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Threat Detection
& Hunting

The average attacker spends 194 days inside a network before being discovered. Octa1ne deploys and operates best-in-class detection tools — CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel, Elastic, Splunk — to cut that window to minutes.

TOOLS WE DEPLOY & OPERATE
CrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft SentinelElastic SecuritySplunk SIEMSentinelOneRecorded FutureMicrosoft Defender XDRPalo Alto XSIAM
<15 min
Mean time to detect
194 days
Avg attacker dwell globally
24/7
SOC coverage every time zone
40+
Data sources ingested
WHY THIS SERVICE EXISTS

Attackers are already inside organisations right now. Undetected.

Firewalls, MFA and antivirus are prevention tools. They raise the cost of entry. But no prevention is perfect — and the moment an attacker bypasses them, those tools go completely silent. They have no ability to detect what happens next.

Octa1ne operates the detection layer that activates when prevention fails. We deploy tools like CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Sentinel and Elastic Security — configured by our analysts, monitored 24/7 by our global SOC — to find threats that every other control missed.

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$4.88M
Average global breach cost in 2024 — the highest ever recorded
IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2024
194 days
Average time attackers spend inside a network before detection globally
Mandiant M-Trends 2024
68%
Of breaches globally discovered by a third party, not the victim organisation
Verizon DBIR 2024
2m 7s
Fastest observed attacker breakout from access to lateral movement globally
CrowdStrike GTR 2024
TOOLS WE DEPLOY & OPERATE

Best-in-class tools. No vendor lock-in.
We work with what fits your environment.

We do not force a single vendor stack. We deploy and operate the tools that global enterprise security teams trust — matched to your environment, your existing investments and your budget.

SIEM & SOAR — DETECTION ENGINE
Most deployed
Microsoft Sentinel
CLOUD-NATIVE SIEM/SOAR

Ideal for Microsoft 365 and Azure environments. Ingests 40+ native data sources with built-in AI and SOAR automation. Licences often already included in M365 E3/E5.

Best value
Elastic Security
OPEN-SOURCE SIEM

Powerful, scalable and cost-effective. Excellent for organisations that want flexibility and control. We deploy and manage the full Elastic stack on your behalf.

Enterprise standard
Splunk Enterprise Security
ENTERPRISE SIEM

The industry gold standard for large-scale environments. Unmatched data ingestion and correlation capability. Trusted by the majority of Fortune 500 security teams globally.

ENDPOINT DETECTION & RESPONSE
Industry leader
CrowdStrike Falcon
EDR / XDR

The global leader in endpoint detection. Falcon uses AI to detect threats in milliseconds and is trusted by thousands of enterprises worldwide. The tool enterprise buyers ask for by name.

Best for M365
Microsoft Defender XDR
EDR / XDR

Deep native integration with Microsoft 365 and Azure. Excellent detection capability with no additional licensing required for most M365 customers. Our go-to for Microsoft-first environments.

Autonomous AI
SentinelOne Singularity
EDR / XDR

Autonomous AI-powered detection and response. Operates at machine speed without human intervention. Strong alternative to CrowdStrike with competitive detection rates in third-party tests.

THREAT INTELLIGENCE & IDENTITY
Recorded Future
THREAT INTELLIGENCE

The industry standard for global threat intelligence. Provides real-time IOCs, threat actor TTPs and campaign indicators used by intelligence agencies and top-tier MSSPs worldwide.

Microsoft Threat Intelligence
THREAT INTELLIGENCE

Microsoft processes 65 trillion signals per day globally. Native integration into Sentinel and Defender provides continuously updated threat actor tracking and IOC feeds.

Microsoft Entra ID P2
IDENTITY PROTECTION

The best identity security platform available for Microsoft 365 environments. Risk-based Conditional Access, Identity Protection and Privileged Identity Management.

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Already using one of these tools? We can take over management and monitoring of your existing investment rather than replacing it — reducing cost and time to value.

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HOW IT WORKS

From first call to full protection
fast, smooth and zero disruption

1
PHASE 1
Discovery

Environment audit, tool assessment and scope definition. We document what you have and what you need.

2
PHASE 2
Deployment

SIEM deployed, data connectors configured, 40+ sources ingested. Your detection engine goes live.

3
PHASE 3
Protection

Endpoint agents deployed, identity protection configured, network monitoring activated.

4
PHASE 4
Tuning

Detection rules calibrated against your live environment. SOAR playbooks tested and validated.

5
GO LIVE
Active

First threat hunt complete. Full 24/7 SOC monitoring active. Handover briefing delivered.

