Overview
SNP’s Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) for Microsoft Sentinel service leverages the power of Microsoft’s Sentinel SIEM tool to deliver robust, proactive security monitoring and incident response. With predictive analytics, continuous intelligence gathering, and orchestrated responses through a unique set of use cases and automated playbooks, our service ensures rapid detection and remediation of security threats.
Backed by a 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC), our experts swiftly identify, investigate, and respond to security events, staying ahead of evolving risks. Our service has earned Microsoft-verified MXDR status, affirming the effectiveness of our solution, which combines expert-driven technology with human-led services. This integration with the Microsoft Security platform ensures comprehensive protection with proactive hunting, monitoring, and response capabilities.
Our Approach
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, traditional security measures often fall short of providing comprehensive, real-time defense. Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is designed to address this by integrating and correlating data from multiple security layers—network, endpoint, server, and cloud—to detect, investigate, and respond to threats more effectively. Our Managed XDR (MXDR) services take this one step further, offering a fully managed, proactive approach to cybersecurity that continuously protects your organization against sophisticated threats.
Our Approach
- Infrastructure Setup involves SNP establishing and configuring the necessary systems, tools, and resources to support the client’s technology environment, ensuring it meets their business requirements, security standards, and scalability needs.
- The Log Source Ingestion process collects, imports, and processes logs from various sources (servers, applications, devices, etc.) into a central system or platform for analysis, monitoring, and security.
- The Alert Configuration process of sets up notifications and triggers based on specific conditions in your infrastructure, applications, or security events. These alerts are essential for detecting and responding to critical issues in real-time, such as performance degradation, security incidents, or compliance violations.
- With the SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) Configuration process, systems and workflows are setup to automatically respond to security incidents, streamline the incident management process, and reduce the time between detection and resolution. With SOAR, organizations can respond to incidents faster, improve efficiency, and reduce the impact of security threats by automating manual processes.
- Leveraging Initial Alert Tuning within your SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system, such as Azure Sentinel or any other security tool integrated with SOAR. The goal of alert tuning is to reduce the volume of irrelevant or false-positive alerts, enhance the accuracy of threat detection, and ensure that only actionable alerts are raised for incident response.
Manage Detect & Response (MDR)
- Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Defender for Identity, and Defender for Endpoint are part of Microsoft’s unified security suite designed to protect organizations from advanced threats, phishing attacks, identity compromises, and endpoint vulnerabilities. SNP leverages each product focusing on a specific area of security to provide comprehensive coverage across an organization’s environment.
- Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) is a comprehensive Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solution designed to provide visibility, control, and protection over the cloud applications and services used by an organization. With MCAS, SNP helps organizations secure their cloud environments, protect sensitive data, and ensure compliance by offering a set of powerful tools that enable effective governance and real-time threat protection.
- Integration of Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS) with SIEM systems like Microsoft Sentinel or other third-party SIEM platforms enhances the security posture by providing centralized monitoring, event correlation, and advanced threat detection across the entire IT environment, including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
- Policy Tuning is a critical process in security management, particularly when integrating solutions like Microsoft Sentinel or Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS), and it involves fine-tuning the security policies to reduce false positives, optimize detection, and improve incident response times. The goal of policy tuning is to ensure that the alerts generated by security tools like Sentinel or MCAS are actionable, relevant, and efficient, and that they align with your organization’s specific needs and security objectives.
Extended Detection Response (XDR)
- Integration with MDR (Managed Detection and Response) Monitoring allows organizations to enhance their security posture by leveraging a combination of Azure Sentinel and third-party MDR services. SNP's MDR team provides 24/7 monitoring, detection, and response capabilities that are critical for proactive security management, especially for organizations lacking in-house security expertise or resources.
- Incident Response (IR) is a critical process for detecting, analyzing, and responding to security threats in an organization. SNP leverages this to identify potential or actual security incidents, managing the incident lifecycle, mitigating damage, and preventing future incidents. In the context of Microsoft Sentinel and Managed Detection and Response (MDR), the incident response process is enhanced with automation, expert oversight, and integration with cloud security tools.
