Sangfor Athena MDR (previously known as Sangfor Cyber Guardian MDR) gives you immediate access to enterprise-grade protection from our 400+ global security experts, who proactively detect threats and quickly eliminate data breaches and cyberattacks.
Built for speed, precision, and complete visibility, it’s the trusted partner your in-house team needs to stay ahead of advanced threats.
Discover below how Athena MDR delivers intelligent protection and proactive response in just 7 working days, allowing you to run your business with greater confidence.
A large volume of alerts from security tools overwhelms limited in-house resources, delays real threat detection, and creates burnout, raising the risk of genuine attacks slipping through.
Hiring skilled security staff is increasingly difficult—often taking months or even years. This leaves existing teams stretched thin and unable to respond effectively to security threats.
CISOs and CTOs are under constant pressure to deliver strong security outcomes on tight budgets, but scaling defenses internally demands high upfront investment in tools and talent.
With limited in-house resources, security teams often rely heavily on tools to do the job. But without ongoing maintenance and expert verification, mistakes can happen and threats can slip through.
Even with modern tools in place, many organizations lack the SOPs and policies needed to manage threats effectively, weakening overall protection and response readiness.
24/7 Monitoring, Detection & Alert Validation
Athena MDR security experts monitor your network and endpoints around the clock, checking every alert—even low-level ones—with a mix of automation and expertise. Real threats are escalated while false alarms are filtered out. This means less noise for your team, allowing you to focus on real issues instead of going through thousands of alerts every day yourself.
Advanced AI-driven Threat Detection
Athena MDR leverages Sangfor’s advanced XDR technology, powered by both traditional AI and generative AI (Sangfor Security GPT). Our multi-layered detection framework delivers high accuracy and minimal false positives, ensuring your business stays protected without the noise or complexity.
Get immediate access into AI-driven detection and response, powered by Sangfor’s own proprietary Security GPT. No need to worry about which tools to buy or how to manage them—our MDR service takes care of it all, so you can focus on protecting your business.
Integrated Threat Visibility with Contextual Intelligence
We combine data from your endpoints and network, and enrich it with threat intelligence. You see both the big picture and detailed context of each threat. You get faster answers, fewer blind spots, and better decisions when stopping threats with our independent opinion and risks advisory based on our experience dealing with industry peers and global customer experiences.
Real-Time Response & Remote Remediation
Our MDR team takes immediate action against threats and vulnerabilities —such as isolating compromised systems and blocking malicious entities—based on pre-approved response plans. This helps minimize impact and prevent attacks from spreading. For remote remediation, our team works with your staff to investigate incidents and remediate any affected systems, ensuring a swift and coordinated recovery.
Dedicated Support & Direct Communication Channels
With Athena MDR, you get a dedicated Customer Success Manager as your main point of contact, along with communication options based on your preference, including instant messaging, email, and phone. This gives you the convenience of receiving fast, clear answers through the channels you use most—without the need to carry a laptop and log into a portal to contact support. For manual visibility, Athena MDR also provides you with exclusive access to the MDR customer portal with simplified viewing of key statistics and data updates.
Athena MDR security experts monitor your network and endpoints around the clock, checking every alert—even low-level ones—with a mix of automation and expertise. Real threats are escalated while false alarms are filtered out. This means less noise for your team, allowing you to focus on real issues instead of going through thousands of alerts every day yourself.
Athena MDR leverages Sangfor’s advanced XDR technology, powered by both traditional AI and generative AI (Sangfor Security GPT). Our multi-layered detection framework delivers high accuracy and minimal false positives, ensuring your business stays protected without the noise or complexity.
Get immediate access into AI-driven detection and response, powered by Sangfor’s own proprietary Security GPT. No need to worry about which tools to buy or how to manage them—our MDR service takes care of it all, so you can focus on protecting your business.
We combine data from your endpoints and network, and enrich it with threat intelligence. You see both the big picture and detailed context of each threat. You get faster answers, fewer blind spots, and better decisions when stopping threats with our independent opinion and risks advisory based on our experience dealing with industry peers and global customer experiences.
Our MDR team takes immediate action against threats and vulnerabilities —such as isolating compromised systems and blocking malicious entities—based on pre-approved response plans. This helps minimize impact and prevent attacks from spreading. For remote remediation, our team works with your staff to investigate incidents and remediate any affected systems, ensuring a swift and coordinated recovery.
With Athena MDR, you get a dedicated Customer Success Manager as your main point of contact, along with communication options based on your preference, including instant messaging, email, and phone. This gives you the convenience of receiving fast, clear answers through the channels you use most—without the need to carry a laptop and log into a portal to contact support. For manual visibility, Athena MDR also provides you with exclusive access to the MDR customer portal with simplified viewing of key statistics and data updates.
