Product Overview

Red Canary (a Zscaler company)

Red Canary delivers managed detection and response built on detection engineering rigor and broad telemetry ingestion (Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto, Zscaler, AWS, Google Cloud, 200+ tools). It is widely regarded as a reference partner for organisations standardising on Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Sentinel. Zscaler closed the $692M acquisition on August 1, 2025; Red Canary operates as a separate business unit within Zscaler.

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Founded
2013
Pricing
Custom (contact sales)
Verify with vendor
Deployment
Cloud
Managed Security Service Providers
SOC 2 Type II

Key Features

+MDR across endpoint, identity, cloud, SaaS, and network
+MDR for Microsoft (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Entra ID)
+24/7 SOC monitoring and triage
+Threat hunting and intelligence research
+Security automation and customisable response playbooks
+Managed phishing investigation and response
+Security data lake / long-term telemetry retention
+Detection engineering as a service

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Reputation as one of the strongest MDR partners for Microsoft-centric security stacks
  • +Industry-recognised detection engineering and public threat research (annual Threat Detection Report)
  • +Vendor-broad integrations — does not require ripping out incumbent EDR
  • +Strong public research output keeps customer detections current

Cons

  • –Future roadmap will be shaped by Zscaler's strategy; long-term independence uncertain
  • –Premium positioning; not the cheapest option in mid-market deals
  • –Limited public pricing

Best For

Microsoft-centric organisations wanting Defender / Sentinel telemetry analysed by a high-fidelity detection-engineering team

Community & Practitioner Evidence

Community Sources

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    Zscaler completes acquisition of Red Canary[Zscaler IR]
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    Red Canary — Company[Red Canary]

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Sources & References

  1. Red Canary (a Zscaler company) (Official Site)[Vendor]
  2. Red Canary (a Zscaler company) Reviews on G2[User Reviews]
  3. Red Canary (a Zscaler company) Reviews on TrustRadius[User Reviews]
  4. Red Canary (a Zscaler company) Reviews on PeerSpot[User Reviews]
  5. Zscaler completes acquisition of Red Canary[Community Resource]
  6. Red Canary — Company[Community Resource]

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