Why security leaders trust Microsoft Sentinel to modernize their SOC​​

Security information and event management (SIEM) solutions have long been the indispensable nerve center of the security operations center (SOC). However, the SIEM landscape has undergone seismic shifts and market disruptions in recent times, making it even more difficult for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to navigate and select the optimal SIEM for their needs.

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Several well-established legacy SIEMs have been acquired by larger vendors, raising uncertainties about their future product roadmap and long-term support commitments. Additionally, existing on-premises SIEMs require substantial infrastructure investments, deep configuration expertise, and constant maintenance, leading to high operational costs and inefficiencies. More importantly, traditional SIEMs often struggle to scale or adapt to the changing cyber threat landscape. Their rigid architecture and lack of flexibility expose organizations to sophisticated and evolving threats.

In contrast, new entrants to the SIEM market, typically based in adjacent security markets, promise innovation but often lack maturity, proven reliability, and feature completeness. Their solutions can leave organizations struggling with coverage gaps or integration issues. Similarly, data lake vendors have entered the scene with do-it-yourself security solutions that involve complex, multi-vendor integrations. While these solutions may appeal to organizations seeking flexibility, they often require high levels of customization and operational expertise, an approach that has yet to be proven.

Security Operations Centers Require a Modern SIEM

As cyberattacks continue to increase in frequency and sophistication, an effective and comprehensive SIEM has never been more important. Given the evolution of the sector, Microsoft Sentinel stands out as an established leader in the category, delivering results and innovation year after year. Many CISOs are increasingly turning to Microsoft Sentinel to benefit from cloud flexibility and broad coverage to protect the entire digital ecosystem. In fact, today, more than 25,000 customers trust Microsoft Sentinel to help them stay ahead of the most emerging cyber threats, driving innovation through AI and automation. next-generation, robust threat intelligence, and robust, integrated capabilities. Learn more about why Microsoft Sentinel is the choice of security professionals.

Protect everything with a complete SIEM solution

Microsoft Sentinel’s robust, integrated features are designed to secure your entire multi-cloud, cross-platform ecosystem. It fits perfectly into Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure services and a wide range of third-party applications, providing a unified view of your security landscape.

• Empower security teams with full-spectrum SIEM capabilities including Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), Threat Intelligence Platform, Generative AI, User Behavior Analytics and entities (UEBA) and native integration with extended detection and response (XDR).
• Secure your entire digital assets with more than 350 data collectors.
• Streamline the analyst experience with the unified security operations platform.
• Address a wide range of scenarios with a library of ready-to-use playbooks, dashboards, and detection rules, including 200+ Microsoft-created solutions, 280+ community contributions, and 21,000+ commits GitHub.

Detect emerging threats faster with AI and threat intelligence

Microsoft Sentinel enables SOCs to proactively combat cyber threats with world-class AI and global threat intelligence. Its advanced models identify anomalies and sophisticated attacks that traditional SIEMs may miss. By leveraging ongoing updates to Microsoft’s global threat intelligence feed, your SOC is better equipped to handle the evolving digital threat landscape.

• Achieve efficiency gains by reducing false positives by up to 79%.¹
• Detect threats 50% faster with a unified correlation engine between SIEM and XDR alerts.²
• Increase efficiency with automation playbooks.
• Gain actionable insights with threat intelligence powered by 78 trillion daily signals reasoned with AI and 10,000 world-class security experts.
• Complete tasks 22% faster and accelerate mean time to resolution by 30% with Security Copilot integrated into analyst workflow.²

Scale security coverage with cloud flexibility and cost management

As a cloud-native SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel eliminates the need for up-front infrastructure investments, enabling organizations to seamlessly scale their security operations with unparalleled flexibility to meet changing business needs. Security teams can realize significant savings by leveraging dynamic SOC recommendations that optimize resource allocation, streamline processes, and improve threat response efficiency, enabling organizations to maximize the value of their investments in terms of security.

• The composite organization experienced a 234% ROI over three years.¹
• Extend coverage with an inexpensive tier designed for high-volume logs (eg: network, firewall, and proxy).
• Dynamic, personalized recommendations to maximize security value and optimize costs.
• Simplify and accelerate implementation with migration tools.

Microsoft Sentinel is a preferred SIEM for more CISO managers

Microsoft Sentinel transforms how SOCs work by delivering a cloud-native, AI-powered solution that scales to your organization’s needs. Its comprehensive capabilities, from full-spectrum SIEM capabilities to advanced AI and automation, help security teams detect, respond and mitigate cyber threats faster and more effectively.

Whether you’re looking to eliminate inefficiencies in existing SIEM systems, simplify threat management, or scale cost-effectively, Microsoft Sentinel offers a revolutionary solution for the modern SOC.

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¹Forrester Total Economic Impact™ from Microsoft SentinelA commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, March 2024. Results are based on a composite organization representative of surveyed customers.

²Generative AI and Security Operations Center Productivity: Evidence from Live OperationsMicrosoft study by James Bono, Alec Xu, Justin Grana. November 24, 2024.