Managed Detection & Response

Overview

Most organisations collect logs but don’t watch them. Security tools generate alerts that pile up, get triaged too late, or drown real threats in noise. Opcode’s Managed Detection & Response (MDR) service closes that gap — we ingest, manage, and continuously analyse your logs so threats are detected and contained before they become breaches.

What makes Opcode’s MDR different: we don’t just monitor alerts from your existing tools. We manage your entire log pipeline as part of the service and run continuous threat hunts across your log data. This proactive detection model finds adversary activity that signature-based tools miss — low-and-slow intrusions, credential abuse, lateral movement, and insider threats that don’t trigger conventional alerts.

What’s included

• Managed log analytics — Opcode ingests, normalises, and retains your log data across cloud, SaaS, identity, and on-premise systems. Your logs are managed as part of the service — no need to build and maintain your own SIEM infrastructure. We handle collection, parsing, enrichment, and long-term retention.
• 24/7 threat detection — Continuous monitoring with behavioural detection rules, anomaly detection, and correlation across your entire environment. We detect threats based on what attackers do, not just known signatures — identifying suspicious behaviour patterns, privilege escalation, unusual access, and lateral movement.
• Proactive threat hunting — Continuous, hypothesis-driven threat hunts across your log data by experienced analysts. This isn’t waiting for alerts — it’s actively searching for indicators of compromise, persistence mechanisms, and adversary tradecraft that automated tools miss. Threat hunts are informed by current threat intelligence and tailored to your industry and environment.
• Rapid incident response — When a threat is confirmed, Opcode’s response team acts immediately to contain and remediate. Automated containment actions reduce mean time to respond, while forensic analysis provides a complete attack timeline for your leadership and compliance teams.
• Cloud and SaaS coverage — Purpose-built detection for AWS, Azure, GCP, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and identity providers. Cloud environments generate different telemetry than traditional infrastructure — Opcode’s detections are designed for cloud-native attack techniques.
• Executive and compliance reporting — Regular reporting on threat landscape, detection metrics, hunting findings, and security posture. Board-ready summaries and detailed technical reports for your security team.

How it works

1. Onboarding — Connect your log sources. Opcode configures collection, parsing, and baseline detection rules across your environment. Typical onboarding takes 2-4 weeks.
2. Continuous monitoring — 24/7 detection and triage by Opcode’s analysts. High-fidelity alerts are investigated, correlated, and escalated. Noise is filtered so your team only sees confirmed threats and actionable findings.
3. Proactive hunting — Scheduled and ad-hoc threat hunts across your log data, looking for signs of compromise that detection rules haven’t caught. Findings feed back into improved detection rules.
4. Response and containment — Confirmed threats trigger immediate containment. Opcode provides forensic investigation, attack timeline reconstruction, and remediation guidance. Post-incident reviews strengthen your defences.

The Opcode difference

We manage your logs, not just your alerts. Most MDR providers sit on top of your existing tools and triage alerts. Opcode manages the entire log pipeline — ingestion, normalisation, retention, and analysis. This gives us deeper visibility and the ability to hunt across historical data when new threat intelligence emerges.

Proactive, not reactive. Continuous threat hunting means Opcode is actively looking for threats in your environment, not waiting for something to trigger an alert. This catches the attacks that bypass perimeter defences and evade automated detection.

Built for cloud and hybrid. Opcode’s detection engineering is purpose-built for cloud-native environments — not on-premise detection rules adapted for cloud. We understand cloud identity, API-driven attacks, and SaaS-specific threat vectors.

Who this is for

• Organisations that collect logs but lack the team or tooling to monitor them effectively
• Security teams overwhelmed by alert volume and false positives
• Businesses with cloud and SaaS environments that need purpose-built detection
• Organisations that need to demonstrate continuous monitoring for compliance (ISM, CPS 234, ISO 27001)
• Companies that want proactive threat hunting without building an internal threat hunting capability