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Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX): sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Cisco XDR is a cloud-based security solution for extended detection and response. It brings data from network, endpoint, email, cloud and identity sources into a single view so security teams can detect, prioritise and investigate threats. It includes incident management, automation, guided remediation and an AI assistant. The solution works with Cisco products and, depending on the tier, with third-party integrations. In the Premier tier, Cisco experts deliver it as a managed service.

Cisco is a US company headquartered in San Jose, California, and listed on the Nasdaq (CSCO). According to Cisco's privacy data sheet (July 2024), Cisco XDR runs on AWS in North America (United States), the EU (Ireland and Germany) and Asia Pacific (Japan, Singapore and Australia), and the customer selects the region. Usage data is transferred to the United States for analytics even when an EU region is selected. Cisco Talos uses co-location facilities in the United States. The software is proprietary.

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Sovereignty score

27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (US, EU, OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 9, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	US, EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	Cybersecurity
Type	Product
Website	cisco.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX)

The European alternatives to Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX)

Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) hosts data in US, EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX)?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) include Actalis, Advenica and Avira. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX)?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) include CrowdSec. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Cisco XDR (voorheen SecureX) is headquartered in US and hosts data in US, EU, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 9, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

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Cyber Resilience Act

Public signals that relate to the EU Cyber Resilience Act. They do not count towards the score. A missing line means "not found publicly".

Report a vulnerability: sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/resources/security_vulnerability_policy.html

For products in scope of the CRA, CE marking is required from 11 December 2027; this cannot be checked yet.

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