In-House vs. Outsourced XDR Cybersecurity: Specialist Advantages

Ensuring robust cybersecurity monitoring is essential for protecting sensitive data and maintaining customer trust. While many organisations strive to manage cybersecurity in-house, outsourcing this critical function can offer significant advantages.

The advantage has finally tipped to those organisations who have outsourced their cybersecurity detection, monitoring and response. More importantly, using a specialist cybersecurity provider with extended detection and response (XDR) capability can help bring multiple aspects of cyber defences together.

Expertise and Specialisation: With the advent of AI and rapidly evolving attacker TTPs, it’s difficult for individuals or small teams to be an expert in every aspect of cyber detection and response. Outsourcing your cybersecurity monitoring to a specialised provider gives you access to a broader team of experts with deep knowledge and experience in the field. Use professionals who are up-to-date with the latest threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices, ensuring that your systems are protected by cutting-edge solutions. Choosing a provider with global reach ensures an ability to leverage global threat intelligence and elite talent pools while reducing costs.

Cost-Effectiveness: Building and maintaining an in-house cybersecurity team can be expensive. As a result of current market dynamics, skilled staff are costly to hire and difficult to retain.
Outsourcing allows you to leverage the expertise of a dedicated provider at a fraction of the cost. This can be especially beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses that may not have the resources to invest in a full-time cybersecurity team. Managed extended detection and response (XDR) can start from as little as a few thousand dollars per month, depending on the scope and size of your business infrastructure.

24/7 Monitoring and Incident Response: Cyber threats don't adhere to business hours, and a breach can occur at any time. Cybersecurity managed service providers offer round-the-clock monitoring and rapid incident response, ensuring that potential threats are identified and mitigated immediately, regardless of when they occur.

Scalability and Flexibility: As your business grows, so do your cybersecurity needs. Outsourcing provides the flexibility to scale your monitoring services according to your evolving requirements. Whether you're expanding your operations or facing a temporary increase in threat levels, an outsourced provider can adjust their services to meet your needs.

Access to Advanced Tools and Best Practices: Cybersecurity providers invest heavily in state-of-the-art tools and technologies to stay ahead of emerging threats. Vectra provides a complete XDR service, including SIEM + SOAR + Vulnerability Scanning + Managed EDR + Email Security. Coordinating this range of technologies is not for the faint-hearted!
Outsourcing your managed security allows you to leverage these advanced solutions without significant investments in software and hardware. Additionally, our unified and innovative configuration can help streamline your time-to-detect and respond, ensuring your cybersecurity defences remain robust and up-to-date.

Client Trust and Differentiation: In today’s business climate, it is expected that client data will be kept safe and business operations will occur without disruption. Vectra has built an extended detection and response (XDR) capability powered by DEVO's Intelligent SIEM. XDR is delivered from our globally connected SOC and helps remove visibility gaps between client security tools, reducing response time through advanced analytics and automated workflows. Many Australian businesses expect that their data is kept onshore, and we can do that! Organisations using these superior cybersecurity defences can set themselves apart in business negotiations.

Focus on Your Core Business: Managing cybersecurity in-house can be time-consuming and resource-intensive. Outsourcing this function frees up your internal teams to focus on core business activities and strategic initiatives. Your IT teams can dedicate more time to ensuring project quality and success, and they have our experts to draw upon when faced with new challenges that require cyber specialists.

In conclusion, outsourcing your cybersecurity monitoring can provide your organisation with expert protection, cost savings, continuous monitoring, and the ability to focus on your core business functions. As cyber threats continue to evolve, partnering with a specialised provider can offer peace of mind, ensure that your systems are safeguarded against potential breaches, and even offer a competitive advantage for your business.