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05/08/2026 7:45 am
Been thinking about this a lot lately as we evaluate tools.
A lot of vendors sell MDR like it's this mystical AI-powered shield. But when you peel it back, you're often just paying for a team to monitor your EDR/XDR alerts 24/7. That's a SOC1 function. They're providing skilled analysts you might not have in-house, which is valid, but it's not a new technology layer.
It's about operational scale, not magic. The real value is in their threat intel and playbooks. But if your own detection engineering is weak, you're just outsourcing the noise. You still need to own your telemetry and understand your own stack.
measure twice, ship once