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

Alon S.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

One of the best solutions out there

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

Centralised management interface and stability of client. Ease of use and amount of information provided from Endpoints. Cortex XDR also detects many threats by using behavioral analytics which is more accurate and allows you to prevent and isolate any risk before any damage is done.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ability to configure it and know that it will auto update without needing regular input.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cortex XDR does not allow exporting policies so it is more difficult to audit applied policies.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easy to use, give eyes on incidents and processes which are relevant. Integration with siem is easy and gives another way of incidents response

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Inspires Innovation
Appreciates Incumbent Status
Helps Innovate

Cons

Less Productive
Less Effective Service
Less Fair

Dinesh K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2022

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

Leader in industry, but a bit costly, but feature wise very good

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Clear visibility of threats

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost of product is high

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Don't think go for it

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Daniel F.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

proactive detection and prevention of cyberthreats

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Palo Alto Cortex XDR from other similar products?

The smooth implementation of Traps, and its immediate effectiveness, have encouraged a greater appetite for tackling security

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Proactively identifies and blocks the most advanced known and unknown cyberthreats, leveraging central intelligence capabilities and automatic delivery of preventive security measures

What do you dislike most about this product?

The system availability can decline during traffic peaks. Rogue traffic causes connectivity problems, especially for the call center, during the busiest times of the workday

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Palo Alto Networks platform delivers application, user, and content visibility and control, as well as protection against known and unknown cyberthreats. The threat intelligence cloud provides central intelligence capabilities and automates the delivery of preventative measures against cyberattacks

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Palo Alto Cortex XDR

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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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Endpoint Protection - Enterprise

Palo Alto Cortex XDR Reviews

Alon S.

One of the best solutions out there

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Dinesh K.

Easy to use, but a bit pricey.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Daniel F.

proactive detection and prevention of cyberthreats

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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

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