CONSULTING — Detection & Hunting

Security Operations
& Threat Hunting

Most threats don't trigger alerts — they hide inside normal-looking activity. Custom KQL detection development, structured threat hunts, and SIEM tuning built for organizations that need their Microsoft Sentinel investment to actually perform.

ENGAGEMENT TRIGGERS

When to engage

Detection and hunting engagements are relevant at multiple maturity levels — from organizations standing up a SOC to mature teams needing targeted hunt support.

No proactive hunting capability

Your security team responds to alerts but has no structured process for proactively searching for threats that haven't triggered detection rules. You're entirely reactive.

Post-incident — unknown dwell time

Following a confirmed or suspected breach, you need a structured hunt to determine how long the attacker was present, what they accessed, and whether any persistence mechanisms remain in the environment.

SOC team needs detection uplift

Your internal analysts are capable but stretched. You need an external practitioner to build out detection coverage, create hunting playbooks, and upskill the team — without replacing them.

Threat intelligence to operationalize

You've received threat intelligence relevant to your industry or region and need help translating IOCs and TTPs into working detection logic deployed in your SIEM.

Sentinel live but not performing

Microsoft Sentinel is deployed but generating high volumes of low-fidelity alerts. Your team is overwhelmed with noise and genuine threats are being missed or buried.

Weak or missing KQL detection logic

Out-of-the-box Microsoft analytics rules aren't tailored to your environment. You need custom KQL rules that detect the specific attacker techniques relevant to your organization.

SCOPE OF WORK

What the engagement covers

Engagements are scoped around your environment, your SIEM platform, and your specific detection gaps. Microsoft Sentinel is the primary platform — work is also applicable to other SIEM environments.

01 SIEM Tuning & Analytics Optimization

Audit and optimization of existing Sentinel analytics rules — adjusting thresholds, refining logic, suppressing known-good behavior, and prioritizing alerts by severity and relevance. Reduces analyst workload while improving detection fidelity.

01 SIEM Tuning & Analytics Optimization

02 Structured Threat Hunt Engagements

Hypothesis-driven threat hunts across endpoint, identity, and cloud telemetry — searching for attacker activity that hasn't triggered existing detection rules. Each hunt follows a defined methodology with documented findings and detection recommendations.

02 Structured Threat Hunt Engagements

03 IOC & Secondary Indicator Investigation

Deep investigation of indicators of compromise — pivoting across log sources, correlating secondary indicators, and building a complete picture of attacker activity using SIEM data. Applied in both active incidents and proactive hunting contexts.

03 IOC & Secondary Indicator Investigation

04 Security Operations Dashboard Design

Custom Sentinel workbooks and dashboards built for operational use — giving your analysts clear visibility into alert volume, detection coverage, environment health, and key security metrics. Designed for daily use, not just executive reporting.

04 Security Operations Dashboard Design

05 Hunting Playbook & Runbook Development

Documented hunting playbooks and analyst runbooks that capture methodology, KQL queries, investigation steps, and escalation criteria. Gives your internal team the tools to continue hunting independently after the engagement closes.

05 Hunting Playbook & Runbook Development

06 KQL Detection Rule Development

Custom Kusto Query Language (KQL) detection rules written for your specific environment, data sources, and threat profile. Rules are mapped to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, validated against real data, and tuned to minimize false positive volume before deployment.

06 KQL Detection Rule Development

OUR APPROACH

How an engagement runs

A structured, methodical process — from first contact through final report. No improvisation, no scope creep.

OUR APPROACH

How an engagement runs

A structured, methodical process — from first contact through final report. No improvisation, no scope creep.

OUR APPROACH

How an engagement runs

Structured and hypothesis-driven. Every hunt starts with a clear objective and ends with documented findings your team can act on.

Initial triage call

Within hours of first contact, we conduct a structured triage call to understand what you're seeing, what systems are affected, and what access we need.

Evidence collection & preservation

We collect relevant forensic artifacts — memory dumps, disk images, log exports, cloud audit logs — using forensically sound methods that preserve evidentiary integrity.

Investigation & attacker timeline reconstruction

We reconstruct exactly what happened: initial access vector, persistence mechanisms, lateral movement paths, data accessed or exfiltrated, and the full attacker timeline.

Containment & active threat removal

With a clear picture of attacker access, we execute targeted containment — removing persistence, rotating credentials, applying conditional access policies, and isolating affected systems.

Final report & strategic debrief

We deliver a full incident report covering findings, root cause, attacker techniques (mapped to MITRE ATT&CK), and a prioritised remediation roadmap.

OUR APPROACH

How an engagement runs

A structured, methodical process — from first contact through final report. No improvisation, no scope creep.

OUR APPROACH

How an engagement runs

Structured and hypothesis-driven. Every hunt starts with a clear objective and ends with documented findings your team can act on.

Initial triage call

Within hours of first contact, we conduct a structured triage call to understand what you're seeing, what systems are affected, and what access we need.

Evidence collection & preservation

We collect relevant forensic artifacts — memory dumps, disk images, log exports, cloud audit logs — using forensically sound methods that preserve evidentiary integrity.

Investigation & attacker timeline reconstruction

We reconstruct exactly what happened: initial access vector, persistence mechanisms, lateral movement paths, data accessed or exfiltrated, and the full attacker timeline.

Containment & active threat removal

With a clear picture of attacker access, we execute targeted containment — removing persistence, rotating credentials, applying conditional access policies, and isolating affected systems.

Final report & strategic debrief

We deliver a full incident report covering findings, root cause, attacker techniques (mapped to MITRE ATT&CK), and a prioritised remediation roadmap.

GET IN TOUCH

Want to know what's hiding in your environment?

Start with a discovery call. We'll review your current environment and tell you exactly where your gaps are — before any engagement begins.

Book a discovery call

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Security Operations & Threat Hunting

Security Operations & Threat Hunting

When to engage

When to engage

No proactive hunting capability

Post-incident — unknown dwell time

SOC team needs detection uplift

Threat intelligence to operationalize

Sentinel live but not performing

Weak or missing KQL detection logic

What the engagement covers

What the engagement covers

01

SIEM Tuning & Analytics Optimization

01

SIEM Tuning & Analytics Optimization

02

Structured Threat Hunt Engagements

02

Structured Threat Hunt Engagements

03

IOC & Secondary Indicator Investigation

03

IOC & Secondary Indicator Investigation

04

Security Operations Dashboard Design

04

Security Operations Dashboard Design

05

Hunting Playbook & Runbook Development

05

Hunting Playbook & Runbook Development

06

KQL Detection Rule Development

06

KQL Detection Rule Development

How an engagement runs

How an engagement runs

How an engagement runs

Initial triage call

Evidence collection & preservation

Investigation & attacker timeline reconstruction

Containment & active threat removal

Final report & strategic debrief

How an engagement runs

How an engagement runs

Initial triage call

Evidence collection & preservation

Investigation & attacker timeline reconstruction

Containment & active threat removal

Final report & strategic debrief

Want to know what's hiding in your environment?

Want to know what's hiding in your environment?

Security Operations
& Threat Hunting

Security Operations
& Threat Hunting