Do I need all four — SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, and MDR?

For a comprehensive managed security operations program, yes. SIEM provides visibility, UEBA adds behavioral detection, SOAR automates response, and MDR ties it together with expert oversight. Griffendo includes all four in one connected platform.

Can these be purchased separately?

Many vendors sell SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, and MDR as separate products requiring separate contracts, integrations, and management overhead. Griffendo delivers all four natively in one managed service, which reduces integration complexity and operational cost.

What is the difference between MDR and MSSP?

MDR focuses on detection and response with active investigation. Traditional MSSPs often focus on monitoring and alerting. Griffendo's MDR includes detection, behavioral analytics, automated response, and threat hunting — going beyond alert forwarding.

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What is the difference between SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, and MDR?

Quick answer

SIEM collects and correlates security log data to detect threats. SOAR automates the response to those threats using playbooks. UEBA uses AI and behavioral analytics to detect anomalies that rules miss. MDR is the managed service layer that ties all of this together with 24×7 expert oversight. Griffendo delivers all four in one connected managed security operations platform.

Updated April 2026Reviewed by Griffendo Security Team

How each capability fits together

Capability

What it does

In Griffendo

SIEM

Collects, correlates, and alerts on log data

Managed SIEM in all plans

SOAR

Automates response workflows and playbooks

Limited in NOW, fully automated in SHIELD/MAXX

UEBA

Detects behavioral anomalies via AI/ML

Included in all plans

MDR

Managed 24×7 detection and response service

Core service across all plans

Why the combination matters

Each of these four capabilities addresses a different gap in the threat detection and response lifecycle. Organizations that assemble them from separate vendors often face integration delays, data gaps, and increased management overhead. A unified platform delivers the full lifecycle — detect, correlate, automate, respond — without the assembly burden.

Where Griffendo Fits

How Griffendo addresses this

Griffendo's core value proposition is delivering SIEM, SOAR, UEBA, and MDR in one connected platform — removing the integration complexity, vendor management overhead, and capability gaps that come from assembling these tools separately. Every Griffendo plan includes all four capabilities at varying depths of automation and response authority.

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