SOC Setup (Security Operations Centre)
About This Service
SOC Setup and SIEM Deployment for UAE Businesses
A Security Operations Centre is not a room full of screens — it is a working pipeline: logs flowing in, detection rules firing on real threats, and a human who knows what to do when an alert lands. I design and deploy exactly that for UAE businesses, built on Wazuh for open-source deployments or Microsoft Sentinel for organizations already on Microsoft 365 and Azure.
The build covers the full chain: log collection agents on your servers and endpoints, ingestion from cloud platforms and firewalls, detection rules tuned to your environment rather than vendor defaults, and alert thresholds adjusted over a tuning period so your team is not drowned in noise. You also get runbooks and escalation paths — written, step-by-step instructions for the ten most likely alert types — plus dashboards that show security posture at a glance for both engineers and management.
These are lightweight SOC designs sized for SMEs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and the northern emirates — a monitored Wazuh stack on a single VPS or a focused Sentinel workspace — not enterprise architectures with enterprise price tags. Free-zone tech companies and mainland trading firms get real 24/7 visibility for a setup cost in the thousands of dirhams, not millions.
What's included
- SIEM deployment — Wazuh or Microsoft Sentinel installed, configured, and secured for your environment.
- Full log pipeline — Agents and connectors for servers, endpoints, firewalls, and cloud platforms feeding one console.
- Custom detection rules — Rules built for your actual threats — brute force, malware, privilege abuse — not just vendor defaults.
- Alert tuning period — Thresholds adjusted against live traffic so alerts mean something when they fire.
- Runbooks & escalation paths — Step-by-step response instructions for the most likely alert types, with clear ownership.
- Dashboards for two audiences — Operational views for engineers and a posture summary for management.
How it works
- 1Architecture & sizing
We inventory your servers, endpoints, and cloud accounts, then choose Wazuh or Sentinel and size the deployment.
- 2Deploy & connect
SIEM stood up, agents rolled out, and log sources connected until coverage is complete.
- 3Detect & tune
Detection rules deployed and tuned against live traffic over the monitoring bake-in period.
- 4Handover & runbooks
Your team gets dashboards, runbooks, escalation paths, and a training session to run the SOC day to day.
Why work with me
| With me | Typical agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Sized for SME budgets | Single-VPS Wazuh option | Enterprise stack minimums |
| Rules tuned to your environment | Default rule packs | |
| Runbooks written for your team | ||
| You own the deployment | Locked into managed contract |