Managed Detection and Response
A Security Operations Centre you don’t have to build.
Cost-effective cyber protection.
Built in from day one.
Net Consulting Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is a fully managed cyber security service with 24/7 monitoring. Built on Microsoft Sentinel, delivered from Floodlight, our UK Digital Operations Centre. For UK businesses of 20 to 250 employees that need real cyber cover without building a team to do it.
- Ministry of Defence CDIO Commendation
- Certified ISO 27001
- Accredited Cyber Essentials Plus
- Experienced Over twenty years
“Unless you’re prepared to run a 24/7 security operation in-house, headed up by a team of seriously skilled people, you’re never going to match what Net Consulting offers.”
IT Director, Capital Law
The signals are already in your business. Nobody is watching them.
Most businesses your size already generate the data needed to spot a serious cyber incident. What is missing is a team watching it, 24 hours a day, and that’s where a bespoke managed detection and response solution can make a big impact on your operations.
The unfamiliar sign-in
A login from a country no one in the business has visited. It is in your Microsoft 365 logs the moment it happens. Whether anyone sees it before the attacker uses it is a different question.
The 2am file download
A user account quietly pulling client files in the small hours. Or copying a CAD archive to a personal drive. The activity is logged. The alert depends on someone being on shift.
The phishing chain that almost worked
A convincing email lands. A password is given up. A mailbox rule is created to hide the attacker’s tracks. The signs are there in seconds. Containment depends on who is watching.
See the same event from both sides
Our managed detection and response service allows you to view the unfamiliar sign-in, viewed from inside your business and from Floodlight, our UK Digital Operations Centre.
An ordinary morning
You arrive at the office. Inbox is normal. No tickets in the helpdesk queue. Nothing flagged by antivirus. As far as you can tell, everything is fine. The sign-in event that fired at 3.41am is in your Microsoft 365 audit logs, where you will not look.
Already contained
The sign-in is flagged in under a minute. An analyst correlates it: new country, new device, an account with senior privileges. The session is revoked, Multi-Factor Authentication is challenged, and the account owner is notified. By the time you arrive at the office, the report is in your inbox.
Four things working together, so you do not have to.
One view of everything at once
A single platform watching across your business: cloud applications, user sign-ins, laptops and computers, network and cloud services. Built on what you already own.
Threats stopped on the device
Real-time protection across laptops, desktops and servers. Threats are blocked at source, not after they have moved. Our managed detection and response solution works with your existing security tool if you already have one.
Response that runs while you sleep
Pre-built playbooks triage, contain and notify on common security events automatically. The routine stuff is handled. You hear about what matters.
Intelligence that gets sharper every month
A pattern seen at one customer becomes a hunt across the rest. Your data stays in your tenant. The intelligence flows across the estate.
What happens when something fires at 2am
The DOC picks it up
The moment the event lands. 24/7, from Floodlight, our UK Digital Operations Centre.
Analytics run
Correlated across laptops, sign-ins, network and cloud, plus our Shared Intelligence Data Lake.
The event is prioritised
Against thresholds we agreed with you during onboarding. No surprises about what counts as urgent.
Containment runs
Automatic, where the playbook allows. Isolating a laptop. Revoking a sign-in. Blocking a sender.
Escalation
Impact and severity decide who hears, when, and how. Agreed with you in writing, not by analyst preference.
The report
A clean incident report. And for anything material, a structured debrief.
You are not woken up for noise. You are not the person triaging at 2am. You hear what matters, when it matters, on the channel and at the threshold you agreed.
A fraction of the cost. None of the compromise.
The cost of a small in-house 24/7 Security Operations Centre. Fully loaded with payroll, on-costs, tooling and overheads. Before you have processed a single alert.
Needed for genuine 24/7 cover, once leave, sickness and shift patterns are factored in.
Typical UK salary range for a security analyst.
A team lead or manager on top. Before recruitment costs.
For most businesses your size, the calculus does not work.
As a managed detection and response provider, Net Consulting gives you the same 24/7 capability at a fraction of the cost. No recruitment. No shift rotas. No retention risk. And if you ever do bring security operations in-house, the Microsoft Sentinel deployment goes with you.
- 24/7 monitoring and response from day one
- Cyber expertise without recruiting it
- Intelligence from a customer base, not a single environment
- Scalable. Built by a team that delivers for medium and large enterprises. The service grows with you.
The signals that tell you it is time.
Your insurer is asking harder questions
The cyber renewal form is longer than last year’s. The questions are more specific. You are not sure you can tick every box.
Customers are sending security questionnaires
The questions assume a security operations capability you do not have. You cannot tick the boxes.
