According to Gartner, “Extended detection and response (XDR) delivers unified security incident detection and response capabilities. XDRs integrate threat intelligence, security events and telemetry data from multiple sources, with security analytics to provide contextualization and correlation of security alerts. XDR must include native sensors.”
The report notes that “XDR offers a platform approach for threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR) by using an ecosystem, rather than a best-of-breed approach.” Gartner adds that “XDR can also help reduce the time and complexity associated with security operations tasks through a single centralized investigation and response system.”
For midsize enterprises, Gartner highlights that “XDRs appeal to organizations with modest maturity needs, due to the detection logic, mostly vendor-provided, that generally requires less customization and maintenance.” Gartner further recommends that “organizations with limited SIEM use cases evaluate XDR with SIEM capabilities as a possible migration candidate, considering it as a replacement for their existing primary SIEM.”
“The Gartner Hype Cycle underscores what midsize enterprises have been signaling for years — they want powerful threat detection and response without the overhead of managing multiple point tools,” said Steve Garrison, SVP Marketing at Stellar Cyber. “XDR platforms designed for operational simplicity and automation are transforming how lean SecOps teams achieve enterprise-grade visibility and resilience.”
Quote from Aimei Wei, Founder and CTO of Stellar Cyber
“Our mission has always been to empower lean security teams through openness and automation,” said Aimei Wei, Founder and CTO of Stellar Cyber. “Being listed as a Representative Vendor by Gartner reflects the growing recognition that unifying detection, correlation, and response through AI-driven XDR is essential for midsize enterprises.”
About the Gartner Hype Cycle for Midsize Enterprises, 2025
The 2025 Hype Cycle for Midsize Enterprises highlights technologies with “wide-ranging impact and benefits to midsize enterprises,” guiding CIOs to “identify and apply technology solutions aligned to operational environments, augmenting capabilities and offsetting limitations.” Among cybersecurity innovations, XDR was cited with a moderate benefit rating and early mainstream maturity, alongside other key technologies such as network detection and response (NDR) and IT vendor risk management
About Stellar Cyber
Stellar Cyber is the only AI-driven SecOps platform purpose-built for MSSPs and lean enterprise security teams. Since 2015, we’ve been illuminating the darkest corners of cybersecurity to help organizations see every threat, know what matters most, and act with speed and confidence — always with the human in the loop.
By applying the right tool to the right problem, Stellar Cyber combines machine learning to uncover hidden anomalies, agentic AI to guide responses in real time, and human-augmented decision-making where expertise is essential. The result is real-world impact: analyst productivity improved by more than 80%, false positives reduced by over 90%, and security teams free to focus on what matters.
Our award-winning, open SecOps platform unifies SIEM, NDR / OT, ITDR / UEBA, detection, investigation, triage, response, and Multi-Layer AI™ under one platform. Stellar Cyber is trusted by one-third of the world’s top 250 MSSPs and over 14,000 organizations worldwide.
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