Athena MDR is designed to provide accurate and relevant threat notifications and response assistance when credible threats are identified in a customer’s environment. This is achieved through a structured two-stage service process:
A top logistic company with multiple branches—each using standalone security tools managed by a small IT team at HQ—was hit by five ransomware attacks in one year. Athena MDR integrated existing tools for correlated analysis, revealing previously undetected threats like lateral movement.
An international business park’s security team faced alert overload. Athena MDR’s analysts triaged and validated alerts, escalating only confirmed threats with full context and recommendations. This helped reduce internal workload and accelerate response to real incidents.
A toy manufacturer suffered repeated ransomware attacks and lacked the resources to recover or prevent reinfection. In the first few months, Athena MDR uncovered and remediated vulnerabilities that could have contributed to past compromises.
A government agency needed to establish 24/7 SOC capabilities but lacked the budget to build a full SOC team. Athena MDR provided continuous monitoring and response, helping the agency save around 70% compared to hiring in-house analysts.
A threat actor executed multiple SQL injection attacks against a top healthcare organization at 2:14 a.m. Athena MDR immediately isolated the affected server and blocked further activity—stopping the threat before the in-house team arrived at work the next day.
Well-Resourced with 450+ Experts
Ensures every alert is reviewed by real analysts, leading to more accurate decisions compared to competitors who rely heavily on automation alone.
Advanced Security Technology
Leverages Sangfor’s cutting-edge XDR platform, integrated with our GenAI tool Security GPT, to deliver robust protection for your business.
Direct & Personalized Support
With custom communication channels and a dedicated CSM, you always speak to the same person for a fast and personal communication experience.
Custom Service Scope
Choose what you want us to protect based on your business needs and budget. This flexibility ensures you’re not forced into paying for what you don’t need.
Cost-Competitive Pricing
Enjoy a lower price point than most top-tier MDR vendors—making enterprise-grade protection more accessible without compromising on service quality or scope.
Tailored Service Delivery
We take the time to understand your business and internal processes, ensuring threats are evaluated in the right context and handled according to clear procedures.
All-Inclusive Service Package
Includes unlimited alert reviews and incident responses at no extra cost. We also offer predictable pricing and flexible asset expansion to scale as needed.
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Athena MDR minimizes the risk of costly breaches by delivering up to 99% detection accuracy, a low 30-minute Mean Time to Detect (MTTD), and a low Mean Time to Respond (MTTR). This speed and precision reduce operational disruptions, financial losses, and reputational damage.
Why build a 24/7 SOC in-house when you can access enterprise-grade security services with up to 70% annual savings? With Athena MDR, you avoid heavy investments in tools, staffing, and time—while still receiving reliable protection, expert support, and measurable outcomes.
Athena MDR supports compliance by delivering real-time detection, detailed logging, and standardized incident response through an ISO 27001-certified SOC. These capabilities help demonstrate control effectiveness, reduce audit findings, and maintain operational continuity.
Athena MDR takes charge of threat detection and response, freeing your team from routine tasks and alert fatigue. This allows your IT team to focus on strategic initiatives like digital transformation and AI integration to drive business growth.
A Security Operations Center (SOC) is a function or team responsible for monitoring and responding to security threats. It often consists of in-house staff, tools, and processes. Building a SOC usually takes years and costs up to 20 times more upfront compared to leveraging an MDR service. Meanwhile, a Managed SOC service typically lacks comprehensive service capabilities, such as 24/7 monitoring and threat response.
Managed Detection & Response (MDR) delivers the same functions of a SOC but as a fully managed service. MDR combines the vendor’s proprietary technology, 24/7 expert analysts, and threat response capabilities—eliminating the challenges and service gaps typically associated with traditional SOC models.
Athena MDR combines AI-driven technologies with human expertise to accurately identify true threats. All detections are cross-verified with global threat intelligence (OSINT) and validated by over 450+ certified global security experts with offensive and defensive backgrounds—ensuring high accuracy, even during complex or large-scale attacks.
Our security experts are also equipped with certification from Offensive Security, CREST, EC Council and ISC2.
Yes. Athena MDR supports monitoring-mode deployment that allows you to retain and make use of your existing security tools. The Athena STA network sensor collects telemetry such as logs, alerts, and events from those tools to enhance detection and response. This means your existing tools actively contribute to the system, without requiring any disruptive replacements.
Athena MDR can be fully operational within 7 business days. With Athena EPP (Endpoint Protection Platform) and the Athena STA network sensor, we deliver out-of-the box detection and response, eliminating the long tuning cycles typical of SIEM-based services.
During the onboarding phase, a lightweight security assessment is conducted to understand and evaluate the customer's environment and the assets to be monitored. This critical exercise helps the Athena MDR team to customize service delivery and identify areas that require special attention.
If a “Compromised” level event is detected on an out-of-scope IP, we will notify you immediately and provide remote advisory assistance to help contain the threat and assess the associated risk.
