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Security You Should Know · September 21 · 15 min

Simplifying MDR for SMBs with ThreatDown

In this episode, Dean Shroll, senior director of sales engineering at ThreatDown, explains how the company's Nebula and OneView consoles simplify protection across Mac, Linux, and Windows endpoints while its managed detection and response team absorbs the 24/7 monitoring that resource-constrained teams can't staff on their own. Joining him are Jonathan Waldrop, CISO at Acoustic, and Arif Hameed, CISO at C&R Software. Want to know: Why is managing security for resource-constrained organizations suddenly getting more attention? How does ThreatDown keep its console simple without sacrificing depth across Windows, Mac, Linux, and cloud environments? Where does ThreatDown draw the line between what it automates and what still needs a human analyst? How does the platform distinguish suspicious behavior from normal DevOps activity without drowning teams in false positives? What guardrails exist to stop overly broad exclusions from opening up a device? Who owns what when an MDR provider is involved, and where does that responsibility actually end? How should a CISO justify an MDR investment to the board when nothing bad happens? Check out the episode for the answers you need. Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatDown ThreatDown delivers elite Managed Detection and Response purpose-built for resource-constrained teams with high-efficacy protection without complexity. Combining artificial intelligence and expert analyst judgment, ThreatDown intercepts sophisticated attacks with speed and accuracy, scaling security effortlessly. Recognized by MRG Effitas, AVLab, and G2, ditch fragmented tools for fast, 24/7 protection without overhead.

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In this episode, Dean Shroll, senior director of sales engineering at ThreatDown, explains how the company's Nebula and OneView consoles simplify protection across Mac, Linux, and Windows endpoints while its managed detection and response team absorbs the 24/7 monitoring that resource-constrained teams can't staff on their own. Joining him are Jonathan Waldrop, CISO at Acoustic, and Arif Hameed, CISO at C&R Software.

Want to know:

  • Why is managing security for resource-constrained organizations suddenly getting more attention?
  • How does ThreatDown keep its console simple without sacrificing depth across Windows, Mac, Linux, and cloud environments?
  • Where does ThreatDown draw the line between what it automates and what still needs a human analyst?
  • How does the platform distinguish suspicious behavior from normal DevOps activity without drowning teams in false positives?
  • What guardrails exist to stop overly broad exclusions from opening up a device?
  • Who owns what when an MDR provider is involved, and where does that responsibility actually end?
  • How should a CISO justify an MDR investment to the board when nothing bad happens?

Check out the episode for the answers you need.

Huge thanks to our sponsor, ThreatDown

ThreatDown delivers elite Managed Detection and Response purpose-built for resource-constrained teams with high-efficacy protection without complexity. Combining artificial intelligence and expert analyst judgment, ThreatDown intercepts sophisticated attacks with speed and accuracy, scaling security effortlessly. Recognized by MRG Effitas, AVLab, and G2, ditch fragmented tools for fast, 24/7 protection without overhead.

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