- Security Controls & Deployment are strategies, tools, and practices that SNP implements to protect an organization’s infrastructure, applications, and data from cyber threats. It involves designing, configuring, and deploying security measures that help detect, mitigate, and prevent security risks. In the context of cloud environments like Microsoft Azure and hybrid setups, security controls can include access management, threat detection, encryption, and network security, among others.
The SNP Advantage
In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, having a trusted partner who understands both the technological landscape and your unique business needs is crucial. SNP brings unparalleled expertise, experience, and advanced capabilities to Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) services. Here’s how the SNP Advantage sets us apart in providing exceptional protection for your organization:
Managed Security
What To ensure that your security organization has visibility into all subscriptions connected to your enterprise environment.
Why Visibility into all subscriptions is crucial for assessing risk and ensuring compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
How Ensure that all Azure environments connecting to your production environment/network apply governance and security controls
Why Visibility into all subscriptions is crucial for assessing risk and ensuring compliance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
How Ensure that all Azure environments connecting to your production environment/network apply governance and security controls
Monitoring and Management
To implement continuous monitoring that effectively identifies critical events leading to intrusion attempts, at-risk IPs, critical vulnerabilities, and threats in real time, you can follow these key strategies: Deploy Comprehensive Security Tools, Establish Real-Time Alerts and Notifications, Vulnerability Management, Log Management and Analysis, Automated Response Capabilities, Continuous Threat Hunting, Network Segmentation and Micro-Segmentation, Regular Reviews and Adjustments, Training and Awareness.
Managed SIEM & M365
To implement a fully managed rule and correlation optimization strategy that evolves based on both your specific threats and global threat landscapes, consider the following steps: Leverage Managed Security Services, Integrate Threat Intelligence Feeds, Dynamic Rule Management, Behavioral Analysis and Machine Learning, Global Threat Landscape Monitoring, Regular Rule Review and Optimization, Incident Response Integration, Collaboration and Cross-Functional Teams, Training and Awareness.
By implementing these strategies, you can create a dynamic and responsive security framework that not only addresses your specific threats but also adapts to the evolving global threat landscape, ensuring better protection for your organization and its consumers.
Managed Detection and Response (24X7)
To effectively detect and maintain complete control over any malware attempting to infiltrate your organization, while monitoring subsequent payloads and employing contextual remedial tactics, consider the following comprehensive approach: Implement Robust Endpoint Protection, Network Security Measures, Continuous Monitoring and Threat Intelligence, Email and Web Security, User Education and Awareness, Incident Response Planning, Contextual Remediation Tactics, Patch Management and Vulnerability Management, Backup and Recovery Strategies.
By implementing these strategies, you can create a comprehensive defense against malware, ensuring that you can detect, control, and remediate threats effectively while minimizing the risk of compromise to your organization.
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What Our Clients Say
At our organization, we prioritize continuous modernization of our app development and hosting to accelerate our workflow and keep IT costs under control. Azure cloud has been central to these efforts, and our relationship with SNP has been crucial to our success with the platform. SNP has been instrumental in guiding us through critical migration decisions, helping us efficiently roll out our applications on Azure. Through their expertise, we learned that Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) was the optimal hosting solution for our open-source apps. Additionally, SNP helped us automate deployments with Azure DevOps and set up robust monitoring for health and performance feedback, ensuring our apps run smoothly and efficiently. Having an expert Microsoft partner like SNP on our team has been a significant advantage. Their guidance helped us reach our goals faster, with high-quality results and cost savings along the way.
Director of IT for a Leading Healthcare Provider
SNP has proven to be a true partner in our migration to Azure. They not only understood our applications and environments but also grasped the challenges we faced. Through their expertise, SNP is helping us innovate on Azure in new and creative ways. They’ve gone beyond being a service provider – SNP has truly become OUR partner in this journey.
Senior VP of a Leading Online Service Provider
SNP went above and beyond by taking the time to sit down with me and develop a comprehensive long-term plan, utilizing the latest technology. They helped us determine the best way to leverage this technology to meet the specific needs of our application. It’s rare to find a partner who is willing to go that extra mile to truly understand our operations and ensure the technology is perfectly aligned with our business goals. Their dedication to understanding our unique challenges and providing tailored solutions has been invaluable. We deeply appreciate SNP’s commitment to our success and look forward to continuing this strong partnership.
