Season 3, Episode 1: People and AI Come Together in XDR, Briana Farro & Derrick Snyder

Briana and Derrick talk to Principled about how XDR, or Extended Detection & Response, is helping SOC (security operations center) personnel increase their ability to detect and mitigate security breaches in real-time. The team developed personas that reflect today’s very active SOC analysts who need to detect persistent, under-the-radar threats, known as ‘low and slow’ approaches. The XDR solution uses automation to aggregate these persistent security threats and a progressive disclosure strategy to alert analysts about potential breaches. Key moments: 1:18 Cisco’s new Breach Protection Suite, which includes XDR 2:09 Going deep on the use case with personas 3:17 How XDR is making day-to-day work simpler for security analysts 4:08 The concept of progressive disclosure 6:51 How AI-generated threats work 11:21 Collaborating with the product principles