// Mars Security Solutions
Precision-built detections, SOAR automation, and threat hunting for organisations running the Microsoft security stack. Built to catch what matters.
Detection rules get switched on. Dashboards get built. Alerts start firing. And then the alert queue becomes noise your team learns to ignore, until something real gets missed.
Mars Security Solutions engineers the difference between security theatre and security that works. Threat-informed, KQL-precise, response-ready detection built specifically for the Microsoft stack.
The average security team receives hundreds of alerts a day. Most are noise. The ones that aren't get missed because they look like everything else. We engineer the difference, detections precise enough that when something fires, your team knows it matters.
// Services
Every engagement is scoped to your threat profile, your stack, and your team's capacity to respond. No boilerplate. No off-the-shelf rules. Detection engineering done properly.
// What we offer
Core
KQL analytics rules built around real attacker behaviour, not log availability. Every detection is mapped to a MITRE ATT&CK technique, tuned against your data baseline, and validated before it goes live. Rules that fire when they should, and stay quiet when they shouldn't.
Platform
Sentinel is powerful. Most organisations use a fraction of it. We configure data connectors, optimise workspace architecture, reduce ingestion costs, and build the analytics layer that actually catches threats, whether building from scratch or maturing an existing environment.
Automation
Logic Apps playbooks that trigger on alert, enrich with context, and give your analyst everything they need to make a decision, fast. Teams adaptive cards, automated triage, session revocation, device isolation. Response built into the detection from day one.
Proactive
Structured hunt operations built on threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK. Hunt hypotheses scoped to the adversaries relevant to your environment, with findings translated directly into new detections your team can act on.
Use Case
You know the threat. We build the detection. From business requirement to validated KQL rule, mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and ready to deploy. Ideal for organisations that need coverage for a specific scenario fast, without a full engagement.
// Service tiers
Ongoing
Retainer
Monthly engagement. Ongoing detection rule development, KQL tuning, alert optimisation and SOAR playbook maintenance. Ideal for organisations that need continuous detection coverage without the cost of a full-time hire.
Fixed scope
Project
Scoped delivery. Sentinel deployment, detection rule library build, Logic Apps automation or MITRE ATT&CK aligned detection coverage. Fixed scope, fixed timeline, clear deliverables. You know exactly what you're getting.
Consultative
Advisory
One-time or periodic engagement. Assessment of your existing Sentinel environment, detection coverage gaps, KQL rule quality and SOAR maturity. Findings delivered as a written report your team can act on immediately.
// The Microsoft security stack
SIEM
Microsoft Sentinel
Detection rule development, KQL analytics, workspace optimisation, cost management, data connector configuration.
XDR
Defender XDR
Endpoint, identity, email and cloud detection. Custom detection rules across the unified security operations platform.
SOAR
Logic Apps
Automated response playbooks, Teams adaptive card triage, alert enrichment and automated response actions.
Identity
Entra ID
Identity threat detection, conditional access gap analysis, OAuth app monitoring and anomalous sign-in detection.
// Detection Methodology
Most detection programmes generate alerts. Ours generate answers. Every rule starts with a threat, not a log source; and ends with a response that can be executed under pressure.
// Core principles
P.01
Detection starts with real attacker behaviour, TTPs drawn from threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK, not from what logs happen to be available. The threat defines the detection, not the data.
P.02
A detection rule is only valuable if analysts act on it. High-fidelity, low-noise rules that fire on genuine behavioural signals are worth more than hundreds of rules generating noise your team learns to ignore.
P.03
A detection without a documented response is incomplete. Every rule ships with triage context and a playbook, whether automated or manual, so your team can act immediately when it fires.
// Engagement process
Phase 01
Before writing a single line of KQL, we map the threats relevant to your environment. Stack configuration, asset profile, existing coverage, industry threat landscape. We define what attackers relevant to your environment actually do, and use that to determine what needs to be detected.
Phase 02
We audit your existing Sentinel analytics against a MITRE ATT&CK matrix scoped to your threat profile. What are you detecting? What are you missing? What is firing but providing no real signal? The output is a prioritised gap register; the foundation everything else is built on.
Phase 03
KQL rules written to detect real attacker behaviour, not just log anomalies. Each rule is mapped to a specific TTP, tuned against your data baseline, and validated before deployment. Detections that fire when they should, and stay quiet when they shouldn't.
Phase 04
Where response can be automated, we build it. Logic Apps playbooks triggered on alert, Teams adaptive cards for analyst triage, automated enrichment and response actions. Reducing time from detection to containment without removing human judgement from decisions that matter.
Phase 05
Detection programmes decay without maintenance. Attacker techniques evolve. Microsoft tables change. Environments shift. Ongoing tuning, rule review cycles, and coverage updates ensure detections stay accurate as the threat landscape changes around them.
The average security team receives hundreds of alerts a day. Most are noise. The ones that aren't get missed because they look like everything else. We engineer the difference, detections precise enough that when something fires, it means something.
Every engagement maps detections to MITRE ATT&CK tactics relevant to your threat profile. Coverage is measured in techniques, not rules. We track what you can detect, what you can't, and what matters most for your environment.
▮ White bar = detection coverage built. Matrix scoped per engagement.
// Contact
If your Microsoft Sentinel environment isn't delivering the detection coverage your organisation needs, we want to hear from you. Reach out on LinkedIn or by email - no forms, no funnels.
Whether you need a full detection engineering retainer or a one-time advisory assessment, the first conversation is always free. We'll respond within one business day.
First call is a 30-minute discovery, no hard sell, just a conversation about your environment, your threat landscape, and where the gaps are.
Detection Engineering.
Done Properly.