The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), completed a research survey of 388 cybersecurity and IT professionals who are directly involved with their organization’s cybersecurity operations and threat detection and response. Twenty-four percent of respondents came from mid-market organizations while the remaining 76% came from enterprise organizations. Further description of the research methodology and survey demographics are presented at the end of this report.

This report will tell you more about the following conclusions:

• Threat detection and response efforts are stressed to a breaking point.
• Organizations want consolidated and integrated security operations solutions.
• XDR may help organizations improve security efficacy and operational efficiency.