Microsoft Sentinel, implemented and tuned for your organization
We design, implement and tune Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR: detections built for your actual risks, automated response that acts at any hour, ingestion costs kept under control, and your data in Canada. The work is done by a certified cybersecurity architect (SC-100) — and the platform is yours at the end, not ours.
Most SMBs don’t need a security operations centre with analysts on shift — they need the Microsoft licences they already pay for to actually work. That’s the engagement: connect the right data sources, write detection rules that match your risks rather than the default templates, automate the response to obvious threats, and tune the whole thing so an alert actually means something.
Sentinel leans on two pieces that each have their own page: centralized logging, which provides the visibility and the evidence, and your incident-response plan, which decides what happens when a detection becomes a real incident.
The platform, built right — and yours
Design & data connectors
Endpoints, identities, email, cloud, firewalls — the right sources connected, and only those.
Detections built for you
Analytics rules mapped to your actual risks — not the default templates that drown everyone in noise.
Automated response
Pre-agreed automation that isolates a device or disables a compromised account at any hour — without waiting on anyone.
Ingestion-cost control
Sentinel bills by the data it ingests. We design for the invoice as much as for the detection.
Data in Canada
Logs and security data in Canadian regions — aligned with Law 25 and PIPEDA.
Handover & co-management
Runbooks, training for your team, then whichever model fits — you, us during business hours, or an MDR provider plugged into your platform.
What this engagement is not
This is not an MDR service: nobody here is watching a screen at 2 a.m., and we won’t sell you otherwise. Automation acts around the clock; human review happens in business hours, in your time zone. If your insurer or your risk profile requires continuous human monitoring, we’ll say so at scoping — and a Sentinel you own is still the best starting point for plugging in a specialized provider.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an MDR service?
No — and we'd rather say so plainly. Real MDR means analysts on shift around the clock, which a one-person firm cannot honestly offer. What we deliver is the platform itself, designed and tuned for your environment. Automation acts at any hour; human review happens during business hours. And if your risk profile or your insurer requires staffed 24/7 monitoring, we'll tell you straight — a well-implemented Sentinel is also the foundation a specialized MDR provider can plug into, in an environment you own.
What happens when something is detected?
Whatever was agreed in advance. For high-confidence detections, automation rules act immediately, at any hour — isolating a device, disabling a compromised account, forcing reauthentication. Alerts route to your team and to us; we investigate during business hours, and your incident-response plan governs what happens next. The automation doesn't sleep, and we don't pretend to stay awake on its behalf.
Do we need Sentinel if we already have Microsoft 365?
They're different layers. Defender XDR — often included in plans you already pay for — protects endpoints, identities and email. Sentinel is the SIEM above it: it collects logs from your whole environment, including what isn't Microsoft, correlates the signals and enables custom detections and automation. We start by assessing what your licences already cover, then close the gaps.
What does Sentinel cost to run?
Sentinel is billed mostly on data ingestion, which means the design decides the bill. We choose what's worth ingesting, what belongs in lower-cost basic logs and what serves no purpose, then set retention to match your obligations. It's the same cost-control reflex we bring to the rest of your cloud.
Where is our security data stored?
In Canada. Your logs and security data stay in Canadian cloud regions — Azure Canada Central and East — so your monitoring aligns with data-residency expectations under Quebec's Law 25 and PIPEDA. A Canadian-owned firm, with no detour through a US-headquartered provider.
Can you hand it over to our team?
Yes — that's the natural end of the engagement. You get plain-language runbooks, your people are trained on alert triage, and you choose what comes next: your team runs the platform, we stay on in business-hours co-management, or an MDR provider plugs in. The platform is yours either way.
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Let’s scope a Sentinel implementation that fits your environment, your risk and your budget.
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