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Security InsightFeatured2026-02-24 · 4 min read

7 KPIs that Make or Break an MDR PoC

An MDR PoC should be judged with measurable KPIs such as MTTD, MTTR, Precision/Recall, Noise Index, Coverage, Response Success, and collaboration quality.

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This article outlines seven KPIs that should define how an MDR PoC is evaluated: MTTD, MTTR, Precision/Recall, Noise Index, Coverage, Response Success Rate, and operations and collaboration quality.

The main point is that an MDR PoC should not be judged by intuition alone. It should be measured through detection speed, response speed, alert quality, analyst load, coverage breadth, and evidence quality in actual scenarios.

It also stresses that vendors should be compared on equal footing with the same assets, the same scenarios, and the same evaluation window so that outcomes are fair and repeatable.

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