Defender Suite

Microsoft Defender Suite — Unified XDR

End-to-end threat protection across every attack surface — endpoint, identity, email, cloud workloads, and SaaS applications — powered by Microsoft's XDR platform.

What We Cover

Comprehensive coverage across the entire defender suite surface

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE)

  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) configuration and tuning
  • Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules and exploit protection
  • Automated investigation and remediation workflows
  • Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM) prioritisation
  • Device discovery and unmanaged endpoint visibility
  • Live response and advanced hunting (KQL) queries

Microsoft Defender for Identity (MDI)

  • Sensor deployment on domain controllers and AD FS servers
  • Lateral movement path detection and alert tuning
  • Compromised credential and Pass-the-Hash detection
  • Entity behaviour analytics and investigation priority scoring
  • Integration with Entra ID Protection for hybrid identity coverage

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO)

  • Safe Attachments and Safe Links policy configuration
  • Anti-phishing policies with impersonation protection
  • Threat Explorer and real-time detections for email threats
  • Attack simulation training for user awareness
  • Automated investigation for email-based compromises (BEC, AiTM)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC)

  • Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) across Azure, AWS, GCP
  • Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) for servers, containers, databases
  • Regulatory compliance dashboard (ISO, PCI, SOC, CIS benchmarks)
  • Agentless vulnerability scanning and attack path analysis
  • DevOps security posture for code-to-cloud visibility

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA)

  • Cloud App Discovery and Shadow IT assessment
  • Session and access policy controls for SaaS applications
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for cloud apps
  • Anomaly detection policies for impossible travel, mass downloads
  • OAuth app governance and risky app blocking

Unified XDR & Advanced Hunting

  • Microsoft 365 Defender unified incident correlation
  • Cross-domain advanced hunting with KQL across all Defender products
  • Custom detection rules and automated response playbooks
  • Threat analytics for emerging threat intelligence
  • Integration with Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM+XDR
Our Approach

How CyberZonic delivers defender suite engagements

1

Threat Landscape Assessment

Map your current attack surface, identify coverage gaps across identity, endpoint, email, and cloud, and prioritise protection improvements.

2

Defender Stack Deployment

Deploy and configure all relevant Defender products with tuned policies, alert suppression for known benign activity, and integration testing.

3

Detection Engineering

Build custom detection rules, advanced hunting queries, and automated investigation workflows aligned to your priority threat scenarios.

4

Continuous Improvement

Ongoing detection tuning, monthly threat reviews, new feature adoption, and executive reporting on protection posture and incident trends.

Proof of Concept Available

Scope

2-week XDR assessment covering MDE, MDI, MDO posture review with gap analysis and 10 custom detection rules

Timeline

2 weeks

Outcome

Defender maturity scorecard, coverage gap report, custom detection pack, and 90-day improvement roadmap

Who This Is For

Built to serve every stakeholder in the conversation

C-Suite & Board

Threat protection ROI, incident trend reporting, and regulatory compliance posture across the Microsoft security stack.

IT Directors

Licensing optimisation, product deployment strategy, integration architecture, and operational handover planning.

Security Engineers

Detection engineering, KQL hunting queries, ASR tuning, EDR investigation workflows, and automated response configuration.

Compliance Officers

Regulatory compliance dashboards, evidence collection from Defender products, and alignment to audit control requirements.

Get Started

Ready to strengthen your defender suite posture?

Whether you need a full programme, a targeted POC, or an architecture review, CyberZonic can shape the right engagement for your environment.