Acronis XDR
Detection, investigation and rollback on one platform with forensic backups as evidence
Acronis XDR extends the Cyber Protect platform with cross-layer telemetry, behavioural detection and one-click response. Because the same agent also handles backup, every alert links to an immutable point-in-time copy you can roll back to. Neo Security configures the ruleset against your environment and monitors the alert queue 24/7 from our managed SOC.
1 agent
XDR, NGAV and backup on one install
native
Ransomware rollback directly from the alert
24/7
Managed triage by Neo Security analysts
> What Acronis XDR addresses
Signature AV that reports the infection only after the ransomware note is on screen.
Detections without context: a process name, a hash, and good luck figuring out the chain.
No link between the detection stack and the backup stack, so "contain and restore" is a three-vendor phone call.
Alert queues that nobody owns because the tool sits between the backup team and the SOC.
The scenario
A BEC-delivered payload runs on a finance workstation at 22:14. The detection engine spots an in-memory loader and abnormal outbound C2 beacons. Your analyst sees the alert at 22:17. Normally that is the moment where the triage phone-tree starts: open EDR, open backup console, open firewall, pivot, cross-reference timestamps. With XDR on Cyber Protect, the same alert already includes the process tree, the isolated forensic snapshot of the host taken a minute earlier, and a one-click rollback.
The value is not one more detection. It is removing the handoffs between detection and recovery.
Internal benchmark across 30 managed-SOC incidents in 2025: mean-time-to-contain dropped from 47 to 14 minutes after routing through XDR instead of the separate stack.
> How we deploy Acronis XDR
Assess
Telemetry inventory, existing detection content, SOC playbook review, alert-routing target (your SIEM / SOAR / ticketing). Output: a deployment plan that specifies which alerts we take, which alerts stay in your existing SIEM, and where they cross over.
Deploy
XDR activation on the Cyber Protect agents you already run, detection content tuned to your environment, forensic-backup policy aligned with incident response retention needs, SIEM / SOAR forwarding configured.
Tune
Monitor-mode first. We calibrate detections against your legitimate admin activity for 4 to 6 weeks before switching any auto-response to blocking. Containment actions are signed off by human analysts on high-confidence alerts only.
Operate
24/7 alert triage from our managed SOC (or hand-off into your SOC), monthly detection-engineering review, quarterly purple-team drill against the Acronis detection content, incident reports with forensic evidence attached.
> XDR with forensic backups as foundation
- Detection of anomalous behaviour on endpoints, workloads, identities and cloud resources.
- Every alert links to an immutable forensic backup taken before the suspicious activity.
- Integration with managed SOC and incident response by Neo Security.
> Core XDR capabilities
Four pillars that turn raw telemetry into decisive action before attackers reach their objective.
Threat detection
Behavioural analytics and ML-driven correlation across endpoints, email, identity and cloud workloads. Detects lateral movement, credential abuse and fileless attacks that signature-based tools miss.
Automated investigation
Every alert is enriched with process trees, network context and MITRE ATT&CK mapping. Analysts get a full attack timeline instead of isolated events, cutting mean-time-to-understand substantially.
Response orchestration
One-click containment isolates compromised endpoints while preserving forensic state. Playbooks coordinate firewall blocks, identity resets and ticket creation across your existing stack.
Forensic recovery
Unique to Acronis: every detection links directly to immutable forensic backups. Roll back ransomware-encrypted files, recover deleted mailboxes or spin up a clean VM, all from the same console.
> Where it earns its keep
Ransomware contained mid-execution
Credential-stuffing gave an attacker a foothold on a developer laptop. XDR picked up the WMI + PowerShell enumeration chain 8 minutes into the intrusion.
Host isolated automatically, pre-intrusion forensic snapshot restored, rest of the estate scanned clean within 2 hours. No data loss, no paid ransom.
Insider data staging
Leaving employee compressed 14 GB of customer records to a personal cloud folder over a weekend. Legacy DLP missed it because the traffic looked legitimate.
XDR flagged the anomalous volume and unusual destination. HR and legal engaged on Monday with a timestamped forensic copy of the staging activity as evidence.
Email-delivered exploit
Spearphish landed a weaponised PDF on a CFO workstation. The loader exploited a vulnerability patched two months earlier that had never reached that machine.
Behavioural engine flagged the unsigned child process, forensic backup from before the click was available for the DFIR report, patch gap surfaced in the same month's vulnerability review.
> Built on Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis XDR is not a bolt-on. It extends the Cyber Protect platform you already use for backup, patching and endpoint protection. Single agent, single console, no extra infrastructure.
- Single lightweight agent, no duplicate endpoint software
- Unified console for backup, AV, patch management and XDR
- Forensic backups are native to the platform, not a third-party integration
- Automatic asset discovery across on-prem and cloud workloads
- Open telemetry export into Sentinel, Splunk, QRadar or Elastic
> Integration surface
XDR plugs into the stack you already run so alerts correlate with what you already see.
Telemetry sources
- Windows / Linux / macOS endpoints
- Microsoft 365 (mail, identity, Teams)
- Azure AD / Entra ID
- Google Workspace
- AWS CloudTrail
- Azure activity logs
SIEM / SOAR
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Splunk
- IBM QRadar
- Elastic Security
- Cortex XSOAR
- Tines
Response targets
- Firewall API (Fortinet, Palo Alto)
- Active Directory (account disable, password reset)
- EDR quarantine
- Email gateway block
- Acronis isolation / rollback
Evidence & forensics
- Immutable cloud backups
- Point-in-time snapshots
- Chain-of-custody export
- Velociraptor / KAPE triage artefacts
Compliance
- ISO 27001 A.8.16 monitoring activities
- NIS2 art. 23 reporting evidence
- DORA threat-led testing documentation
- GDPR breach-timeline reconstruction
> Why Neo Security for Acronis XDR
> XDR is only as good as the hands on the alert queue. We are the hands.
Technology alone does not stop breaches. People and process do. Neo Security combines Acronis XDR with 24/7 SOC monitoring, incident response expertise and hands-on detection engineering. We own the alert queue or hand it off to your SOC, whichever model fits you.
Detection content tuned to your AD structure, SaaS stack and admin patterns.
24/7 managed-SOC triage with Neo analysts, or alert-routing into your existing SOC workflow.
IR team pre-briefed on your environment so containment starts in minutes when a critical alert fires.
Monthly detection-engineering review, quarterly purple-team drill against the XDR content.
Forensic-backup retention policy aligned with your incident-response and legal-hold requirements.
Compliance mapping maintained for ISO 27001, NIS2 and DORA so evidence export for an audit is a button, not a project.
SOC integration
Your Acronis XDR alerts flow into our managed SOC. Real analysts triage, escalate and respond, so there is no alert fatigue and no false-positive noise.
Incident response on speed-dial
When a critical detection fires, our IR team is already in the loop. Containment starts in minutes, not hours, because the SOC and IR share the same platform and context.
Tailored configuration
We tune detection rules to your environment: your AD structure, your SaaS stack, your backup policies. Out-of-the-box defaults leave gaps. We close them.
Put XDR alerts on Neo's queue
A short intake with an engineer reviews your current detection stack, identifies where XDR fills a gap versus duplicates, and sketches the alert-routing that fits your SOC or ours.
Fortra Platinum Partner. Dutch engineering team. Detection that ends in rollback, not in another tab.