Extended Detection And Response (EDR Or XDR) Is Critical To Protect Cloud Data!

BankInfoSecurity.com reported that "Extended Detection and Response vendors face "an existential crisis" as the endpoint becomes less important now that businesses are typically storing their data in the cloud rather than on the endpoint. This has forced EDR providers to build out full-fledged EDR platforms that incorporate different telemetry sources and provide robust protection for cloud data."  The April 7, 2022 article entitled "CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Trend Micro Top EDR Forrester Wave" included these comments by Forrester Wave:

Forrester heaped praise on CrowdStrike for having the best current EDR offering and best strategy among the 15 vendors evaluated, while Microsoft took the silver in both categories. Trend Micro was awarded bronze for its current EDR offering and recognized as a leader overall, while Elastic took the bronze for EDR strategy and was recognized as a strong performer overall.