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eSentire

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What is eSentire?

eSentire headquartered in Ontario offers Managed Detection and Response. Through their service, eSentire proactively hunts threats across a client's network, endpoints, cloud and hybrid environments so users can focus on everything else.

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eSentire - The best MDR in the business!!

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Eric Madeson
CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) in Information Technology at PineBridge Investments (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use eSentire's esNETWORK MDR service, their esENDPOINT and esINSIDER services. They are the cornerstone of our security posture.

Pros

  • Customer service.
  • Technical competence.
  • Product can detect day 0 issues.

Cons

  • Need to be able to effectively recruit for good talent.

Return on Investment

  • Detection of potential threats/breaches.
  • Remediation of threats in real time.
  • Avoidance of ransomware in the environment.

Alternatives Considered

Secureworks Managed Security Services, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response and CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection

Other Software Used

VMware Carbon Black Endpoint, Nessus, Splunk Cloud

eSentire gets firms up and running to a reasonable security baseline, but you should consider alternatives if you have the time and budget for it

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use eSentire to augment our security team, given that we don't have dedicated SOC or SOC personnel. eSentire performs monitoring and takes action whenever a major security issue is discovered. eSentire also manages our 3rd party cloud SIEM deployment and provides support and IP with respect to dashboards, alerts, searches, etc.

Pros

  • 24x7 monitoring.
  • Provides co-managed solution (in most cases).

Cons

  • Ability to take remedial action during an event.
  • Acting on lower-criticality concerns.

Return on Investment

  • Positive ROI due to minimal security staff expenses.
  • Negative ROI due to some security events not being actioned.

Alternatives Considered

CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection, Rapid7 InsightVM (Nexpose), Sumo Logic and Splunk Enterprise Security (ES)

eSentire Review - Financial services

Incentivized
Robert SciaraffoView profile
Director of Information Systems in Information Technology at The Riverside Company (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Research potentially malicious threats
  • Incredibly responsive to incidents and general inquiries
  • Deliver an effective product and process

Cons

  • Proactively provide more detailed explanation of alerts without the need for a request for more info