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Red Canary (a Zscaler company)

MDR provider known for deep Microsoft Defender expertise and high-fidelity detection engineering, acquired by Zscaler in 2025.

CompanyManaged Security Service ProvidersCloud

Pricing: Custom (contact sales)

Reviewed by the Cyber Vendor Guide editorial team against the public sources cited below · Last reviewed June 2026 · How we review listings

What is 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.

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

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

Things to check

  • 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

Reported in public reviews and vendor documentation. See sources below.

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

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Key facts

Pricing
Custom (contact sales)
Model
Subscription per managed surface
Founded
2013
Cloud
Yes
Self-hosted
No
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SOC 2 Type II