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

Security information and event management (SIEM) solutions have long served as the indispensable nerve center for the security operations center (SOC). However, the SIEM landscape has undergone seismic shifts and market disruption in recent times, making it that much harder for chief information security officers (CISOs) to navigate and select the optimal SIEM for their needs.

Several well-established, traditional SIEMs have been acquired by bigger vendors, raising uncertainty around their future product roadmap and long-term support commitments. Additionally, legacy on-premises SIEMs demand substantial infrastructure investments, require extensive configuration expertise, and constant maintenance—resulting in high operational costs and inefficiencies. Even more critically, traditional SIEMs often struggle to scale or adapt to the evolving cyberthreat landscape. Their rigid architecture and lack of flexibility leave organizations exposed to sophisticated, fast-changing threats.    

In contrast, newer entrants to the SIEM market, typically founded in adjacent security markets, promise innovation but often lack maturity, proven reliability, and feature completeness. Their solutions can leave organizations grappling with gaps in coverage or integration challenges. Similarly, data lake providers have entered the scene with do-it-yourself security solutions that involve complex, multivendor integrations. While these may appeal to organizations seeking flexibility, they frequently demand high levels of customization and operational expertise—an approach yet to demonstrate consistent success.

Security operation 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 churn in the industry, Microsoft Sentinel stands out as an established leader in the category, delivering results and innovation year after year. So many CISOs are increasingly switching to Microsoft Sentinel to gain 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 even the most emergent cyberthreats, driving innovation with next generation AI and automation, strong threat intelligence, and robust, built-in capabilities. Learn more about why Microsoft Sentinel is the choice for security professionals.

Microsoft Sentinel’s robust, built-in capabilities are designed to secure your entire multicloud, multiplatform ecosystem. It integrates seamlessly with 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 and entity behavior analytics (UEBA), and native integration with extended detection and response (XDR).
• Secure your entire digital estate 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 out-of-the-box playbooks, dashboards, and detection rules, including more than 200 Microsoft-created solutions, more than 280 community contributions, and more than 21,000 GitHub commits.

Microsoft Sentinel empowers SOCs to proactively address cyberthreats with world-class AI and global threat intelligence. Its advanced models identify anomalies and sophisticated attacks that traditional SIEMs can miss. By leveraging continuous updates from Microsoft’s global threat intelligence feed, your SOC is better equipped to handle the evolving digital threat landscape.

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

As a cloud-native SIEM, Microsoft Sentinel eliminates the need for upfront infrastructure investments, enabling organizations to scale their security operations seamlessly with unparalleled flexibility to address evolving business needs. Security teams can achieve significant cost savings by leveraging dynamic SOC recommendations that optimize resource allocation, streamline processes, and enhance threat response efficiency, enabling organizations to maximize the value of their security investments.

• Composite organization experienced a return on investment of 234% over three years.¹
• Expand coverage with a low-cost tier built for high volume logs (for example: network, firewall, and proxy).
• Dynamic, tailored recommendations to maximize security value and optimize costs.
• Simplify and accelerate implementation with migration tools.

Microsoft Sentinel is a preferred SIEM for more CISO leaders

Microsoft Sentinel is transforming how SOCs operate by offering a cloud-native, AI-powered solution that scales with your organization’s needs. Its comprehensive capabilities, from full-spectrum SIEM features to advanced AI and automation, help security teams detect, respond to, and mitigate cyberthreats faster and more effectively.

Whether you’re looking to eliminate the inefficiencies of legacy SIEM systems, simplify threat management, or scale cost effectively, Microsoft Sentinel provides a game-changing solution for the modern SOC.

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

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

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