Trend Micro Cloud-Powered XDR Drives Monumental Business Value

Organizations can save the cost of 8 full time employees by adopting an XDR approach, says ESG

 

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KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 3
August 2020 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the global
leader in cloud security, today shared the significant business value
driven by cloud-powered XDR and Managed XDR offerings, which optimize threat
detection and response across all critical vectors. In a recent survey
commissioned by Trend Micro and conducted by ESG, organizations surveyed
experience faster detection and less alert fatigue as a result of intelligently
using data from all their security controls (including those covering
endpoints, email, servers, cloud workloads and networks).

According to the recent
findings from ESG*, previewed here with a white
paper to publish in August, 85% of organizations
claim that threat detection and response is getting harder due to an exponentially
more sophisticated threat landscape and a lack of highly skilled security
experts over the last two years.

 

Trend Micro’s XDR solution is both a SaaS-based
offering as well as a managed service with the “X” referring to the most extensive sets of data from more
protection points, which is critical to find hidden threats. It was recently
named by Forrester as a Leader in enterprise detection and response
and achieved the highest initial detection in the MITRE ATT&CK® Framework.

City of Tyler, Texas CIO and Trend Micro
customer, Benny Yazdanpanahi said, “Our citizens and employees have a right to
expect that their data and public services are secured from cyber-threats, but
our small IT workforce can’t do everything, so we turned to Managed XDR.
Finding a strong, committed partner with knowledge and expertise we don’t have
was a game-changer for us. Our city motto is ‘We are called to serve,’ but the
same could equally be said of Trend Micro. They care about their customers.”

Today’s organizations are faced with
sophisticated threats that may bypass even advanced protection. However, most
current detection and response approaches are siloed, incomplete and overwhelm
limited security teams with disconnected alerts that lack actionable
information. Security practitioners currently report being able to find
critical alerts but not necessarily having the clarity to resolve the issue due
to lack of additional details. 

In fact, ESG found that only 30% of organizations are confident that their threat detection and response
functions can perform at the speed needed to keep up with threats over the next
12-24 months. Additionally, on average, organizations and overtaxed IT teams
ignore 32% of security alerts.

Trend Micro XDR was the first solution to launch
that offers correlated detection beyond the endpoint: collecting and analyzing
data from email, endpoints, servers, cloud workloads, and networks to more
effectively hunt, detect and contain threats. It amounts to greater context,
greater understanding and faster, more accurate incident response. ESG found
that organizations that employ automated data aggregation techniques, like
those enabled by Trend Micro XDR, enjoy improved security outcomes. For
example, they are generally able to restore in hours vs. days by a ratio of 83%
vs. 66%.

The solution is also available as a managed
service (MDR), to further take the pressure off constrained
in-house teams with 24/7 full-threat analysis, threat hunting, response plans
and remediation recommendations.

“There’s no such thing as 100% prevention
anymore, which puts the focus on effective threat detection and response. With
XDR, we’ve broken the mould with correlated detection across traditional siloes
to help stretched IT teams optimize their response to stealthy threats,” said Steve Quane, executive vice president at Trend
Micro. “I’m proud of the fantastic value our solution offers businesses and
of once again delivering on our commitment to secure the connected world. It’s
a privilege to remain a trusted cybersecurity advisor for our global
customers.”  

*ESG Research Insights Report, Validating Trend Micro’s
Approach and Enhancing GTM Intelligence, 2020, to be published August 2020.

About Trend Micro

Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cybersecurity
solutions, helps to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Our
innovative solutions for consumers, businesses, and governments provide layered
security for data centers, cloud environments, networks, and endpoints. All our
products work together to seamlessly share threat intelligence and provide a
connected threat defense with centralized visibility and control, enabling
better, faster protection. With more than 6,000 employees in over 50 countries
and the world’s most advanced global threat intelligence, Trend Micro secures
your connected world. For more information, visit www.trendmicro.com.hk.