eSentire Named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™

We are thrilled to be named a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection and Response Services, Q1 2025 report.

We were called out specifically for our deep expertise in delivering robust managed response, the breadth of our 300+ best-of-breed technology integrations, how we improve our customers’ security posture management, and our expansive partner ecosystem.

By leveraging two 24/7 Security Operations Centers (SOCs) in Waterloo, Canada and Cork, Ireland, we are delivering a Next Level MDR service to help our customers stay ahead of sophisticated emerging threats and build cyber resilience.

According to Forrester, eSentire stands out by "how well it understands the challenges its target customers, mostly midmarket organizations, face: defending against sophisticated adversaries with limited budgets and minimal security personnel."

This alignment with the needs of its target market, particularly "resource-constrained small to midsize enterprises," positions eSentire as a "superior choice" for those that want to maintain a more hands-off approach to day-to-day security service delivery.

Forrester confirms prospective MDR customers are evaluating Managed Detection and Response (MDR) providers based on:

• Strength of their detection engineering capabilities, in addition to continued expertise in threat intelligence and threat hunting.
• The ability of an MDR provider to strengthen an organization’s overall security posture – in addition to strong detection and response capabilities – using contextual awareness of the organization’s industry, technology stack, and region.
• Using Generative AI to enable stronger security outcomes for customers and drive cost-effective services by adopting Generative AI to strengthen their own service delivery.

Forrester specifically calls out eSentire MDR for our commitment to helping customers drive continuous improvement for their security program by providing an “initial posture assessment, ongoing assessments, prioritized recommendations, and dashboards”. We were also noted to have robust managed response capabilities – both manual and automated – compared to our competitors.

As part of our Next Level MDR service, we help organizations continuously harden their security posture with proactive threat intelligence and the world’s most complete response capability by ingesting signal sources at the endpoint, network, log, identity, cloud, and vulnerability level to drive data correlation, cyber threat analysis and kill switch response capabilities. The result – we deliver full attack surface visibility, deep investigation, threat detection, and complete threat response.

Plus, unlike our competitors, eSentire MDR offers unlimited threat hunting and unlimited incident handling, rapidly operationalizing threat intelligence to inform our proactive threat hunts. We have elite threat hunters on every shift in our SOC, and their efforts support in tuning our ML models, and building new security detections from tracked Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).

Our industry-leading eSentire Threat Response Unit (TRU) adds 200 new IPs daily based on positive security investigations as well as 150+ novel threat detections and runbooks each quarter. We operationalize intelligence in a way that takes MDR from response to prevention first as we amplify security outcomes across our global base. TRU also conducts original threat research and publishes their findings through TRU Positives, Malware Analyses, and threat research reports.

Another area where eSentire shines ahead is the breadth of our best-of-breed technology integrations, noted as “one of the broadest portfolios currently available in the MDR market”, with over 300+ technology integrations. We provide ultimate flexibility so you can partner with us for a fully managed solution or bring your own license and continue to get value from the existing tools in your tech stack. We ingest logs and investigate threats across various sources of telemetry, including SaaS platforms in your environment, so you can continuously monitor your hybrid footprint.

Lastly, our robust partner ecosystem – including MSPs, MSSPs, VARs, SIs and distributors, and the strategic “vision and community engagement we drive without sacrificing the needs of our customers”, has also been highlighted in the report.

It’s clear that security professionals are increasingly embracing security partners who go beyond threat detection and response capabilities to provide expertise in security posture management and detection engineering while demonstrating cost-effective value. eSentire shines as a true services partner above platform only providers or ‘fake MDR’ pretenders who simply send alerts.

Download The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection and Response Services, Q1 2025 Report here.

To learn how eSentire’s Next Level MDR service can help you strengthen your security program, connect with an eSentire cybersecurity specialist today.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mitangi Parekh Content Marketing Director

As the Content Marketing Director, Mitangi Parekh leads content and social media strategy at eSentire, overseeing the development of security-focused content across multiple marketing channels. She has nearly a decade of experience in marketing, with 8 years specializing in cybersecurity marketing. Throughout her time at eSentire, Mitangi has created multiple thought leadership content programs that drive customer acquisition, expand share of voice to drive market presence, and demonstrate eSentire's security expertise. Mitangi holds dual degrees in Biology (BScH) and English (BAH) from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.