Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

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What is Palo Alto Cortex XDR?

To stay ahead of fast-moving threats, you need AI-powered endpoint security that continuously learns new attack techniques. Cortex XDR™ offers protection that blocks all malware, exploits and fileless attacks to keep your endpoints safe

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Ratings

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93 Likeliness to Recommend

91 Plan to Renew

9
Since last award

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Palo Alto Cortex XDR?

0% Negative

15% Neutral

85% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation
Includes Product Enhancements

Feature Ratings

Average 90

Whitelisting Blacklisting

Continuous Monitoring

Machine Learning

Agent Efficiency

IOC Consumption

Intrusion Detection Prevention

Behavioural Analytics

IOC Tools

Task Prioritization

Automated Threat Response

Malware Identification Accuracy

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 88

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Matthew M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: Initial Implementation

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Submitted Aug 2024

Wonderful product for threat and detection.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

I am not sure.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The overall product and graphics

What do you dislike most about this product?

The price of the product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you can afford it, go for it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

Cons

Less Transparent
Security Frustrates
Less Generous

Evan T.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Construction
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Secure with Cortex XDR.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

Palo Alto Network Cortex XDR has been an invaluable tool for implementing advanced anti-malware detection and prevention with minimal user disruption and a low false-positive rate.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

As our organization increasingly adopts cloud services, I appreciate how Cortex XDR extends its protection to our cloud environments. It provides visibility into our cloud workloads, identifies misconfigurations, and detects suspicious activities.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I do hope to see increased integration with other security products in the future.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cortex XDR has proven its ability to block malicious child processes, executed files with malicious hashes, and processes that exhibit suspicious behavior. It has also demonstrated effectiveness in thwarting zero-day exploits.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Effective Service

Martin T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

The best anti-malware product we've worked with!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

Web portal is very friendly and responsive, you can define rules/policies/whitelists/blacklists in just a few seconds.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Initiating Live terminals just via Internet - that has helped us a lot to protect our environment.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's a bit pricey.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Definetely consider testing this product in your environment - it's a high value!

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Unique Features
Acts with Integrity
Includes Product Enhancements

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Ratings

93 Likeliness to Recommend

91 Plan to Renew

9 Since last award

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Palo Alto Cortex XDR?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Whitelisting Blacklisting Whitelisting and blacklisting of applications and websites that are either certified to be safe, or suspected to be malicious.

Continuous Monitoring Allows customers to select specific third parties which are continuously monitored, with alerts generated for significant changes in risk scores

Machine Learning Can provide deep behavioural insights.

Agent Efficiency Agents are lightweight and create few conflicts or performance impacts.

IOC Consumption Ability to consume IOCs.

Intrusion Detection Prevention Through event monitoring, the detection, countermeasure and prevention of possible security incidents or threats.

Behavioural Analytics Includes real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting on user behaviour.

IOC Tools Full export capabilities are simple to execute.

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Automated Threat Response Automatic response to threats.

Malware Identification Accuracy Malware identification and fingerprinting can provide extensive and deep indicators and analysis of malware detected.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Matthew M.

Wonderful product for threat and detection.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Evan T.

Secure with Cortex XDR.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Martin T.

The best anti-malware product we've worked with!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Whitelisting Blacklisting

Continuous Monitoring

Machine Learning

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IOC Consumption

Intrusion Detection Prevention

Behavioural Analytics

IOC Tools

Task Prioritization

Automated Threat Response

Malware Identification Accuracy

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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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