Microsoft Unified XDR and SIEM Solution Handbook

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Introduction to XDR and SIEM

As we begin this chapter, we’ll explore the fundamental concepts of XDR and SIEM, understand their importance for enterprises and CISOs, and examine their core capabilities, use cases, and strategies. We’ll also differentiate between modern and legacy approaches and demystify prevalent cybersecurity buzzwords such as EDR, XDR, MDR, NDR, and SIEM. We will also discuss how these solutions help to eliminate siloed architecture and make the lives of Security Operations Center (SOC) teams easy with better triaging, investigation, and hunting processes.

This chapter will cover the following main topics:

• What are XDR and SIEM?
• What do these *DR acronyms mean?
• The benefits of having XDR and SIEM solutions in the enterprise ...