Technology has experienced a hyper-convergence trend over the past several years; organisations want to reduce cost and complexity, while increasing scalability and effectiveness. This has led to the rapid adoption of XDR (extended detection and response.)In this presentation, Valerian (Val) will describe the hyper-convergence security journey that led to XDR and discuss the core requirements for an effective XDR solution: the need for a common data anthology across multiple domains, and the importance of developing the right detection logic while suppressing the noise.