Discover the Top 5 XDR Use Cases for Today’s Cyber Threat Landscape
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In today’s digital battlefield, attackers aren’t just breaking in—they’re sneaking past defenses, staying hidden, and making off with sensitive data long before anyone notices. While organizations invest in firewalls, antivirus tools, and endpoint protection, attackers are becoming smarter, faster, and harder to detect.
We need detection that’s not only quick but also intelligent and proactive.
This is where deception comes in—and Fidelis Elevate®’s built-in deception capabilities take it to another level.
Even with strong cybersecurity measures in place, breaches often go undetected for weeks or even months. This gives attackers ample time to explore, steal, or damage critical data.
The priority is clear: detect intrusions as early as possible. Fidelis Elevate® makes this possible by using deception technology to identify and stop attackers before they can cause serious harm.
Fidelis Elevate® is more than just a detection tool—it’s a smart, unified security platform that thinks like an attacker. At the heart of this platform is Fidelis Deception®, which is fully integrated to detect, mislead, and slow down attackers at every stage of their attacks.
Here’s a look at how it works:
Fidelis first scans and learns your network—what systems you have, how they behave, and where risks may exist. It then automatically creates fake systems (decoys) that look and act like real ones: servers, workstations, and services that blend seamlessly into your environment.
These decoys aren’t just placeholders. They closely imitate real assets, including:
They even register themselves in Active Directory and DNS, just like your legitimate systems do. To an attacker, they look genuine.
To draw attackers toward these fake systems, Fidelis places breadcrumbs such as fake credentials, shared files, cookies, or registry entries on your real devices.
When an attacker lands on a compromised system, they search for ways to move further into your network. These breadcrumbs guide them straight to the decoys, where Fidelis is waiting to catch and monitor them.
The moment an attacker interacts with a decoy, Fidelis starts recording everything—tracking their behavior, tools, and movement.
It captures data like:
This lets you see the full scope of the attack in real-time, from the initial entry to lateral movement and even attempted data theft.
Fidelis doesn’t just observe; it can actively interfere with the attack.
For example, it can:
This gives your security team more time to respond, while keeping the attacker busy and in the dark.
As your network evolves with new systems, cloud applications, or subnets, Fidelis automatically updates the deception environment. It places new decoys where necessary and ensures the cyber deception layer stays aligned with your live infrastructure.
Whether your setup is on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid, Fidelis keeps its traps updated and believable.
Using deception by itself is powerful. But combining it with Fidelis Elevate®’s full capabilities makes it even more effective.
This includes:
Together, these features help your team detect breaches up to 9 times faster, cut down on unnecessary alerts, and respond more confidently.
While other XDR platforms promise broad coverage, Fidelis is the only one that brings all of this together in one place:
This gives you a clearer picture, fewer distractions, and the ability to act fast, because the platform was designed to think like an adversary.
Learn how intelligent deception can help you:
Attackers rely on staying hidden, moving quickly, and staying unpredictable. Fidelis Elevate® takes away that advantage by planting realistic traps, tracking every move, and exposing cyber attacks before real harm is done.
This isn’t smoke and mirrors. It’s a smarter, more effective approach to modern security. When executed properly, deception becomes a powerful weapon, and Fidelis turns it into something real, actionable, and automatic.
No, it won’t. Fidelis Deception® runs alongside your actual systems without interfering. The decoys are separate from your production environment, and the platform is designed to avoid adding any noticeable load or latency to your network.
Yes, it can. Fidelis automatically updates the deception environment to match your network’s changes, whether it’s adding new systems, cloud apps, or subnets. The decoys stay in sync with your real infrastructure to make sure cyber attackers are always being misled.
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