A regulator or parent organisation is pushing
New requirements. Harder questions about your controls. A deadline that is getting less vague.
You know antivirus and MFA are not enough
The unease is real. Something has shifted. You are not sure what the next step is, but you know you need one.
Three sectors where we see this most often
Legal, accountancy, consulting
You hold the most confidential information in your clients’ lives. Duty of care is on the line every day.
Financial services
Tax data, payroll data, and the financial keys to other businesses. Often the route an attacker uses to reach the real target.
Manufacturing and engineering
IP-rich, inside supply chains are pushing security requirements down the line. CAD files, shop-floor systems, and design archives nobody is watching.
Built for UK businesses of 20 to 250 employees with no in-house security team. Microsoft 365 is the fastest path in, but the service ingests data from most modern security tools and cloud platforms. If your stack is not Microsoft-led, we can work with it.
Match what you buy to what you need
Foundation
We stand it up. You run it.
Best for: Businesses with an internal IT capability that wants the visibility, but is comfortable taking action on its own alerts.
- Microsoft Sentinel deployment in your Azure tenant
- Connector configuration and baseline detections
- Tuning, handover and knowledge transfer
Managed
We stand it up. We run it.
Best for: Businesses that want a 24/7 capability without building one. Most of our customers.
- Everything in Foundation
- 24/7 detection and response from Floodlight
- The pre-built playbook library
- Ongoing tuning
- Access to the Shared Intelligence Data Lake
Pricing is shaped by your environment, your Microsoft licensing and your operating hours. We work it through with you on the call, not on a webpage.
Four answers to the question every IT decision maker asks
Two decades of Defence-grade cyber
We have delivered cyber, network and integration services for the UK Government, the Ministry of Defence and regulated industries for over twenty years. The team watching your business is the team watching some of the most demanding customers in the country.
UK Sovereign. Genuinely.
Your data stays in your tenant, in the UK region of your choice. The Digital Operations Centre is in the UK. The legal jurisdiction is the UK. We are not a US business with a UK label.
Built on what you already own
If you are a Microsoft business, we turn that licence into a security platform: Sentinel for visibility, Defender for the devices, tuned detections, and response playbooks. If you are not, we integrate with most modern tools. No rip-and-replace either way.
Smarter the longer you are with us
A pattern we see at one customer becomes a hunt across the rest. The intelligence flows across the estate without the data leaving its rightful home.
What people usually ask
What does the service include?
24/7 monitoring and response from Floodlight on the Microsoft Sentinel platform. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, or your existing security tool, is integrated. The pre-built playbook library. Access to the Shared Intelligence Data Lake. Ongoing detection tuning.
What hours do you operate?
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. Escalation runs into our UK-based Digital Operations Centre and senior cyber team along agreed paths, driven by impact and severity.
How quickly can we be up and running?
As quickly as you can move with us. We have onboarded customers in days, not months. There is no minimum implementation window. We move at the pace you can give us access, decisions and approvals.
Do we need to be on Microsoft 365 to use this?
It is by far the easiest path, and most of our customers already are, but it is not a hard requirement. Microsoft Sentinel can take security data from many sources. The economics are at their best when you are already on Microsoft 365, because much of the security data comes for free.
Where does our data live?
In your own Microsoft Azure tenant, in the UK region of your choice. We manage your Sentinel instance from ours using Microsoft’s native delegation model. Every action is audit-logged, and we never copy your data out of your subscription.
What happens when something fires at 3am?
Our analyst takes the alert, runs deep analytics, prioritises against the thresholds we agreed at onboarding, and contains where the playbook allows. Escalation follows critical paths agreed in writing, driven by impact and severity. You hear about anything that needs you to hear about it. You are not woken by noise.
Can we keep the security tool we already have on our laptops?
Yes. We work with most modern security products on your laptops, desktops and servers. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is our recommendation if you are starting from scratch. No rip-and-replace if you already have something in place.
How is the service priced?
Pricing is shaped by your environment, your Microsoft licensing position, and the level of service you need. We work it through with you in the onboarding conversation. You will not find a price list on the website. You will find a price you understand, and one that does not change without you agreeing to it.
Two ways to start a conversation
One is about the service. The other is about something on your mind. Pick the one that fits where you are.
Speak to us about the service
A 30-minute conversation about managed detection and response, your environment, and whether what we do fits what you need. No deck, no commitment, no sales pressure.
Book a call →Or call a UK-based analyst directly: +44 (0)29 2097 2020
Speak to us about a cyber concern
Something has surfaced, or something does not feel right. Tell us briefly what it is. One of our cyber consultants will be in touch to talk it through. Not a sales call.
Talk to a consultant →Or call a UK-based analyst directly: +44 (0)29 2097 2020