Cognizant’s Cyber Threat Defense Services provide a comprehensive, AI-driven solution designed to help organizations secure their hybrid and multi-cloud environments against evolving cyber threats. This offering delivers end-to-end security operations capabilities, including telemetry ingestion, advanced threat detection, automated incident response, and continuous compliance management. Built on Microsoft Sentinel and integrated with Microsoft Defender XDR, Purview, and Entra, the solution leverages industry-standard frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and NIST 800-92 to ensure robust threat coverage and operational maturity. Customers benefit from reduced false positives, accelerated mean time to detect/respond (MTTD/MTTR), centralized visibility, and improved security posture.
The service engagement follows a structured transformation journey across five phases:
- Discover & Assess – Evaluate current security posture, inventory tools, assess maturity, and identify gaps.
- Envision – Define SOC vision, technical architecture, incident response processes, KPIs, and compliance frameworks.
- Migrate – Activate and configure Microsoft Sentinel, onboard data sources, integrate Defender XDR, and deploy tailored security content.
- Manage – Deliver 24x7 monitoring, threat hunting, alert triage, and performance tracking.
- Optimize – Implement SOAR playbooks, apply AI/ML for smarter detection, and refine operations for continuous improvement
Deliverables include real-time dashboards, SLA/KPI tracking, case management, post-incident analysis, and regular threat briefings. Customers can expect measurable outcomes such as improved SOC efficiency, faster incident resolution, and enhanced regulatory compliance.
This offering is tightly integrated with Microsoft products—Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Entra—and is eligible for publication under Microsoft’s security and compliance ecosystem. Pricing and duration may vary based on environment complexity, number of data sources, and required integration. For workshops or assessments, typical discussion topics include threat landscape analysis, SOC maturity benchmarking, compliance alignment, and automation strategy. Multi-day engagements can include daily agendas covering architecture design, Sentinel configuration, playbook development, and operational readiness validation.