SIEM platform assessments
Architecture, detection, cost and risk analysis for 12 SIEM platforms.
Security operations improvement
From alert pressure to audit-ready operations
A visual example of how contract services can improve signal quality, response, and readiness.
Illustrative target profile only. Actual scores require an assessment of your environment. Scale: 0 (low) to 5 (high).
Where You Are
- Alert fatigue
- High false positives
- Slow MTTD
Where We Get You
- Automated triage
- Optimized correlation rules
- Compliance-ready operations
- CIS security assessments
- Pre-audit compliance
Platforms
Securonix Unified Defense SIEM
Securonix Unified Defense is a cloud-native security analytics platform built on a data lake architecture that decouples storage from compute.
Datadog Security Platform (SIEM)
Datadog Security is a security analytics and monitoring module built on the Datadog platform, a cloud-native observability and security ecosystem that unifies infrastructure monitoring, application performance, log management, and security analytics in a single SaaS environment.
CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM
CrowdStrike Falcon is an endpoint security and cloud-native threat intelligence platform built on the Falcon sensor, a lightweight agent deployed on endpoints, servers, containers, and cloud workloads.
Google Security Operations (Chronicle)
Google Security Operations, marketed as Google SecOps and built on the Chronicle platform acquired by Google in 2021, is a cloud-native security analytics platform engineered for high-volume log ingestion and real-time correlation. The company behind it, Alphabet Inc.
Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native, AI-driven security analytics and threat monitoring service built on Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) and integrated with the Microsoft Defender security ecosystem.
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM
Cortex XSIAM is the converged security operations platform from Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), unifying the Cortex XDR (extended detection and response), Cortex XSIEM (security information and event management), and Cortex SOAR capabilities into a single AI-driven platform.
Splunk Enterprise Security (Cisco)
Splunk Enterprise Security, now operating under Cisco following Cisco's acquisition of Splunk in March 2025, is the longest-running dedicated SIEM platform in this review. The Splunk Platform was founded in 2003.
LogRhythm NextGen SIEM / LogRhythm ONE
LogRhythm is a security analytics and operations platform founded in 2007, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. The company is a private, venture-backed security vendor (not a public company, not a division of a larger technology company).
SentinelOne Singularity AI-SIEM
SentinelOne Singularity is a cloud-native, AI-driven security operations platform from SentinelOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: S), founded in 2012, headquartered in San Francisco, California. SentinelOne is an EDR and threat intelligence company that expanded into a unified XDR/SIEM/SOAR platform.
Elastic Security
Elastic Security is the security analytics and detection platform from Elastic N.V. (NYSE: ESTC), founded in 2009, headquartered in Mountain View, California.
IBM QRadar
IBM QRadar is a mature, enterprise-grade security analytics platform deployed in data centers and private clouds. Founded as a product line within IBM Security, QRadar has been in production since 2009. It is the longest-running on-prem SIEM in this review alongside Splunk ES.
Wazuh
Wazuh is the strongest choice for organizations with engineering capacity that want a free, self-managed, transparent security platform. The FIM, CIS benchmarks, vulnerability detection, and rule engine are functional and free.
Configuration assurance and audit readiness
Security Hardening, Benchmark Testing and Pre-Audit Assessment
Reduce your attack surface, strengthen enterprise security, and build audit readiness with security hardening and evidence-based assessments grounded in applicable CIS Benchmarks.
Why secure configurations matter
Security hardening provides practical protection by reducing the attack surface. Disabling unnecessary services, removing excessive permissions, replacing insecure defaults, and protecting administrative interfaces closes opportunities attackers can exploit. Strong configurations reinforce your security tools and make systems harder to compromise. We test changes against business requirements before production deployment.
Benchmark assessments give organisations a repeatable way to compare effective settings with an agreed baseline. They reveal configuration gaps across systems and help detect drift after updates, deployments, and administrative changes. Reassessment turns a one-time checklist into an ongoing improvement programme with evidence, accountable owners, and verified remediation.
Reduce attack surface. Strengthen security.
Remediating configuration weaknesses removes attack opportunities and strengthens protection across the enterprise. We prioritise exposed assets, privileged access, and controls relevant to your threat model, addressing the weaknesses with the greatest security impact first.
Turn better baseline scores into stronger protection
Improving baseline scores through verified remediation means more secure settings are in place and fewer configuration weaknesses remain. We track progress across a comparable asset scope, benchmark version, and profile, reporting assessment coverage, manual checks, exceptions, and outstanding risks alongside the score. This connects measurable progress to the protections implemented.
Build clear evidence of security improvement
Dated evidence, approved exceptions, and verified remediation give your team a clear record of the protections implemented. An organised evidence pack supports audit preparation and customer security reviews, while accountable owners and tracked actions keep unresolved gaps visible.
Assess. Prioritise. Remediate. Verify. Repeat. Agree the baseline, validate the evidence, test approved changes, and reassess after material changes. Pre-audit review then organises that work into an evidence pack aligned with the external assessor's scope.
Security Hardening
Review operating systems, cloud platforms, network devices, and applications against an agreed secure baseline.
- Identify unnecessary access, exposed services, and configuration gaps.
- Plan approved changes with operational impact and rollback requirements.
- Validate remediation and document justified exceptions.
Benchmark Testing
Assess effective configurations against the relevant CIS Benchmark version and agreed profile.
- Combine supported automated checks with manual verification.
- Record results, evidence, applicability, and assessment coverage.
- Prioritise findings and retest agreed remediation.
Pre-Audit Assessment
Identify readiness gaps before an external audit and organise evidence against its agreed scope.
- Review baselines, change records, and supporting evidence.
- Prepare an evidence index and findings register.
- Assign remediation owners and highlight outstanding risks.
Independent configuration and readiness assessments, not CIS certification or performance testing. Benchmark materials and tools require applicable licences. Audit outcomes remain the external auditor's decision.
Reference guidance: CIS Benchmarks and CIS Control 4: Secure Configuration.
Adversary tactics & techniques
MITRE ATT&CK
Enterprise v20 15 tactics 227 techniques 479 sub-techniques
Source: MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v20, retrieved 2026-10-31. Techniques may appear under multiple tactics. Colors are illustrative, not measured detection coverage. MITRE ATT&CK is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.