Director of Global Technology of a Leading Discreet Manufacturing Company
SNP has been an invaluable asset in transitioning our digital signage application from locally hosted servers to Microsoft Azure. Their team possesses both the breadth and depth of expertise in Azure and its many offerings, ensuring a seamless migration.
Technology Director of a Leading Medical School
SNP was brought in to take over an ongoing project and had to act quickly to keep it on track. They proved to have an efficient and responsive technical team, along with excellent project management, ensuring the project stayed on schedule. I highly recommend their services.
Sr. System Analyst of a Leading Retail Company
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to SNP for their invaluable assistance in establishing our Cloud Data Platform on Microsoft Azure. SNP’s professionalism, combined with their deep expertise in Azure technologies, has been critical in helping us implement the platform as planned and within a short timeframe. Our collaboration with SNP was seamless, and the project was executed efficiently from start to finish. One of the key elements of this partnership was SNP’s willingness to share their extensive knowledge with our team, ensuring that our associates gained a deeper understanding of the platform and its capabilities. As a result, our cloud data platform is now robust, scalable, and fully aligned with our business objectives, thanks to the collaborative efforts and dedication of the SNP team. We are grateful for their ongoing support and look forward to continuing this successful partnership.
AGM – Application Development
From the outset, SNP approached our meetings with concrete solutions rather than just suggestions. The team’s deep experience and unwavering drive for success were immediately apparent. As we progressed, our confidence in SNP as a trusted partner only grew stronger. Working closely together during both regular business hours and weekends, SNP seamlessly became an extension of our IT team. We tackled challenges, celebrated successes, and worked toward a common goal. The result of our collaboration is a highly organized and smoothly running Azure IaaS environment. This solution has not only provided us with a reliable and secure platform for hosting virtual machines, but also unlocked new platform features that were previously unavailable in our on-premises IT model. We look forward to future projects with the SNP team, particularly as we explore opportunities in data analysis and AI.
Director of IT Infrastructure
Since SNP assisted us with several SQL-related projects, we’ve built a strong and enduring partnership. Our collaboration has truly been a team effort, with both teams working together day and night, including weekends. Through this partnership, we’ve established a foundation of trust and excellence that has been key to our success. In 2022, SNP played a pivotal role in migrating our on-premises data center to Azure, which involved server workloads, over 70 applications, and their interdependencies. Not only did SNP handle the technical challenges, but they also implemented best practices in networking, security, identity, and governance. This migration extended well into 2023, and throughout the process, SNP displayed an unmatched level of commitment, frequently taking calls at early and late hours to address the high priority of this engagement. As a result of this successful partnership, we are now working with SNP to assess and modernize our data warehouse environment with Microsoft Fabric. Furthermore, SNP is currently involved in several Generative AI projects with us, aimed at enhancing business efficiency and leveraging innovation to meet our mission objectives. Looking ahead, we are excited to continue our collaboration with SNP for many years to come.
VP of Technology Solutions & Architecture
I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to both Microsoft and SNP for their invaluable assistance and expertise, which were pivotal in making our Azure migration a resounding success. Thanks to their efforts, we’ve achieved performance from our Azure servers that mirrors our previous on-premises infrastructure, with no notable deficiencies. Moreover, the pricing estimates provided by Microsoft prior to migration were accurate and aligned perfectly with our expectations. This level of precision and support has been crucial to the success of our migration. We are truly grateful for our continued partnership with both Microsoft and SNP, and we look forward to building on this success in the future.
VP of Information Systems
Frequently Asked Questions
MXDR stands for Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR). MXDR is the most advanced threat detection and response available today.
With Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) we bring the same capabilities across a multi-cloud environment using a single pane of glass approach. MXDR complements existing enterprise security information and event management (SIEM) systems, like Microsoft Sentinel.
Both Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) are cybersecurity solutions that combine endpoint security technologies with human expertise. They offer an organization the tools and staff for threat hunting and incident response.
The fundamental difference between the two is: XDR is a security product used by teams — managed or in-house — to detect, respond to, and investigate security incidents. MDR are security services for organizations that don't have the resources to handle threat monitoring, detection, and response.
