Alert Only MDR Providers

Alert Only considerations

Alert-only MDR is best suited for organizations with a mature internal SOC that wants better detection, not response outsourcing.
Ask about alert fidelity. Volume of alerts matters less than the quality of investigation and context provided per alert.
Verify that the provider de-duplicates and correlates alerts before escalation, not just forwarding raw SIEM output.
Consider whether your team has the bandwidth to action every alert within the provider's SLA window.

Response authority is what separates MDR from lighter monitoring services. For the wider picture, see what MDR is and what it covers.

Alert-only MDR is best suited for organizations with a mature internal SOC that wants better detection, not response outsourcing.
Ask about alert fidelity. Volume of alerts matters less than the quality of investigation and context provided per alert.
Verify that the provider de-duplicates and correlates alerts before escalation, not just forwarding raw SIEM output.
Consider whether your team has the bandwidth to action every alert within the provider's SLA window.

Response authority is what separates MDR from lighter monitoring services. For the wider picture, see what MDR is and what it covers.