Partnership offers managed detection and response (MDR) services to joint customers
Palo Alto Networks and PwC recently announced an expanded partnership to deliver managed detection and response (MDR) services to joint customers.
The offering combines MDR services delivered by PwC — Managed Cyber Defence — and Cortex XDR by Palo Alto Networks. Together, customers can take advantage of a state-of-the-art managed threat hunting, protection, detection and response service from anywhere, globally, a joint press release stated.
The Managed Cyber Defence service fuses the power of PwC’s global threat intelligence, thousands of hours of incident response expertise, and advisory services with Cortex XDR, the industry’s first fully integrated detection and response platform, to provide a unique level of protection with unrivaled visibility and detection capabilities.
“The evolving threat landscape has forced organizations to mature their security capabilities, creating opportunities for PwC to elevate their offerings and provide a blending of managed security/MDR and professional security capabilities,” asserted Christina Richmond, VP, Worldwide Security Services Research, IDC.
Cortex XDR is the industry’s first extended detection and response platform that runs on integrated endpoint, network, cloud and third-party data to reduce noise and focus on real threats.
“PwC’s cybersecurity team has responded to several major incursions from nation-state threat groups and mitigated cyber breaches caused by vulnerabilities introduced through transitions to remote work at scale,” commented Colin Slater, Cybersecurity Partner, PwC UK.
“The combination of advisory services, analytics, and modern, AI-driven detection and response capabilities and metrics, with visibility across an enterprise’s entire infrastructure, is made possible by our joint Cortex XDR and MDR service offering,” remarked Shailesh Rao, SVP, Cortex, Palo Alto Networks.
