Logging & Visibility
Audit logs and monitoring capabilities
Enable Unified Audit Logging
Without audit logs, you cannot detect compromises, investigate incidents, or meet compliance requirements. Logs are your forensic evidence and early warning system.
Configure Privileged Operation Alerts
Without alerts on privileged operations, attackers can modify security settings undetected. Real-time alerting on role changes, CA policy edits, and consent grants enables rapid incident response.
Export Logs to Long-Term Storage
Default Entra log retention is 30-90 days. APT attacks often go undetected for months. Long-term retention enables forensic investigation of compromises that happened weeks or months ago.
Admin Activity Anomaly Detection
Compromised admin accounts often exhibit unusual patterns: signing in from new locations, performing bulk operations, or working at unusual hours. Detecting these anomalies enables early response to account compromise.
Sign-In Log Anomaly Baseline
Without a baseline of normal activity, you cannot detect anomalous behavior. Establishing what "normal" looks like enables detection of unauthorized role assignments, policy changes, and consent grants.
Stream All Security Events to SIEM in Real-Time
Real-time log streaming enables immediate threat detection and correlation across your security stack. Level 3 organizations can detect and respond to attacks within minutes, not days.