Engineering for Microsoft Sentinel
SERVICE DESCRIPTION
Engineering for Microsoft Sentinel is an annual platform engineering service that designs, operates, and evolves Microsoft Sentinel SIEM & SOAR as a production security operations platform.
Cynode takes responsibility for ongoing platform engineering—architecture, telemetry, detection, automation, integrations, and governance—treating Sentinel as an interconnected system engineered to support daily security operations.
The result: a Sentinel platform that is continuously maintained, predictable, and operationally aligned—not one that degrades over time.
WHY IS THIS SERVICE IMPORTANT?
Microsoft Sentinel delivers the most value when it is consistently engineered and actively maintained as a security operations platform. When architecture, data handling, detections, automation, and governance are treated as an integrated system, Sentinel remains reliable, efficient, and aligned with daily security operations.
This service ensures that continuity. By taking responsibility for the ongoing engineering of Sentinel, Cynode keeps the platform stable as it scales, adaptable as requirements change, and predictable for the teams that rely on it. The result is a Sentinel environment that supports effective detection and response over time, rather than one that requires periodic rework to remain usable.
WHAT THE SERVICE DELIVERS
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Design and continuous refinement of tenan t / workspace topology, RBAC/PIM, governance zones, data residency, and log ingestion architecture (DCRs, routing, transformation, tiering) to ensure scale, control, auditability, and cost alignment.
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Engineering and lifecycle management of analytics rules using KQL, including severity logic, entity mapping, naming and tagging standards, noise reduction, and validation using threat frameworks alongside real operational detection and investigation patterns.
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Development of resilient SOAR playbooks for enrichment, notification, ticketing, and containment, with robust error handling and governance, integrated with ITSM platforms, threat intelligence, watchlists, and reporting systems.
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Continuous validation, tuning, and optimisation of ingestion, detections, and automation, supported by health and effectiveness metrics, dashboards, runbooks, SOPs, and structured knowledge transfer for SOC teams and service partners.
KEY BENEFITS
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A well-engineered Microsoft Sentinel SIEM & SOAR platform
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Clear ownership and standards across architecture, detections, and automation
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Reduced noise and improved operational efficiency
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Predictable platform behaviour as scale and complexity increase
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Strong governance, auditability, and long-term maintainability
WHO SHOULD USE IT
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Organisations operating or building an internal SOC
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Teams using MDR or co-managed SOC providers that need strong Sentinel engineering
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Security leaders scaling Sentinel across cloud, identity, endpoint, and SaaS
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Environments that want Sentinel to improve continuously — not decay over time