NDR focuses on identifying abnormal behavior patterns and anomalies rather than relying solely on signature-based threat detection.
This allows NDR to spot weak signals and unknown threats from network traffic, like lateral movement or data exfiltration.
[2][3] Key capabilities offered by NDR solutions include real-time threat detection through continuous monitoring, rapid incident response workflows to minimize damage, reduced complexity versus managing multiple point solutions, improved visibility for compliance and risk management, automated detection and response, endpoint and user behavior analytics, and integration with SIEM for centralized monitoring.
[4] The origins of NDR trace back to network traffic analysis (NTA) solutions that emerged around 2019.
NTA provided greater visibility into network activities to quickly identify and respond to potential threats.