A practical guide to XDR & SOC

This session cuts through the noise and marketing buzz to show what these terms really mean in practice.

• For some, a SOC is a global, 24/7 team of specialists: red teamers, analysts, incident responders.

• For others, it’s fully automated AI handling alerts without human input.

• XDR? It might just extend your endpoint visibility—or it could include five dimensions: endpoint, network, cloud, server, and email.

Then there’s the critical architecture question:

Open XDR (integrating with your existing stack)

or Closed XDR (tied to one vendor’s ecosystem)?

In this session, you’ll get:

• A practical breakdown of what different SOC and XDR models actually offer

• The key questions to ask before making any buying decision

• Clarity on how to separate buzzwords from real value

Bottom line:

If you’re evaluating XDR or SOC investments, this session comes first.