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Glossary Term Mean Time to Respond (MTTR)

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What is Mean Time to Respond (MTTR)?

Mean Time to Respond MTTR measures the average time from incident detection to containment, a key SOC efficiency and dwell-time metric.

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Understanding Mean Time to Respond (MTTR)

Mean Time to Respond MTTR is an incident-response metric measuring the average elapsed time from detection of a security incident to its containment or remediation. A lower MTTR indicates a more effective SOC and reduces the window of attacker dwell time; the acronym is sometimes also expanded as Mean Time to Remediate or Recover depending on the program.

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