Blackpoint Cyber MDR vs Red Canary comparison

Blackpoint Cyber and Red Canary are both solutions in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category. Blackpoint Cyber is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.7, while Red Canary is ranked #11 with an average rating of 9.0. Blackpoint Cyber holds a 5.3% mindshare in MDR, compared to Red Canary’s 4.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Blackpoint Cyber users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Red Canary users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 3, 2024

Red Canary and Blackpoint Cyber MDR are competing products in the managed detection and response space. Red Canary often gains favor due to its comprehensive threat intelligence, whereas Blackpoint Cyber MDR is noted for advanced response capabilities.

Features: Red Canary offers comprehensive threat intelligence, enhancing threat analysis and early threat diagnosis. It provides businesses with in-depth analytics tools. Blackpoint Cyber MDR focuses on immediate threat mitigation, featuring automated response mechanisms and robust endpoint security. It offers streamlined incident response processes, delivering quick action against threats.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Red Canary supports a smooth deployment process complemented by strong customer support, aiding in seamless service integration. Blackpoint Cyber MDR ensures quick setup with fast-track incident resolution support, appealing to businesses prioritizing rapid threat management.

Pricing and ROI: Red Canary has a competitive pricing model aligned with offering high-value threat insights, which leads to strong ROI for businesses needing comprehensive analytics. Blackpoint Cyber MDR is cost-effective, specializing in immediate threat mitigation that delivers quick returns and efficient security management.

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Binary Defense MDR

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) category, the mindshare of Binary Defense MDR is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Blackpoint Cyber MDR is 5.3%, up from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Canary is 4.6%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

Featured Reviews

Rich Ullom

AVP, IT Security Compliance and Audit/Information Security Officer at Western Reserve Group

Worth the money, fantastic communication, and fast service with an average response time of about four minutes on an alert

This is my third SOC. I have never had anybody react as well. So, it's hard for me to provide something that they could do better because I'm really happy with them. I just signed another three-year contract with them. I don't find any downside to them, but if I have to put one, it would be consistent manpower or staffing. The only area where the solution can be improved is going to be with people. As they grow, they are struggling with the same thing that every other company is, which is getting talent and getting that talent to stay, but they've just revised their tiering system to go from a flat analyst and manager to a three-tier solution where it goes through two or three before it gets elevated. That seems to have worked out well, so if one level misses it, the next one picks it up, and it works out fine. Consistent staffing is the only challenge they have because when you're hiring level-one analysts, you go through them pretty quickly. You'll probably hire them at 50K or 55K, and after they do it for a year, they find out they can make 85K somewhere else, and they bounce. So, their turnover is a little high, but that's it.

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Matthew Weisler

Sole Proprietor at Core-Infosec

Effectively monitors activity coming into endpoints without snapping off

The solution is all encompassing and can incorporate email monitoring. The solution does local network discovery by monitoring activity coming into endpoints rather than snapping off like other products. For example, a prior client took her corporate laptop home and her son's Xbox was hacked. It was trying to compromise her workstation as well but the solution spotted it and prevented malicious activity.

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Sagar Shekhar

Cyber Security Analyst at TIAA

An open-source tool that offers great automation capabilities

Red Canary MDR generates a lot of output, so it would be good if, in the end, it generates a summary of all the previous attacks and what was the outcome of a single attack, especially so that it becomes easy for the user to see the summary and analyze the whole thing. In general, the solution currently fails to provide a summary to its users.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The customization has been the most valuable aspect and was really the reason we ended up selecting Binary Defense. They worked with us to provide exactly the level of support, features, response, and collaboration we needed."

"The speed at which their services are reactive is valuable. Nowadays, when a threat hits an endpoint, you've got minutes, not hours or days. Their average response time is about four minutes on an alert. For anything that needs to be sent to us, it's about fourteen minutes, which is pretty good. They're the third SOC that I've used in fifteen years. By far, they are the quickest ones to act. When you're looking at prevention, that's a key factor."

