Cloud-Native SOC & Threat Hunting

Microsoft Sentinel SIEM Houston

Microsoft Sentinel SIEM deployment and managed SOC services for Houston businesses. LayerLogix delivers KQL threat hunting, MITRE ATT&CK-aligned analytics rules, and SOAR playbooks for The Woodlands, Spring, Katy, and Sugar Land enterprises.

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SOC 2 Compliant

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30+ Years Experience

What We Offer

Comprehensive solutions tailored for Houston-area businesses

Sentinel Workspace Deployment

Architect Log Analytics workspaces, data retention tiers, and commitment pricing for cost-effective Sentinel ingestion. Houston enterprises avoid the six-figure surprise invoices that come from unplanned SIEM deployments.

Data Connector Onboarding

Connect Microsoft 365 Defender, Entra ID, Defender for Cloud, AWS CloudTrail, GCP audit logs, firewalls, and third-party SaaS via 300+ native connectors and custom connectors. The Woodlands SOCs ingest every signal source into one platform.

Analytics Rules & Detection Engineering

Build scheduled, NRT, and Microsoft-generated analytics rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques. Spring security teams tune detections to their environment instead of drowning in false positives.

KQL Threat Hunting

Hunt for lateral movement, persistence, and exfiltration with Kusto Query Language across weeks of correlated telemetry. Katy threat hunters find dwell-time attackers that rule-based detection missed.

SOAR Playbooks & Automation

Automate response with Logic Apps playbooks for user disablement, IP blocking, ticket creation, and evidence collection. Sugar Land SOCs reduce mean-time-to-respond from hours to minutes for routine incidents.

UEBA & Behavioral Analytics

Enable User and Entity Behavior Analytics to baseline normal activity and surface anomalies like impossible travel, credential theft, and insider risk. Houston regulated businesses catch stealthy attacks that signature-based tools miss.

Why Choose LayerLogix?

Serving businesses throughout the Greater Houston area including Houston, The Woodlands, Spring, Katy, Sugar Land, Conroe, Pearland, Dallas, Austin.

One SIEM for Cloud and On-Premises

Sentinel correlates Azure, AWS, GCP, Microsoft 365, Defender XDR, network firewalls, and on-premises servers in one workspace. Houston SOCs stop swivel-chairing between five dashboards during incident response.

Pay-as-You-Go SIEM Economics

Consumption-based pricing and free Microsoft data sources (Entra, M365 audit, Defender XDR alerts) let Houston businesses start small. You pay for what you ingest instead of licensing expensive Splunk or QRadar capacity up front.

Built-In Threat Intelligence

Microsoft's global signal (65 trillion signals per day) feeds Sentinel detections and threat intelligence. The Woodlands businesses get Fortune-500 grade threat intel without paying for a separate TIP subscription.

MITRE ATT&CK-Aligned Detections

Every out-of-the-box and custom rule maps to MITRE tactics and techniques. Spring security leaders report coverage in business terms and identify detection gaps against adversary playbooks.

Managed 24/7 Monitoring Option

LayerLogix offers Sentinel as a fully managed service with 24/7 SOC triage, escalation, and remediation. Houston mid-market businesses get enterprise SecOps without hiring analysts in three shifts.

Our Process

Assess current SIEM, log sources, and detection requirements

Design Sentinel workspace, retention, and commitment tier

Onboard priority data connectors for identity, endpoint, and cloud

Deploy analytics rules aligned to MITRE ATT&CK framework

Tune alerts, suppress false positives, and enable UEBA

Build SOAR playbooks for automated incident response

Integrate with ticketing, ITSM, and communication tools

Transition to 24/7 managed SOC or co-managed operations

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Microsoft Sentinel?▼

Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM and SOAR platform built on Azure. It ingests security telemetry from Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, GCP, firewalls, and SaaS applications, applies analytics rules and machine learning to detect threats, and automates response through Logic Apps playbooks. Houston businesses use it as the central nervous system of their security operations center.

How much does Sentinel cost?▼

Sentinel pricing has two components: data ingestion (per GB ingested into Log Analytics) and Sentinel analytics (per GB analyzed). Commitment tiers significantly reduce per-GB cost at higher volumes. Critically, Microsoft security data (Microsoft 365 audit, Entra sign-ins, Defender XDR alerts) is free to ingest. We help Houston clients architect for cost, typically achieving 30-50% savings versus naive deployments.

How does Sentinel compare to Splunk, QRadar, or Elastic?▼

Sentinel is SaaS-native with zero infrastructure to operate, pay-as-you-go pricing, deep integration with Microsoft 365 and Defender XDR, and free ingestion of core Microsoft data sources. Houston clients migrating from Splunk typically see 40-60% TCO reduction after accounting for license and infrastructure savings, especially if they already run Microsoft 365 E5 or Defender for Cloud.

What is KQL and why does it matter?▼

Kusto Query Language (KQL) is the query language Sentinel, Defender XDR, Azure Monitor, and Microsoft Fabric all share. Analysts write KQL to hunt for threats, tune detections, and build investigation workbooks. LayerLogix delivers KQL training to Houston SOC teams so they stop depending on pre-built queries and start writing their own hunts.

Do you offer Sentinel as a managed service?▼

Yes. Our Managed Detection and Response service uses Microsoft Sentinel as the underlying platform. LayerLogix SOC analysts triage alerts 24/7, investigate incidents, execute containment playbooks, and report monthly on detection coverage and MITRE ATT&CK posture. Houston clients choose fully managed or co-managed operating models.

How long does Sentinel deployment take?▼

A pilot deployment with core Microsoft connectors and baseline rules ships in 2-3 weeks. Production rollouts with 20+ data sources, custom connectors, detection engineering, and SOAR playbooks typically run 8-12 weeks. We follow an iterative approach so detections go live as data connectors come online.

Does Sentinel support compliance requirements?▼

Sentinel supports compliance logging and retention requirements for HIPAA, PCI DSS, CMMC, NIST 800-171, SOX, and ISO 27001. We configure retention tiers, immutable logging, and automated evidence workbooks so Houston regulated businesses produce audit reports on demand rather than scrambling before examination dates.

Ready to Get Started?

Contact LayerLogix today for a free consultation. We serve businesses throughout Houston, The Woodlands, Spring, and the surrounding Greater Houston area.

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