Short answer: The strongest general-purpose MDR services are well documented. Forrester’s Q1 2025 Wave evaluated the ten most significant vendors across 21 criteria and named CrowdStrike, Expel and Red Canary as Leaders, with eSentire and Binary Defense as Strong Performers.
None of that evaluation tells you which service can monitor a programmable logic controller without knocking it over.
If your enterprise runs a plant floor, a substation, a water treatment process or a warehouse full of robotic cells, the shortlist is different from the one a purely IT organization would build. This article covers what changes, and which providers handle it. [Read more…] about Best Managed Detection and Response Services for Enterprises With Industrial Operations