What Is Mttd

Mean time to detect (MTTD) is one of the main key performance indicators in incident management. It refers to the mean amount of time it takes for the organization to discover—or detect—an incident. The sooner an organization finds out about a problem, the better.

What is MTTD MTTR?

Mean time to detect, or MTTD, reflects the amount of time it takes your team to discover a potential security incident. Mean time to respond, or MTTR, is the time it takes to control, remediate and/or eradicate a threat once it has been discovered.

How do you lower MTTD?

People are the biggest factor in reducing MTTD and MTTR This is accomplished through education and constant training. For starters, ensure your security team fully understands your incident response processes and life cycles, common attacks and hacker techniques, and best practices for how to defend against them.