Managed Detection and Response vs EDR: Smart Proven Guide
Antivirus, EDR, MDR and a SOC are sold as competing purchases when three of them are tools and one of them is people. This guide separates the four properly: what managed detection and response actually includes beyond the licence, what antivirus still stops and where it goes blind, why unmonitored EDR is an expensive flight recorder, what a 24/7 in-house SOC really costs to staff, a side-by-side comparison of coverage, cost, response authority and out-of-hours cover, the detection-speed gap that decides most incidents, how to choose by company size and sector, the questions to ask a provider before signing, and the mistakes that waste the budget.
