In today’s digital landscape, organizations face growing cyber threats, alert overload, and a cybersecurity skills gap. Managed Detection & Response (MDR) provides proactive 24/7 IT monitoring and advanced threat management to enhance resilience and strengthen security beyond traditional services.
ESET has been recognized by KuppingerCole Analysts as a Market Leader in their 2026 MDR Leadership Compass. Combining AI-driven insights, global threat intelligence, and expert human analysis, ESET’s MDR delivers unmatched threat detection, rapid response, and simplified security management.
KuppingerCole Analysts cited ESET’s strengths as:
- Integrated MDR within ESET PROTECT Console
- Fast automated response and containment
- AI-assisted investigation through ESET AI Advisor
- Mature threat intelligence and research capability
- Good customer visibility into incident timelines
- Built-in SOAR and automated remediation actions
- Vulnerability and patch management included
- Ability to discover and monitor shadow IT
- Multilingual support across many regions
- Ransomware prevention and rollback technology
As well as identifying ESET is a Market Leader in MDR, KuppingerCole Analysts commented that ESET is “demonstrating solid global coverage and a growing MDR footprint”.
In their profile of ESET, KuppingerCole Analysts highlight its integrated platform experience, fast automated containment, strong threat intelligence, built-in SOAR, patch management, multilingual support, and ransomware prevention and rollback technology
Overall evaluation of ESET PROTECT MDR
Highlights from KuppingerCole Analysts’ evaluation of ESET PROTECT MDR
AI-assisted security operations
- GenAI-driven AI Advisor supports faster investigations, incident summaries, and reporting
- 24/7 SOC monitoring with continuous threat hunting and analyst-led response
- The inclusion of ESET’s AI Advisor by default in ESET MDR Ultimate lowers the skills barrier for smaller organizations
Proactive threat detection and response
- Advanced ransomware protection with pre-encryption blocking and remediation
- Real-time threat intelligence backed by a global research team
- Policy-driven automated containment to rapidly isolate threats
Unified and scalable platform
- Integrated XDR platform combining endpoint, SIEM, and SOAR capabilities
- Broad coverage across endpoints and modern operating environments
- Flexible deployment with SaaS-first delivery and optional hybrid support
Compliance
- Alignment with NIS2, DORA, and GDPR requirements
- Regional data residency options and strong EMEA presence
Praise for ESET PROTECT Console:
- “The console provides customers with clear visibility into incidents, response actions, and analyst commentary.”
- “The user interface is clean and well-structured with clear dashboards, incident timelines, configurable notifications, and direct visibility into SOC actions.”
- “ESET response actions are supported by automation and experienced SOC teams.”
- “The inclusion of ESET’s AI Advisor by default in MDR Ultimate lowers the skills barrier for smaller organizations.”
About the report
KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass is a tool that provides an overview of a particular IT market segment and identifies the leaders within that market segment. It is designed as a compass for navigating the market by providing a detailed analysis of vendors and available products or services to help organizations to identify which ones best meet their requirements.
KC’s rating is based on a broad range of input and long experience in that market segment. Input consists of experience from KuppingerCole advisory projects, feedback from customers using the products, product documentation, and a questionnaire sent out before creating the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass, and other sources.
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Meet ESET
For more than 30 years, ESET® has been developing industry-leading IT security software and services to deliver comprehensive, multilayered protection against cybersecurity threats for businesses and consumers worldwide. ESET has long pioneered machine learning and cloud technologies that prevent, detect, and respond to malware. ESET is a privately owned company that promotes scientific research and development worldwide.
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