"Binary Defense's most valuable feature is the 24/7 monitoring and threat hunting. Their team checks the latest breaches and how they're done."

"In the six months we have been with Binary Defense on this, they run with the ball. They take care of our problems. When we get a ticket, they do not just give us a report."

"Our mean time to response has gone down. We're much faster with direct response and have more investigative capabilities than we did before."

"The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians."

"With Binary Defense, we don't just get an alert, but also a detailed rundown of why they're alerting us on it. They tell us what was executed, or the username, script, or IP. That way, we're not wasting time investigating."

"The most valuable features are the SIEM and the ticketing function; the latter is very smooth and easy to read and understand. We don't have any issues looking at the ticketing information when we're trying to identify what's going on."

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"The solution is all encompassing and can incorporate email monitoring."

"On my end, the most valuable feature of this solution is that I can install it and forget about it. After that, their SOC team takes over and they only call me when there's a problem."

"The solution also watches over Microsoft 365 and keeps a copy of logs."

"The solution works well for what we use it for and the support and protection are good."

"The near real-time review translates into near real-time action. So, in addition to alerting, Red Canary MDR has response playbooks built out."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part."

"The valuable features of this solution are it integrates well with different EDR software, such CrowdStrike, and Carbon Black, and the information it provides is helpful."

Cons

"I don't find any downside to them, but if I have to put one, it would be consistent manpower or staffing. The only area where the solution can be improved is going to be with people. As they grow, they are struggling with the same thing that every other company is, which is getting talent and getting that talent to stay, but they've just revised their tiering system to go from a flat analyst and manager to a three-tier solution where it goes through two or three before it gets elevated. That seems to have worked out well, so if one level misses it, the next one picks it up, and it works out fine."

"While my understanding is that they're working on this, I would like to see some more of the quantification or reporting."

"The only area I see for improvement with Binary Defense is their service portal. It could benefit from some enhancements."

"We found that an earlier version of the agent had high memory usage and that was a bit concerning, but we raised the concern with their support team and they immediately replied that they had noticed the same thing and had a candidate fix already available... it totally fixed the issue."

"We should be able to isolate devices faster. They should shorten the time between clicking on a device to contain it and carrying out the action. That would be a welcome improvement."

"It's sometimes difficult to know when to engage Binary Defense or TrustedSec, their sister company. TrustedSec is more focused on offensive security, as opposed to the defensive security that the MDR solution provides. It would be awesome if there were a better bridge between that relationship for when we need to get more proactive services or when we need to do a penetration test."

"I would like to see more frequent check-ins with our security status."

"It's hard to think of anything that they need to improve on, but just to point out something, I would like to see them provide advanced XDR."

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"The solution does not tie into other EDR products like CyberArk or CrowdStrike but that might be more useful."

"Some texts seem to report items as normal too quickly."

"The feature we keep asking for is a vulnerability scan."

"In general, the solution currently fails to provide a summary to its users."

"The most valuable feature of Red Canary MDR is the overall threat protection it provides."

"I would like there to be an on-premise version of this solution for our data centers because of the proliferation of online threats."

"The price could always be better."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very good. They are definitely competitive and they were lower at the time that we went with them."

"Binary Defense MDR is priced competitively and may be slightly lower than CrowdStrike."

"The pricing is on target. Working with their sales team on pricing negotiations was a pleasant process. They were very respectful of the constraints we had and I feel that we're paying a fair price."

"The pricing isn't that bad, it's very competitive. I don't feel that it's over-priced and I don't feel that it's under-priced."

"After we acquired this platform, we met with a number of different vendors. Binary Defense came in with a proposal that was surprisingly affordable. In fact, we were able to recoup the cost of their services within a short period of time. This is because Binary Defense is able to provide the same level of security as a team of two or three in-house analysts but at a fraction of the cost. As a result, Binary Defense is saving us an estimated $250,000 to $300,000 per year."

