itself within the first 16 months of a three-year subscription. This is attributed to OPEX savings, as security teams spent less time trying to identify and isolate malware for analysis as a result of a reduction in malware incidents, false positives, and breach avoidance."

"Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks is an expensive solution."

"We pay about $50,000 USD per year for a bundle that includes Cortex XDR."

"The pricing seems fair, and I do like the licensing model. You use wherever they are, and it is elastic."

"It's the most expensive solution, but features-wise, it's quite strong. It's very good for protection, so the results are very good in the case of protection. I would rate it a two out of ten in terms of pricing."

"It's about $55 per license on a yearly basis."

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"Fidelis Endpoint is an expensive product. My company makes yearly payments toward the licensing cost of the solution."

"It's somehow expensive. From one to ten, I would rate it a five. They need to improve the prices. It's very high."

"It's quite expensive but we can customize it to reduce the price."

"You license by the number of days of logs you need to maintain visibility for. Forty-five days is a good solid number for a company with around a 10k user base."

"The price is kind of on par. The licensing was comparable to other solutions. It's not particularly high or low."

"The pricing of Dell Secureworks is very reasonable."

"Secureworks Taegis ManagedXDR is very expensive and could be more cost-effective."

"It is expensive but there is no better product than this."

"The Red Cloak agent is free."

"Initially, the cost was going to be something around $160 or $170. And eventually, I think they brought it down to $110 and they also threw in some endpoint protection platforms."

"The pricing for this solution is reasonable. One agent costs approximately 270 dirhams/70 USD for one year. There is a reduction in cost per licence as the number of licences used increases."

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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

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Construction Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Construction Company

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Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

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Construction Company

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Small Business	47
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	55

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Large Enterprise	2

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Also Known As

Cyvera, Cortex XDR, Palo Alto Networks Traps

Fidelis Elevate Platform, Fidelis Enterprise, Fidelis Cloud, Fidelis Managed Detection and Response, Fidelis Deception, Fidelis Decryption, Fidelis Endpoint, Fidelis Network

Secureworks Red Cloak Managed Detection and Response, Dell Secureworks, SecureWorks Taegis Managed TDR

Overview

Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks provides advanced threat detection with AI-driven endpoint protection and seamless integration, ensuring multi-layered security and automatic threat response.

Cortex XDR is designed to safeguard endpoints against malware and suspicious activities. It offers advanced threat detection and response capabilities using behavioral analysis, AI, and machine learning. It seamlessly integrates with security infrastructures, providing endpoint security, firewall integration, and enhanced visibility in both cloud-based and on-premises environments.

What are the key features of Cortex XDR?

Advanced Threat Detection: Uses AI and machine learning for proactive threat identification.
Multi-layered Security: Combines various security measures for comprehensive protection.
Endpoint Protection: Safeguards against malware and exploits.
Behavioral Analysis: Monitors suspicious activity for early detection.
Automatic Threat Response: Automates responses to neutralize threats.

What benefits should users expect?

Ease of Use: Simplifies security management with intuitive design.
Resource Efficiency: Minimizes impact on system resources.
Integration Capabilities: Works well with existing security setups.
Reduced Analyst Workload: Automates processes to decrease manual intervention.

Organizations in diverse sectors deploy Cortex XDR to protect against malware, leveraging its advanced threat detection capabilities. Its integration with existing security infrastructures appeals to those seeking comprehensive protection in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing enhanced visibility and threat intelligence.

Palo Alto Networks

Fidelis Elevate offers advanced network and endpoint detection with valuable features such as anomaly detection for reduced false positives, customizable alerts, and efficient reporting, providing comprehensive threat response capabilities across multiple platforms.

Fidelis Elevate is trusted for its robust network visibility and remote connection capabilities. It integrates data across network security platforms, supporting endpoint threat response. Businesses rely on it for in-line IDS/IPS systems that exceed competitors by examining more ports. Its use in anomaly detection and fast data searches is appreciated by those seeking complex solutions covering multiple areas, with endpoint script execution and tools for incident response enhancing its offering.

What important features does Fidelis Elevate offer?

NDR for network visibility: Enhances monitoring and threat detection with deep insights.
Live Connect: Facilitates secure remote connections for troubleshooting and support.
Tasks for information gathering: Streamlines endpoint data collection to support analysis.
Anomaly detection: Minimizes false positives, increasing detection accuracy.
Customizable alerts: Tailors notifications for specific threat scenarios.
Efficient reporting: Enables rapid and detailed data searches.

What benefits and ROI can Fidelis Elevate provide?

Comprehensive threat view: Integrates data for a holistic security perspective.
Enhanced endpoint security: Prevents fileless attacks and provides essential evidence.
Efficient incident response: Offers tools aiding quick response across environments.

Fidelis Elevate is implemented across industries for its comprehensive monitoring capabilities. Companies leverage its network visibility and remote connectivity in endpoint and network detection, effectively preventing threats within complex environments. Its holistic integration serves as an essential asset for security analysts focused on incident response.

Fidelis Security

Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR/MDR offers robust threat detection and response capabilities with valuable features including rapid alerting, flexible pricing, and comprehensive threat intelligence. Its integration abilities enhance value for users by providing clear, actionable alerts.

Tailored for advanced security operations, Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR/MDR provides a comprehensive security framework with IDS/IPS capabilities, real-time monitoring, and seamless endpoint control. Users benefit from its integration with platforms like Azure AD and support tools like Microsoft 365 and Carbon Black. Machine learning detectors and the ability to quarantine threats effectively underline its efficiency, while the human touch in support is a significant draw. While its GUI for ticket resolution and log integration could improve, its high-fidelity alerts and rapid response form an essential part of threat management. Updates to its query language, reporting, and AI integration are areas of potential growth.

What are the key features of Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR/MDR?

Comprehensive Threat Intelligence: Provides in-depth insights into potential threats.
Real-Time Monitoring: Constant vigilance over network and endpoint activities.
Seamless Endpoint Control: Ensures effective management of device operations.
Machine Learning Detectors: Uses AI to enhance threat detection.
Integration Capabilities: Works with platforms like Azure AD and Microsoft 365.

What benefits or ROI should reviews highlight?

Clear Alerting: Reduces noise to present actionable alerts.
Flexible Pricing: Adapts to the budgetary needs of clients.
Human Support: Expertise-driven support enhances user confidence.
Enhanced Visibility: Improved oversight into security events and responses.
Swift Response: Quickly addresses security incidents to minimize risk.

In healthcare, finance, and other industries, Secureworks Taegis Managed XDR/MDR provides essential services like threat detection, vulnerability management, and risk mitigation. It facilitates secure operations by serving as a central hub for network traffic analysis, antivirus scans, and log monitoring, making it indispensable for robust security infrastructure.

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Sample Customers

CBI Health Group, University Honda, VakifBank

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RICOH, Owens and Minor

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