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.
Trusted By
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
Service Description
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.
Key Features
- 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
Outcomes
- 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
Who This Is Suitable For
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.
Going a step further
Related services
A series of workshops designed to develop and test your incident response readiness in response to various forms of cyberattacks.
Our cybersecurity experts will assess your organisation’s current security posture, with remediation actions to close any gaps.
Partner with CloudGuard’s CISO Advisory Services to prepare, protect, and strengthen your organisation’s cybersecurity defences.
Want Microsoft Sentinel to Work Harder and Smarter? Time for a Health Check
Discover how CloudGuard can help you optimise and improve the effectiveness of your Azure Sentinel instance by completing the contact form.