MDR Provider Comparison: Time to Discover and Respond to Threats

This report compares leading MDR providers by their discovery and response timelines (MTTR), explains the distinction between time to discover and time to respond, cites vendor-reported metrics — notably ESET’s 6-minute MTTR, CrowdStrike 36–37 minutes, Sophos 38 minutes, and Rapid7 1–3 days — and contextualizes these claims against the Verizon 2025 DBIR median detection baseline while offering guidance for provider selection based on speed, accuracy, and integration.