Source onboarding
Identify endpoints, identity events, email alerts and network logs to connect. Validate timestamps, data quality, retention and connector health before relying on detection coverage.
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SOC as a Service
Evaluate a security monitoring and response service around your environment. Agree data sources, coverage hours and who can take containment actions.
Plan your solution01
SOC as a Service
Understanding the solution
SOC as a Service adds an agreed analyst workflow to security telemetry. Digital Cloud can scope monitoring across Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel and relevant third-party sources. Effective onboarding connects usable data, business context and authorized response actions; a dashboard alone does not establish an operational security service.
Security operations turns signals into prioritized investigation and response. Tools alone do not determine who reviews an alert, what evidence is retained or who can authorize a disruptive containment action.
Capabilities and scope
Incident triage
Group related alerts, assess affected assets and distinguish expected administration from suspicious behavior. Escalations should include evidence, severity rationale and a proposed next action.
Contracted response
Agree coverage hours, contacts and containment authority. Document handoffs to your IT team and any separately scoped forensic or recovery assistance.
A practical example
An unusual sign-in and endpoint alert involve the same employee. A scoped SOC workflow can investigate the relationship and deliver one actionable incident to the responsible decision maker.
What your project can deliver
- Data-source and coverage matrix
- Incident escalation and authorization runbook
- Reporting model for cases, gaps and actions
The final deliverables, licensing and responsibilities are agreed for your environment before implementation.
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Requirements and considerations
Agree log sources, retention, monitoring hours, response targets and authority. Distinguish notification from investigation and containment; confirm any partner responsibilities in the service agreement.
SOC as a Service
Project priorities
Log sources
Monitoring hours
Containment authority
We begin with a conversation about the task, the people involved and the systems already in place. Together we identify what a useful result would look like and which dependencies need attention first. The agreed proposal sets the delivery boundaries, responsibilities and acceptance criteria.
Your engagement
How Digital Cloud can help
| Project phase | What happens |
|---|---|
| 01Define the design | Translate the requirements into a practical design. Confirm product choices, interfaces, permissions and the responsibilities needed to operate the solution. |
| 02Deliver in stages | Configure or implement the agreed scope, test representative workflows and resolve material issues. Plan user communication and any controlled transition from existing systems. |
| 03Prepare for ongoing operation | Confirm acceptance, document the relevant configuration and prepare the people responsible for daily use. Define maintenance and support arrangements before handover. |
SOC as a Service
Questions before you start
Is round-the-clock response included?
Hours, response targets and permitted actions must be explicitly agreed with the selected provider. They should never be inferred from the SOC label or from a product's automated detection capability.
What determines the cost and schedule?
The starting environment, integrations, user groups and agreed outputs determine the effort. We confirm scope and commercial terms before work begins. Software licenses, infrastructure consumption and ongoing support may be separate items.
What will we receive?
The proposal identifies the deliverables: these may include findings, a prioritized roadmap, a tested configuration, a prototype, documentation or training. We agree what is included and how completion will be assessed.
Can this work with our existing systems?
We review the actual applications, data sources and access requirements before recommending an integration. Dependencies and compatibility limits are recorded so the delivery plan reflects your environment.
What happens after the initial work?
You can use the findings to guide your own team or discuss a follow-on phase. Any maintenance, monitoring or support includes separately agreed service hours, responsibilities and response targets.
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