How SMBs use threat research and MDR to build a defensive edge
Summary: ESET Threat Research Director Jean-Ian Boutin described how his team's threat intelligence feeds MDR workflows, with researchers spread across Montreal, Europe and the US investigating new samples and linking breaches to past cases and known groups. He cited the FamousSparrow case, where an MDR analyst's encounter with a threat actor ESET had not seen for some time fed back into research, and said MDR gives researchers far more information than regular endpoints alone.
Why it matters: Boutin points to supply chain attacks such as the UK incidents that compromised Jaguar Land Rover and Marks & Spencer through outsourced helpdesk services, and notes that SMBs often sit as the less well-protected links in larger companies' supply chains.
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