Present and Future of MDR
mnemonic security podcast
12/01/25
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What is the future of MDR?
In this episode of the mnemonic security podcast, Robby is joined by Migjen Hakaj from mnemonic's Innovation & Emerging Technologies Department and Amine Besson, Director at Behemoth Security.
They've joined forces by collecting their shared extensive experience with security monitoring, and published a popular three-part blog series on what Managed Detection and Response (MDR) really is on a deep level, where they examine the past, present, and future challenges within the field.
In their conversation they talk about the evolution of the SOC space, what main forms of security operations they are seeing today, and why they believe the SOC needs to change.
They also explain why it's hard to define what MDR really is today, the main value proposition of MDR providers, and what the next big differentiators for MDR providers will be. As well as in what ways they've seen that the industry has matured over the last few years, where the industry needs radical change, and where AI SOC has a place and where its main challenges lie.
Interested in more? Visit their blog series:
The Present and Future of Managed Detection and Response: https://detect.fyi/the-present-and-future-of-managed-detection-and-response-01a72088e6f6
The missing link in MDR. Spoiler, it starts with a Detection Engineering framework: https://detect.fyi/the-missing-link-in-mdr-spoiler-it-starts-with-a-detection-engineering-framework-5f836347c92f
Beyond Detections : Scaling Analysis & Response to keep MDR relevant: https://detect.fyi/beyond-detections-scaling-analysis-response-to-keep-mdr-relevant-592285d0fd25
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