Forrester Survey Finds Midmarket Teams Turning to XDR Amid Tool Sprawl
Summary
A Broadcom-commissioned Q3 2026 Forrester Consulting survey of 253 cybersecurity decision-makers found midmarket teams face resource constraints and tool sprawl; 64% had implemented XDR, and most adopters reported or anticipated faster response and better root-cause فهم
Key points
- The Q3 2026 Forrester Consulting study, commissioned by Broadcom, surveyed 253 cybersecurity decision-makers.
- 77% said their teams are expected to do more with limited resources, while 75% struggle to keep pace with AI-powered attacks.
- Respondents reported an average of 19 security tools; 79% said they spend considerable manual effort correlating data across disconnected tools.
- 69% reported that a lack of a unified view creates critical security blind spots, and 75% reported inflated SIEM ingestion and storage costs.
- 75% of surveyed organizations were consolidating security tools or pursuing platform strategies; 64% had implemented XDR.
- Among XDR adopters, 95% reported realized or anticipated improvements in detection and response speed, and 94% reported or anticipated better root-cause understanding.
Article Details
- Publisher
- Security.com
- Report Period
- Q3 2026
- Scope
- Forrester Consulting study on cybersecurity strategies and XDR adoption among midsize organizations.
- Sample Size
- 253 cybersecurity decision-makers
- Key Statistics
- 77% of respondents said their teams are expected to do more with limited resources.
- 75% of respondents reported difficulty keeping pace with AI-powered attacks.
- Respondents' organizations used an average of 19 security tools.
- 64% of surveyed teams had implemented XDR.
- Among respondents whose organizations had adopted XDR, 95% reported realized or anticipated improvements in detection and response speed, and 94% reported the same for root-cause understanding.
- Recommendations
- Consolidate security tools and pursue a more unified security platform to reduce operational friction.
- Unify security data and use XDR to correlate signals across multiple surfaces, supporting faster detection and response.