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Product	IBM X-Force Incident Response by IBM View product	Unit 42 Incident Response by Palo Alto Networks View product
Overview
What it is	IBM X-Force Incident Response is an incident response services for DFIR, recovery and threat hunting. See features and Incident Response alternatives.	Unit 42 Incident Response covers emergency breach investigation, digital forensics and ransomware containment for digital forensics. Compare top Incident Response tools.
Product type	Incident response services	Incident Response & Digital Forensics Service
Best for	Enterprise, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Critical Infrastructure	Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Critical Infrastructure, Government
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: no	Free trial: no
Deployment
Deployment options	Cloud	CloudHybridOn-Premise
Deployment details	Professional service; Professional service	On-premises; Cloud; Hybrid; Onsite and remote elite professional services
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	Customer-retained forensic custody
Key features
What it offers	Incident response services providing preparedness, threat hunting, investigation, containment and recovery support. DFIR Incident response Breach response Threat intelligence Threat hunting Recovery	Emergency breach investigation Digital forensics Ransomware containment Threat actor eradication Compromise assessment Tabletop crisis simulations Ransomware breach remediation Compromised account investigation
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: no
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: no
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: no	RBAC: no
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: no	Multi-tenant: no
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: no
Supported platforms	Enterprise environments	Multi-cloudon-premises networksendpoint infrastructures
Compliance	Engagement-specific	NIST SP 800-61, ISO 27035, SANS Incident Handling guidelines
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	On-siteremotehybrid	Cortex XDRCortex XSIAMPalo Alto Networks FirewallsSIEM / SOAR platforms
Industries	EnterpriseGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareCritical Infrastructure	Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareCritical InfrastructureGovernment
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	Palo Alto Networks
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	Santa Clara, California, USA
Company size	250,000+	15,000+
Founded	1911	2005

IBM X-Force Incident Response

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Unit 42 Incident Response

by Palo Alto Networks

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Overview

What it is

IBM X-Force Incident Response

IBM X-Force Incident Response is an incident response services for DFIR, recovery and threat hunting. See features and Incident Response alternatives.

Unit 42 Incident Response

Unit 42 Incident Response covers emergency breach investigation, digital forensics and ransomware containment for digital forensics. Compare top Incident Response tools.

Product type

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Incident response services

Unit 42 Incident Response

Incident Response & Digital Forensics Service

Best for

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Enterprise, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare, Critical Infrastructure

Unit 42 Incident Response

Cross-industry, Financial Services, Healthcare, Critical Infrastructure, Government

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Contact Vendor

Unit 42 Incident Response

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Unit 42 Incident Response

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Cloud

Unit 42 Incident Response

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Professional service; Professional service

Unit 42 Incident Response

On-premises; Cloud; Hybrid; Onsite and remote elite professional services

Data residency

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Deployment and region dependent

Unit 42 Incident Response

Customer-retained forensic custody

Key features

What it offers

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Incident response services providing preparedness, threat hunting, investigation, containment and recovery support.
DFIR
Incident response
Breach response
Threat intelligence
Threat hunting
Recovery

Unit 42 Incident Response

Emergency breach investigation
Digital forensics
Ransomware containment
Threat actor eradication
Compromise assessment
Tabletop crisis simulations
Ransomware breach remediation
Compromised account investigation

Platform & access

API access

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Unit 42 Incident Response

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Unit 42 Incident Response

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Unit 42 Incident Response

Multi-tenant

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Unit 42 Incident Response

Mobile app

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Unit 42 Incident Response

Supported platforms

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Enterprise environments

Unit 42 Incident Response

Multi-cloudon-premises networksendpoint infrastructures

Compliance

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Engagement-specific

Unit 42 Incident Response

NIST SP 800-61, ISO 27035, SANS Incident Handling guidelines

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM X-Force Incident Response

On-siteremotehybrid

Unit 42 Incident Response

Cortex XDRCortex XSIAMPalo Alto Networks FirewallsSIEM / SOAR platforms

Industries

IBM X-Force Incident Response

EnterpriseGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcareCritical Infrastructure

Unit 42 Incident Response

Cross-industryFinancial ServicesHealthcareCritical InfrastructureGovernment

Regions

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Global

Unit 42 Incident Response

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM X-Force Incident Response

IBM

Unit 42 Incident Response

Palo Alto Networks

Headquarters

IBM X-Force Incident Response

Armonk, New York, USA

Unit 42 Incident Response

Santa Clara, California, USA

Company size

IBM X-Force Incident Response

250,000+

Unit 42 Incident Response

15,000+

Founded

IBM X-Force Incident Response

1911

Unit 42 Incident Response

2005