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Expel named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ MDR services, Q1 2025
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If you’re looking for a managed detection and response (MDR) provider, this is your sign.
The Forrester Wave™: Managed Detection and Response Services, Q1 2025 is here, and Expel has been named a Leader.
Forrester has done all the work—they researched, analyzed, and scored the most significant MDR vendors in the market—and now you get to reap the benefits.
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Expel’s top scores
Forrester evaluated MDR vendors on 21 criteria, and Expel received the highest possible scores in 15 criteria, including:
Current Offering category
- Detection Surface: Extended Detection
- Detection Surface: Cloud
- Detection Surface: Identity
- Managed Investigation
- Managed Response: Manual And Automated
- Detection Engineering
- Threat Hunting
- Integrations
- System Criticality & Vulnerability Prioritization
- Analyst Experience (AX)
- Dashboards & Reporting
- Metrics
Strategy category
- Vision
- Innovation
- Roadmap
Expel is an excellent choice for tech-forward enterprise customers looking for a premium provider to manage the entirety of the detection and response lifecycle.
Expel’s strategy continues to successfully strike a balance between human delivery and software-enabled platforms that few in the cybersecurity market can replicate. Its vision is to make its 1000th customer feel like its first customer. Rapid onboarding, unmatched transparency for its customers, and plans to expand its access to customer data wherever its stored confirm the provider is still plugged into what MDR customers need.
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