SecureWorks Overview
SecureWorks is a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, offering a comprehensive suite of products and services designed to prevent, detect, and respond to continuously evolving threats and vulnerabilities.
Purpose and Scope
SecureWorks provides tailored cybersecurity solutions to address the unique needs of organizations, protecting them from the most pervasive and advanced cyber threats. Their offerings are built by security experts for security experts, ensuring robust and effective security outcomes.
Key Products and Services
Taegis Cloud-Native Security Platform
The core of SecureWorks’ offerings is the Taegis cloud-native security platform. This platform combines security analytics and human intelligence to deliver superior detection and unmatched response capabilities.
- Superior Detection: Taegis uses advanced analytics informed by deep intelligence and real-world security engagements to identify and prioritize threats. It processes over 700 billion events daily, ensuring that the most serious threats are addressed promptly.
- Unmatched Response: The platform provides faster and more accurate security outcomes with minimal “noise,” and it includes native Event-to-Resolution assistance with proprietary playbooks built from SecureWorks’ own incident responses.
Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
SecureWorks’ Taegis XDR is designed to integrate market-leading technologies, offering extended detection and response capabilities.
- Comprehensive Integration: Taegis XDR ingests and correlates data from various sources including endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email, amplifying the effectiveness of existing tools.
- AI-Powered Analytics: It leverages AI-powered analytics and comprehensive threat intelligence from the SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit to detect advanced and emerging threats. This includes over 98% coverage against most categories of the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
Network Detection and Response (NDR)
Taegis NDR enhances network security by leveraging AI to uncover hidden threats.
- Continuous Analysis: It performs continuous analysis of network telemetry with deep packet inspection (DPI) without compromising network performance. This includes the option to inspect all network traffic and opt for immediate blocking or receive alerts for malicious traffic.
- Comprehensive Device Management: Taegis NDR manages all updates, patches, as well as hardware and software refreshes, eliminating the burden on in-house teams.
Managed Security Services
SecureWorks offers a range of managed security services:
- 24/7 Monitoring: Continuous monitoring for threat detection and incident response.
- Vulnerability Management: Proactive identification and management of vulnerabilities.
- Threat Intelligence: Real-time threat intelligence and actionable insights from a dedicated team of researchers and analysts.
Additional Services
Other key services include:
- Security Consulting: Assessments, risk evaluations, security program development, and compliance consulting to improve an organization’s overall security posture.
- Incident Response: Rapid response services to contain and mitigate the impact of security breaches, minimizing downtime and restoring normal operations.
- Threat Hunting: Proactive activities to identify hidden or advanced threats that may have evaded traditional security measures.
- Cloud Security: Specialized solutions to protect data and workloads in cloud environments, ensuring compliance and managing cloud security risks.
Key Features and Functionality
- Open Architecture: The Taegis platform has an open architecture that allows organizations to maximize their current and future security investments without being locked into a single vendor.
- Collaboration and Innovation: Access to SOC experts in less than a minute through the Taegis console, with shared dashboard visibility for faster resolutions.
- Scalable Detection: The platform processes a vast volume of events daily, prioritizing and alerting organizations to the most serious threats.
- Compliance and Reporting: Detailed change reporting and daily audits of detections to aid in compliance with audit requirements.
SecureWorks’ solutions are designed to reduce risk, optimize existing investments, and fill talent gaps, all while providing predictable pricing and superior security outcomes.