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Stellar Cyber, the cybersecurity illumination company, has been named a Representative Vendor in the 2025 Gartner Hype Cycle for Security Operations within the Extended Detection and Response (XDR) category. This recognition underscores the platform's role in delivering unified security incident detection and response by integrating threat intelligence, events, and telemetry from diverse sources with analytics for contextual alert correlation. Native sensors support both on-premises and SaaS deployments, ideal for organizations with smaller security teams seeking efficient solutions.
The Hype Cycle positions XDR as a platform-centric approach to threat detection, investigation, and response, favoring ecosystem integration over isolated best-of-breed tools. This is particularly relevant as security teams confront pressures to consolidate functions, cut costs, and shorten response times. Stellar Cyber's open architecture aligns with this trend, enabling seamless incorporation of third-party tools while providing a single pane for visibility and automation. For enterprises with constrained SIEM implementations, XDR offers a viable path to modernization, consolidating capabilities without extensive retraining or expansion.
“We believe our inclusion in this year’s Hype Cycle reinforces Stellar Cyber’s leadership in converging SIEM and XDR capabilities into a single, easy-to-operate platform,” said Aimei Wei, CTO and Founder of Stellar Cyber. “As organizations increasingly look to simplify security operations, Stellar Cyber offers a truly open approach that integrates with best-of-breed EDRs like CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and Microsoft—delivering flexibility no other XDR can match.”
The report highlights XDR's user-friendly design for threat discovery and triage, which diminishes reliance on specialized internal expertise and may lower staffing requirements relative to traditional SIEM deployments. This efficiency supports broader adoption among resource-limited teams, enhancing resilience without proportional increases in complexity.
Stellar Cyber's recognition among established peers validates its innovative stance in security operations, empowering MSSPs and enterprises with an AI-driven, open SecOps platform that illuminates threats and facilitates decisive action. As the landscape evolves, this unified model promises to reduce silos, amplify intelligence, and safeguard critical assets effectively.
Cyber By shining a bright light on the darkest corners of security operations, Stellar Cyber empowers organizations to see incoming attacks, know how to fight them, and act decisively – protecting what matters most. Stellar Cyber’s award-winning open security operations platform includes AI-driven SIEM, NDR, Open XDR, and Multi-Layer AI™ under one license. With ⅓ of the top 250 MSSPs and over 14,000 customers worldwide, Stellar Cyber is one of the most trusted leaders in security operations.
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