eSentire, a managed detection and response (MDR) specialist, has expanded its software and services portfolio to include its new MDR Agent.The Agent is part of eSentire’s cloud-based extended detection and response (XDR) platform, aimed at small and medium businesses (SMBs) in need of affordable prevention, detection, investigation, and response capabilities as part of an all-in-one 24/7 solution.eSentire, which showcased the Agent’s capabilities this week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, intends to offer the service as part of its MDR bundles, including endpoint, log, and network protection, starting in October 2023.Blocking 99% of known and unknown threats Under 0.1% false positive rate Under 20 millisecond time to prevent According to eSentire, here are some of the benefits and features of its XDR Platform and Agent:Rapid time to value with expert onboarding and one-push install 24/7 security monitoring and expertise to offset resource constraints Operationalized threat intelligence from eSentire’s Threat Response Unit (TRU) 150+ novel detections added per quarter to augment security threat detection Automated blocking of 99% of known and unknown threats Full-scale detection, prevention, investigation, and response Mean Time to contain active security threats of 15 minutes