Endpoint Detection & Response Is Now Table Stakes — Here’s What Comes Next
Summary: New Bitdefender research cited in this article reports that 97.7% of respondents now use endpoint detection and response, a figure the article notes is high against commonly accepted market penetration estimates, particularly for mid-market organizations. A 2026 Bitdefender survey also found that 45% of IT and cybersecurity professionals agree with the statement, "We struggle to investigate alerts from our security tools."
Bottom line: Nearly everyone reports having EDR, yet 45% say they cannot investigate the alerts it produces - so the tool is present while the capability to act on it is not, and attackers are described as exploiting exactly that gap with credential abuse and Living-off-the-Land techniques.
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