Why choose Cynet Over Microsoft Defender

Cynet protects your endpoints as well as your entire environment to give you greater visibility. Defend against endpoint, user, and network attacks with powerful NGAV and EDR, and use fully automated response orchestration to mitigate any potential attack before it becomes a threat.

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Why Choose Cynet 360 Over Microsoft Defender

		Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Elite protection against today’s threats	Elite protection against today’s threats Cynet detected 107 of the 109 MITRE ATT&CK techniques (98.5%), 3rd highest across all vendors.	Elite protection against today’s threats Microsoft Defender detected only 98 of 109 ATT&CK techniques (90%), leaving customers exposed.
Visibility across multiple layers	Visibility across multiple layers Cynet provides intuitive visibility into entities, not just events, allowing users to analyze endpoints, user and network-based threats.	Visibility across multiple layers Microsoft Defender does not provide visibility into network-based threats, while visibility into user-based threats requires a separate license.
Optimized and automated	Optimized and automated Cynet 360 AutoXDR delivers broad automation capabilities that minimize manual intervention and optimize the power of lean teams.	Optimized and automated The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint suite consists of multiple, loosely integrated products that use separate consoles. Extensive and complicated settings, automation is limited to basic endpoint remediation actions.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Elite protection against today’s threats

Cynet detected 107 of the 109 MITRE ATT&CK techniques (98.5%), 3rd highest across all vendors.

Elite protection against today’s threats

Microsoft Defender detected only 98 of 109 ATT&CK techniques (90%), leaving customers exposed.

Visibility across multiple layers

Cynet provides intuitive visibility into entities, not just events, allowing users to analyze endpoints, user and network-based threats.

Visibility across multiple layers

Microsoft Defender does not provide visibility into network-based threats, while visibility into user-based threats requires a separate license.

Optimized and automated

Cynet 360 AutoXDR delivers broad automation capabilities that minimize manual intervention and optimize the power of lean teams.

Optimized and automated

The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint suite consists of multiple, loosely integrated products that use separate consoles. Extensive and complicated settings, automation is limited to basic endpoint remediation actions.

Cynet and Microsoft Defender Head-To-Head

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		Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Endpoint prevention and detection capabilities	Included	Included
Ability to costumize security policies for device, network, blacklists, etc.	Included	Included
Malicious network activity detection with behavior-based rules	Included	Not Included
Deception technology to lure attackers into decoys and traps	Included	Not Included
24/7 MDR support fully included license*	Included	Not Included
Customizable remediation capabilities	Included	Not Included
Compromised user account detection and response	Included	Not Included
Top 3 performance in 2022 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation	Included	Not Included

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Cynet Stands Out in the Industry

Cynet 360 AutoXDR performed strongly in the 2023 MITRE ATT&CK Evaluation, outperforming most vendors in several key areas.

Stats: #1 in overall detection rate, 100% visibility, 100% analytic coverage, Zero detection delays

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Cynet’s end-to-end, natively automated XDR platform was built with lean security teams in mind. Our goal is simple: help security teams achieve comprehensive and effective protection regardless of their resources, team size, or skills. Enjoy the benefits of advanced tech without draining your resources and time to manage it with our easy-to-use platform.

What do you get with Cynet 360 AutoXDR?
Visibility, prevention, detection, correlation, investigation, and response across endpoints, users, networks, cloud, and SaaS applications. Plus automated investigation and response across the entire environment.

And don’t forget about CyOps!
A 24/7 proactive MDR service (CyOps), that monitors, investigates, and threat-hunts for you.

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