Field Effect MDR (Core, Complete and Endpoint packages)

Field Effect Software Inc. is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices in Lake Mary in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Founded by CEO Matt Holland, whose analyst team largely comes from the Five Eyes intelligence community, it aims to bring intelligence-grade tradecraft to small and mid-sized businesses and the MSPs that serve them.

Field Effect MDR is a platform the company built itself rather than assembled from third-party tools. It monitors endpoints, networks and cloud services such as Microsoft 365, blocks certain attacks automatically and has experts investigate threats, presenting easy-to-understand alerts in one dashboard. It is sold in packages: MDR Core for smaller businesses, MDR Complete for larger organizations and MDR Endpoint, all on one platform so clients can be upgraded without switching tools. MSPs manage all clients from a single multi-tenant dashboard.

• Purpose-built platform: Detection technology engineered in-house rather than assembled from other vendors.
• Endpoint, network and cloud coverage: Monitors devices, networks and services such as Microsoft 365.
• Automated blocking: Stops certain attacks in under a second before analysts review them.
• Expert investigation: Analysts with intelligence backgrounds investigate and explain threats.
• Tiered packages: MDR Core, MDR Complete and MDR Endpoint on one platform.
• MSP dashboard: Manages all clients from a single multi-tenant console.

A Vietnamese managed IT provider can offer MDR Core to small clients such as clinics and trading firms, and upgrade larger clients to MDR Complete. A small accounting firm on Microsoft 365 can get monitoring for account takeover and suspicious consent grants. A mid-sized exporter can protect endpoints and networks without hiring a security analyst.

The company reports a median of under 1 second to block certain attacks, 18 seconds to detect and alert, and 2.6 minutes for expert-led investigation. In its 2024 MITRE ATT&CK evaluation it reported detections across 100% of attack steps. Smaller clients can start on MDR Core and move to MDR Complete without changing platforms. Plain-language alerts reduce administrative work for small IT teams.

Small businesses are frequent targets of ransomware and Microsoft 365 account takeover, yet rarely have security staff, so MSPs are packaging managed detection and response for clients with under 50 users. In Vietnam and Southeast Asia, IT service providers serving SMEs are looking for affordable MDR offerings they can resell under tiered packages.

Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices in Lake Mary (United States), the United Kingdom and Australia. Founder and CEO Matt Holland. Participated in MITRE ATT&CK Evaluations in 2024 and again in 2026. Joined the ICE Mortgage Technology Partner Network in 2026. Operates a public trust center.