The "depth-in-depth + united defense" strategy as a cybersecurity protection approach is indeed an effective method against modern security threats. However, implementing it in practice is a highly challenging task, primarily due to the lack of consistency between threat detection methods (Detection) and threat incident handling methods (Response). In other words, regardless of using independent detection tools (EDR, HIDS, NIDS, etc.) or existing defense systems (Firewall, IPS, Security Gateway, etc.), the scope of their security detection is limited. Additionally, most security alerts often lack the critical context required for investigation. As a result, when facing known or unknown security threats, security teams often have to deal with a constant stream of alert notifications and invest a significant amount of human resources and time to carefully verify threats and handle incidents. The performance of security teams can easily deteriorate, leading to overlooking or delayed discovery of genuine threats. On average, organizations now take 197 days to detect an intrusion and 69 days to gain effective control, leaving a prolonged risk window for attackers to complete their operations.

Since these tools are largely unable to work together, security personnel cannot easily coordinate response and immediate attack blocking across all execution points. The traditional approach of establishing a SOC (Security Operations Center) and SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) to achieve "integration" has generally proven ineffective, primarily due to the difficulty in establishing accurate correlation rules and incident scenarios. They are often limited to collecting and exchanging information on known incidents, which is not precise enough for analyzing today's security threats. Therefore, we need a new approach to address the challenges of modern security operations - XDR (Extended Detection and Response). XDR must be able to simplify and accelerate each stage of security operations, including detection, threat capture, classification, investigation, and response, while also having effective threat defense measures to block all threats, using AI and machine learning to detect sophisticated hidden attack techniques, and automating to speed up the investigation process. Most importantly, it must span across multiple data environments.

OIS adopts Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR™, the world's first cloud-based detection and response solution. The "X" represents any data source, including network, endpoint, or cloud, the primary data environments today. By connecting data from multiple sources, Cortex XDR™ provides a comprehensive and clear overview of an organization's overall activities. Equipped with advanced automation, AI, and machine learning technologies, Cortex XDR™ integrates security alerts from external sources and global threat intelligence, enabling rapid in-depth analysis. This eliminates the need for security personnel to manually correlate security incidents and data, as Cortex XDR™ can intelligently produce accurate security threat incidents and related analysis conclusions. Not only are threats unable to hide, but they can also complete tasks that would take a security expert with years of experience and hours to do in just a matter of seconds.

In summary, Cortex XDR™ not only enhances an organization's threat prediction and proactive defense, but when tracking threats from any source or location in the infrastructure, it can also automatically control and reconstruct each step of the attack to provide a clear timeline and attack trajectory. By applying threat intelligence, Cortex XDR™ can also rapidly predict unknown or hidden malicious attacks using AI and machine learning, reducing the probability of vulnerability exploitation and achieving true pre-emptive protection.

To stay ahead of the rapidly evolving security threats, enterprises need to invest in technologies that can quickly defend against attackers without the need to deploy more isolated tools. If you want to stop increasingly complex attacks and reduce operational costs while avoiding uncontrolled network development, Cortex XDR™ is a wise choice.

With Cortex XDR™, security teams can integrate multiple detection and response products into a single platform, move data management tasks to the cloud, and reduce log management costs, saving up to 44% in overall detection and response ownership costs. Cortex XDR™ is the secret weapon to improve your security outcomes and achieve maximum operational efficiency.