Cybersecurity companies Trustwave and Trellix say they want to help end users simplify their systems in the face of a complicated threat environment. Credit: iStock Managed detection and response (MDR) company Trustwave said Wednesday that it will be teaming up with extended detection and response (XDR) company Trellix. The partnership calls for Trustwave to support Trellix endpoint security and to sell MDR with Trellix.MDR, as offered by Trustwave, essentially works as a remote, third-party security operations center. The idea is, given the growing complexity of modern security threat landscapes, to let end user companies simply offload key parts of their security setups. That’s particularly important in the case of mid-size companies where the in-house security team might not be particularly large.Gartner’s 2021 Market Guide for XDR describes the technology as a way to integrate a wide array of different security tools — covering endpoints, network, email and so on — into a holistic picture. Rather than using a traditional SIEM system, which is essentially just a log of all security related events, companies can use XDR to not only track events, but to quickly correlate them and separate false alarms from actual threats. The idea behind the partnership is to build on the benefits of both solutions, according to IDC research vice president Craig Robinson. “The sort of things an XDR platform gives you in terms of being able to detect and respond to attacks is generally not going to be in an organization’s top five competencies,” he said. “MDR alleviates that, at a relatively good price point.”The reasons for those benefits stem from the aforementioned complexity of the modern threat landscape. Between large numbers of false positives generated by individual security systems that only cover one part of an organization and the difficulty of correlating them to one another, the ability to recognize threats and categorize them — whether zero-days or bad configurations, and so on — become critical to reducing diagnosis and response tiem. There are organizational synergies to be had here as well, Robinson added. As the product of a merger between McAfee Enterprise and FireEye that happened in January 2022, Trellix brings a new customer base to Trustwave, whose MDR product had previously been mostly used by companies with different underlying security vendors in place.“It makes sense for [Trustwave] to be able to say that someone doesn’t have to rip-and-replace in order to use Trustwave,” he said. “By adding Trellix as an offering, that picks up the FireEye and McAfee install base.”(This story has been updated with additional information about the Trustwave-Trellix paertnership.) Related content news CISA, FBI urge developers to patch path traversal bugs before shipping The advisory highlights how developers can follow best practices to fix these vulnerabilities during production. By Shweta Sharma May 03, 2024 3 mins Vulnerabilities news Microsoft continues to add, shuffle security execs in the wake of security incidents The company has appointed new product security chiefs as well as a customer-facing CISO as it continues to respond to high-profile attacks on its products and own network. By Elizabeth Montalbano May 03, 2024 4 mins CSO and CISO feature Malware explained: How to prevent, detect and recover from it What are the types of malware? How does malware spread? How do you know if you’re infected? We've got answers. By Josh Fruhlinger May 03, 2024 18 mins Ransomware Phishing Malware brandpost Sponsored by Cyber NewsWire LayerX Security Raises $26M for its Browser Security Platform, Enabling Employees to Work Securely from Any Browser, Anywhere Early adoption by Fortune 100 companies worldwide, LayerX already secures more users than any other browser security solution and enables unmatched security, performance and experience By Cyber NewsWire May 02, 2024 4 mins Cyberattacks Security PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe