The company said Respond Software will open new opportunities for FireEye’s own products, especially their Mandiant platform, through Respond’s XDR engine.

XDR stands for “eXtended Detection and Response,” designed to “accelerate cyber investigation and response by automating the correlation of multi-sourced attack evidence using cloud-based data science models that ingest data from a comprehensive set of security technologies.”

In essence, this technology allows faster and more thorough response to a cybersecurity event, through correlating evidence incredibly quickly. XDR accomplishes this through the cloud, alongside with other software that take in data from security technologies.

Respond’s XDR allows faster response times and better overall security outcomes. CEO Mandia explained, “with Mandiant’s position on the front lines, we know what to look for in an attack, and Respond’s cloud-based machine learning productizes our expertise to deliver faster outcomes and protect more customers; This creates a learning system with new capabilities that will enable us to expand our Mandiant portfolio and drive new XDR revenue through our Mandiant Advantage platform.”

This purchase marks FireEye’s second acquisition this year, following their January purchase of Cloudvisory.