Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

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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

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+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

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

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Score 8.1

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Score 7.9

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Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Nasseer Q.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jan 2023

Feature Rich and Reliable

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

I have been using Cortex XDR from last two years and the results from it has been anazing. Below are some of unique features of Cortex xdr that stands out from rest of products. 1. It is called XDR that is Xtended detection and response means it can take data from NGFW, third party firewalls ,syslog servers etc and use this data for analysis and threat hunting. In nutshell cortex Cortex xdr has more visibility over the data and thus can provide better protection. 2. Cortex Xdr has causality chain for incident analysis that helps in easy understing and analysis of alerts. 3. Cortex XdR has lot of third party app integration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to create custom BIOC rules where we can create alerts based on known behaviour of the application,file etc

What do you dislike most about this product?

Frequently content updates that sometime cause bugs in the environment.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are planning to use Cortex Xdr then go for Pro per Endpoint license as you can use Pro features that can very helpful in detection and response.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Tharusha D.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2023

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

0 Day threats are being identified at a high rate compared to other similar products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

cortex XDR gives complete prevention stack for ransomware, malware, exploits for the entire network.

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing to dislike.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

highly recommend this product but bit pricy.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Raven P.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

XDR Redefined

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

I like the fact that Cortex XDR integrated their endpoint detection (Traps) to the whole platform. This adds lateral movement protection across endpoint, network and cloud.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Administrator friendly! Provides great assistance to your security analysts. Our productivity is at high rate because of Cortex XDR.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setup with other Palo Alto products sometimes takes time

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

As Palo Alto is a leader in firewall, I believe they are a leader in incident and response as well so buying their product is definitely helpful.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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.

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.

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 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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Extended Detection & Response

Endpoint Protection - Enterprise

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Nasseer Q.

Feature Rich and Reliable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tharusha D.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Raven P.

XDR Redefined

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Intrusion Detection Prevention

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