What ongoing operations look like
REAL-TIME
  • Automated threat detection across all sources
  • SOAR playbooks respond in seconds
  • Immediate incident alerts to your team
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WEEKLY
  • Proactive threat hunting by certified analysts
  • MITRE ATT&CK technique investigation
  • Detection rules updated from hunt findings
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MONTHLY
  • Executive security report in plain English
  • MITRE ATT&CK coverage map updated
  • Quarterly strategic review with your engineer
WHAT WE DETECT

The six attack categories
driving most global breaches right now

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AI-Powered Attack Automation

Threat actors now use LLMs to generate convincing spear-phishing at scale, AI tools to find vulnerabilities within minutes of CVE disclosure and automated frameworks like Cobalt Strike and Brute Ratel to conduct lateral movement at machine speed. CrowdStrike Falcon and our hunting team detect the behavioural indicators these tools leave behind.

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Living-Off-the-Land Techniques

Nation-state actors and ransomware groups abuse legitimate tools already on your systems: PowerShell, WMI, PsExec, RDP and scheduled tasks. No malware is dropped so signature-based tools see nothing. Octa1ne uses behavioural baselines in tools like Elastic Security and Microsoft Sentinel to surface these subtle deviations.

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Supply Chain Compromise

SolarWinds compromised 18,000 organisations simultaneously. MOVEit hit hundreds in 72 hours. These attacks use legitimate software update channels that bypass every perimeter defence. Our threat hunting specifically searches for supply chain indicators including anomalous process behaviour and unexpected outbound connections.

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Credential and Identity Attacks

74% of all global breaches involve compromised credentials. Password spraying, AiTM phishing toolkits like Evilginx2, MFA fatigue attacks and Kerberoasting all target your identities. Microsoft Entra Identity Protection and Defender for Identity detect these specific authentication attack patterns in real time.

Zero-Day and N-Day Exploitation

CrowdStrike found attackers weaponise critical CVEs within 24 hours of disclosure on average. Behavioural detection tools catch exploitation attempts based on what the attacker does after entry, not the exploit itself — catching zero-days that no signature could match.

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Ransomware Pre-Staging

Groups like Lockbit, Black Basta and ALPHV spend weeks inside networks before encrypting. They destroy backups, exfiltrate data and establish persistence first. Our 24/7 monitoring and weekly threat hunting is specifically designed to detect this pre-staging phase before encryption begins.

THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH

Most organisations find out they were breached from someone else.

Globally, 68% of data breaches are not discovered by the victim. They are discovered by law enforcement, a client who found their data on a dark web forum, a journalist covering the leaked database or a security researcher who found the credentials being traded online.

This happens because most organisations have no structured detection capability. Octa1ne changes that. We deploy the tools and operate the SOC so that you are the one who finds out first.

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68%
Of global breaches discovered by a third party — not the victim organisation
Verizon DBIR 2024
194 days
Average attacker dwell time globally before detection
Mandiant M-Trends 2024
$4.88M
Average global breach cost — highest ever recorded
IBM Security 2024
2m 7s
Fastest observed attacker breakout time — initial access to lateral movement
CrowdStrike GTR 2024
WHAT CHANGES

From invisible risk to
measurable, managed protection

🔭THREAT VISIBILITY
BEFORE OCTA1NE

No visibility of what is happening inside your network right now. Attackers can operate for months completely unseen.

AFTER OCTA1NE

Every alert, anomaly and suspicious behaviour detected and escalated to a human analyst within 15 minutes, 24/7.

⏱️ATTACKER DWELL TIME
BEFORE OCTA1NE

194-day global average. An attacker has months to steal data, destroy backups and prepare their final attack undetected.

AFTER OCTA1NE

Weekly hunting and continuous monitoring cuts dwell time from months to hours. The 194-day window is eliminated.

🛡️TOOL EFFECTIVENESS
BEFORE OCTA1NE

Tools like CrowdStrike or Sentinel are deployed but not configured, tuned or monitored. Potential wasted.

AFTER OCTA1NE

Your existing tools professionally configured, continuously tuned and monitored 24/7 by certified analysts.

🌍SOC COVERAGE
BEFORE OCTA1NE

Security monitored during business hours only. Attackers deliberately strike at night, weekends and holidays.

AFTER OCTA1NE

Octa1ne SOC operates every hour of every day across every time zone. No gaps. No holidays. No coverage windows.

📊LEADERSHIP VISIBILITY
BEFORE OCTA1NE

Board has no structured view of security posture. No data to govern risk or justify investment.

AFTER OCTA1NE

Monthly plain-English executive reports. MITRE ATT&CK coverage map. Clear risk score with trend data.

📋COMPLIANCE EVIDENCE
BEFORE OCTA1NE

No timestamped security monitoring records for ISO 27001, NIS2 or CE+ audits. Scramble every audit cycle.

AFTER OCTA1NE

All detection and response activity auto-documented. Compliance evidence packs generated on demand.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Questions we hear from
every organisation we speak to

FREE — NO OBLIGATION — NO COMMITMENT REQUIRED

Stop reacting.
Start hunting.

Book a free threat assessment. We will review your current detection coverage, audit your existing tools and show you exactly what we would deploy and operate in your environment.

24/7 Global SOC
CrowdStrike certified
Under 15 min detection
Rapid deployment
No lock-in
Vendor agnostic