In Forrester's evaluation of the emerging market for extended detection and response (XDR), we identified the 14 most significant providers in the category — Bitdefender, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Cybereason, Elastic, FireEye, Kaspersky, McAfee, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, SentinelOne, Sophos, Trend Micro, and VMware — and evaluated them. This report details our findings about how well each vendor scored against 10 criteria and where they stand in relation to each other. Security and risk professionals can use this report to select the right partner for their XDR needs.