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Managed detection and response did not emerge as a fully formed category. It grew out of a very specific problem. Organizations bought better tools, but too many still lacked the people, process, and operational maturity to run them well around the clock. What began in the mid-2010s as a service layer around endpoint detection and response (EDR) has since evolved into something much broader: a security operations model that spans endpoint, identity, cloud, email, SaaS, and no

Every MDR market conversation starts with the obvious names. But dark horses are not simply smaller vendors or long shots - they are the companies that could meaningfully reshape shortlists because they are changing the rules, not just competing inside the old ones. That is the more interesting question for 2026.

With contributions from Christina Richmond. The current escalation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States marks a clear transition in the doctrine of modern conflict. Military operations, economic disruption, and cyber activity unfold simultaneously and influence one another in real time. The conflict illustrates a broader transformation in geopolitical competition that has been unfolding in isolated silos; this war brings those dynamics together at once. Cyber campaig