"From the initial cost that Binary Defense came in with, we pared it down quite a bit over the course of 30 or 60 days. My leadership would say that their cost was high, but realistically, they were in line with the market."

"The solution's price is spot on; if anything, it's slightly below the norm for most services. Compared to building the same team internally, it would cost more to create the same amount of capability than what we get from an external team. Price-wise, Binary Defense is in a great spot."

"It has been good. We have saved money, and we have a better product."

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"The pricing is in line with other products."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"Red Canary MDR I use is an open-source tool."

"I have not compared Red Canary to other solutions to know if the price is high or low. However, I have found the price of this solution fair and reasonable, it cost approximately $100 per year, per device. If they could provide the solution for $50 per year, per device, it would be better."

"The solution could vary in price depending on how many endpoints a company has."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

19%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Healthcare Company

Educational Organization

20%

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Binary Defense MDR?

The most valuable feature is reviewing tickets and the notes added by technicians.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Binary Defense MDR?

It has been good. We have saved money, and we have a better product. We are a company that has become an enterprise f...

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What needs improvement with Binary Defense MDR?

We are going to have a meeting with them the following Monday. It will be our first quarterly business review. Half o...

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What do you like most about Blackpoint Cyber MDR?

The solution is all encompassing and can incorporate email monitoring.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Blackpoint Cyber MDR?

The pricing is in line with other products. On average, it costs $8 to $10 per endpoint but there are volume discount...

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What needs improvement with Blackpoint Cyber MDR?

The solution does not tie into other EDR products like CyberArk or CrowdStrike but that might be more useful. Not too...

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What do you like most about Red Canary MDR?

The most valuable feature of the solution is its automation part.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Red Canary MDR?

Red Canary MDR I use is an open-source tool.

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What needs improvement with Red Canary MDR?

Red Canary MDR generates a lot of output, so it would be good if, in the end, it generates a summary of all the previ...

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Also Known As

Binary Defense Vision, Binary Defense Managed Detection and Response, Binary Defense Managed Detection & Response

Blackpoint Cyber Managed Detection + Response, Blackpoint Cyber Managed Detection and Response

Red Canary Managed Detection and Response (MDR)

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Overview

Binary Defense provides a Managed Detection and Response service using an Open XDR strategy that detects and isolates threats early in the attack lifecycle. Expert security analysts in the Binary Defense Security Operations Center leverage an attacker’s mindset, monitoring your environments for security events 24x7x365 and acting as an extension of your security teams. When a security event occurs, Binary Defense analysts triage, disposition, and prioritize the event. Analysts conduct full kill chain analysis and supply tactical and strategic mitigation recommendations to your security team with the goal of increasing your organization’s security posture against the latest adversary threats.

Visit us online at https://www.binarydefense.com

As cyber attackers become more advanced, an increasing amount of organizations are looking to their Managed Service Providers to provide state-of-the-art network security; however, many MSPs lack the personnel or expertise to offer such a service.

THE SOLUTION:
Partnering with a dedicated, around-the-clock team focused on catching breaches and rapidly responding to contain them. Our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) team is made up of former US Intelligence cyber experts with real-world experience and their only mission is to monitor your and your clients' networks and detain threats before it's too late.

Not only do we have the best minds in the industry; we also have the best tools. Our MDR team will leverage our patented security operations and incident response platform SNAP-Defense - combining network visualization, insider threat monitoring, anti-malware, traffic analysis, and endpoint security in one rapidly deployed service.

Red Canary Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offers robust threat detection, rapid response capabilities, continuous security monitoring, and seamless integration with existing tools. Valued for its actionable reporting and proactive threat intelligence, it streamlines operations and enhances organizational efficiency and security.

Sample Customers

Securitas USA, Black Hills Energy, Lincoln Electric,The J.M. Smuckers Company, New York Community Bank, State of Connecticut, NCR

CoreRecon, Peerless Tech Solutions, Lorien Health

DuPont, Quanta Services, Microchip Technology, Hopkins Public Schools, Henny Penny, Schumacher Homes

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