Granite Telecommunications Unveils MDR Security Services -

Granite Telecommunications, a communication services provider for businesses and government agencies, has added managed detection and response (MDR) services to its Guardian managed network services.

Guardian MDR combines intrusion detection and threat hunting with incident response performed by Granite's security analysts and backed by its security operations center (SOC), the company said. It provides the following security capabilities:

Next-generation antivirus and antimalware

Threat intelligence

Endpoint detection and response (EDR)

Log event collection and correlation

File integrity monitoring

Threat hunting

SaaS threat monitoring

Log data retention

Guardian MDR is now available.

Introducing Guardian FlexEdge

Along with Guardian MDR, Granite last month unveiled Guardian FlexEdge, which allows the company to deliver managed network support without deploying proprietary hardware.

Guardian FlexEdge is a managed network solution that offers firewall, SD-WAN, session border controller (SBC), cellular data router and other capabilities, Granite said. It enables organizations to:

Terminate Ethernet circuits

Connect broadband modems

Add 4G/5G wireless backups

Install proxy servers that activate Granite Guardian Advanced Monitoring

Run instances of Granite SD-WAN or any of the company's security solutions

Deploy firewalls

Install an SBC to run Granite VoIP services

In addition, Granite delivers on-premise and cloud Guardian firewalls. Both types of firewalls provide network edge or interface monitoring and automatic ticketing.

Demand for MDR services remains strong. The total MDR market is expected to reach $1.9 billion in 2024 -- which represents a projected 16.4 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2020, Frost & Sullivan predicts.