Why Small Businesses Are Turning to Managed Detection and Response
Most small and midsize businesses can't afford a full in-house security operations center, which leaves them exposed to increasingly automated and targeted attacks. ESET argues that two complementary tools can close that gap: threat research and managed detection and response (MDR).
Threat research provides ongoing insight into attacker behavior, tools, and emerging tactics, essentially a map of what to watch for. MDR services take that intelligence and apply it operationally, using continuous monitoring plus human analysts to catch and respond to intrusions faster than automated tools alone.
The pitch is that combining the two gives SMBs a layered defense that mimics enterprise-grade security capabilities without requiring a large internal team.