By Cole Torres, Platform Solutions Consultant · May 7, 2026 · Updated September 2, 2026 · MXDR · 2 min read
Most security stacks accumulate tools faster than anyone can watch them: an EDR agent here, a SIEM subscription there, alerts landing in three different inboxes. Foortress MXDR (Managed Extended Detection and Response) is built to sit on top of that stack instead of replacing it, correlating what your existing tools already see, so nothing gets missed because nobody had time to check the fourth dashboard.
Foortress’s SOC team is 100% in-house and US-based: no offshore call centers, no subcontracted tier-1 queue relaying your alerts to someone else’s SOC. That team monitors your tenant’s logs and alerts 24×7×365, layering proprietary machine learning and AI tools on top of the security products you already own, at no additional cost. You keep your existing tools, your configuration, and your data. Foortress adds the monitoring and response layer, not a replacement stack.
Unlike MDR providers who lock threat detection into their own proprietary platform, Foortress MXDR is built around the tools your team already has in place. That matters at renewal time: your data and configuration stay with you, not with a vendor that treats your environment as a walled garden. It also means no re-platforming project just to get 24×7 coverage.
Standing up an internal SOC means hiring, training, and staffing round-the-clock coverage, expensive before you even factor in tool licensing. Foortress absorbs the alert noise and repetitive triage that would otherwise land on your own team, so the people you already have can spend their time on the business instead of a security queue.
Foortress was at Kaseya Connect 2026 this year talking through exactly this approach with other IT teams: how to get real coverage without adding a new platform or a new hire.
Talk to a human about what MXDR would look like layered on top of your current stack, or see the full breakdown on the MXDR solutions page.