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Microsoft Sentinel Health Check

CloudGuard’s Microsoft Sentinel Health Check is a comprehensive audit and analysis service that focuses on evaluating the configuration, performance, and effectiveness of Microsoft’s cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution.

As a Microsoft-certified Solutions Partner for Security, we can increase your organisation’s threat detection and response capabilities, improve automation efficiency, reduce operational costs, and strengthen your overall security posture.

The CloudGuard Microsoft Sentinel Health Check service conducts a thorough 4-hour audit and configuration analysis of your Sentinel instance.

After the initial audit, you will receive a comprehensive report with prioritised recommendations based on the findings and analysis.

These recommendations are aimed at addressing any identified gaps and improving the overall configuration, performance, and effectiveness of the Azure Sentinel instance.

Optimise detection performance
Ensure Microsoft Sentinel connector health
Prepare for custom connectors
Refine analytical rules
Log analytics cost optimisation
Workspace log ingestion tuning
Security alert tuning
Identify key automation improvements

Achieve maximum value from your Microsoft Sentinel SIEM investment
Introduce cost savings from data logging sources optimisation
Enhance threat detection and analysis with best practice tuning
Readiness for future automation and custom connector requirements
A single, business-wide view of security alerts and responses
Improve your overall security posture

The Microsoft Sentinel Health Check is ideal for organisations that want to improve the performance, effectiveness and value of their SIEM deployment. It is particularly well suited to:

Organisations already using Microsoft Sentinel
Businesses that want to validate whether their Sentinel environment is configured correctly and performing as expected.
Security teams looking to strengthen detection and response
Teams that want to improve visibility, sharpen analytics, enhance automation and ensure incidents are being identified effectively.
Businesses with underused or overly complex Sentinel deployments
Organisations that have implemented Microsoft Sentinel but are unsure whether they are getting the most from its capabilities.
Teams wanting to review integrations and connector health
Businesses that need clarity on whether data connectors, Microsoft Defender integrations and related services are configured and functioning properly.
Organisations concerned about cost efficiency
Teams looking to optimise Log Analytics usage, reduce unnecessary ingestion costs and improve overall platform efficiency.
Businesses relying on Microsoft Entra for identity security
Organisations that want to identify identity, access or policy issues that may be affecting the wider performance and security value of Sentinel.
Organisations preparing for wider security improvements
Businesses using the Health Check as a starting point for a broader security uplift, SOC maturity programme or Microsoft security optimisation project.
Teams that want expert recommendations and a clear action plan
Organisations that need practical, prioritised guidance on what to improve and where to focus next.

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Health Check Objectives

What we analyse in Microsoft Sentinel

The CloudGuard Microsoft Sentinel Health Check provides in-depth evaluation of your Microsoft Sentinel environment, including Entra/Active Directory integration, connector health, analytical rules, and Microsoft Defender settings. We offer detailed reports and expert recommendations to optimise performance and security, ensuring your Sentinel instance operates at its best to protect your business and data.

Summarise the connected Entra/Active Directory connected services and their identified health
Identify the Microsoft licenses present and reported in Entra/AD
Identify Entra/AD users
Identify key User Settings, Conditional Access Policies
Identify Group Settings
Identify App Registrations
Identify External Identities and Federations
Identify Configured Identity Providers
Review configuration of Sentinel Connectors and associated Health status
Review Log Analytics configuration and consumption attributes
Review Log Analytics workspaces
Review Microsoft Defender connector and settings
Sentinel Use Cases and Audit performance

Going a step further

Microsoft Defender

If your business relies on Microsoft Defender solutions, our Microsoft Sentinel Health Check also analyses your configuration settings. We make sure to give priority to integrated Defender services, ensuring your protection spans across all your security domains. Our aim is to pinpoint those crucial settings and alerts that are essential for Microsoft Sentinel to work effectively for you.

Microsoft Entra

You might not realise it, but Microsoft Sentinel’s performance heavily relies on the health of Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure Active Directory). Even though everything might seem smooth on the surface, there could be underlying issues lurking around. Things like conflicting access policies or compromised Multi-Factor Authentication settings could be leaving your users vulnerable. Our Microsoft Sentinel Health Check will seek to uncover any inactive or suboptimal security policies, helping you stick to the best practices and strengthen your overall posture.

Cost optimisation

We also understand the key elements that can drive down Log Analytics costs for you. This includes tailoring custom table ingestion strategies for non-critical log sources, setting up the base retention period for Log Analytics data, devising an effective Log Analytics archive strategy, configuring workspace ingestion, meeting your analytical query and reporting requirements, and ensuring smooth Logic Apps connections and executions.