Consulting Services

Security Operations Centre (SOC) Consulting.

Build the capability to detect and respond — the right way. We help you plan, design and build a Security Operations Centre, or select and govern a managed SOC/MDR provider. We advise and implement; you (or your provider) operate it.

Consulting Services

Security Operations Centre (SOC) Consulting

A Security Operations Centre (SOC) is the people, process and technology that monitor your environment, detect threats and coordinate response. Standing one up — or deciding whether to build it in-house, co-source it, or outsource to a managed provider — is a significant strategic and technical undertaking.

Schnell Technocraft provides SOC consulting and build services. We assess your needs, design the right SOC operating model (in-house, hybrid or managed), give you an objective build-vs-buy decision, implement the SIEM/SOAR platform (Microsoft Sentinel and others), engineer MITRE-mapped detection use cases and playbooks, and set up the processes and skills to run it. We are a vendor-neutral advisor and builder — we design and stand up your SOC capability; you, or the managed provider you choose, operate it day to day.

 

Why Schnell

Our Technology Ecosystem

Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud
Zscaler
Fortinet
CrowdStrike
SentinelOne
Palo Alto Networks
Cisco
Dell
Lenovo
Nutanix
VMware
IBM
UiPath
Databricks
Snowflake
Adobe
Autodesk
Freshworks
Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud
Zscaler
Fortinet
CrowdStrike
SentinelOne
Palo Alto Networks
Cisco
Dell
Lenovo
Nutanix
IBM
UiPath
Databricks
Snowflake
Adobe
Autodesk
Freshworks

Challenges We Solve

The problems we address

No detection capability

You have security tools but no structured monitoring, detection or response.

Build vs buy

Unsure whether to build an in-house SOC, co-source, or outsource to an MDR.

Skills & cost

A round-the-clock SOC is hard and expensive to staff and run in-house.

Compliance & board pressure

You need demonstrable monitoring and response — and a credible plan.

What We Do

SOC consulting & build capabilities

Advisory and implementation — we design and build; you (or your provider) operate.

SOC strategy & operating model

Define the right SOC model — in-house, hybrid or managed — aligned to your risk and budget.

Build-vs-buy & MDR selection

Objective evaluation and selection of a managed SOC / MDR provider where outsourcing fits.

SIEM/SOAR design & build

Architect and implement Microsoft Sentinel (or your platform) with SOAR automation.

Detection use-case engineering

A MITRE ATT&CK-mapped detection catalogue and content, designed around your risks.

Playbooks & process design

Incident-response runbooks, escalation and ITIL-aligned SOC processes.

People, skills & org design

Roles, shift models, RACI and the skills plan to run the SOC.

SOC technology architecture

Log sources, data pipeline, threat intelligence and tooling architecture.

Maturity assessment & governance

Benchmark with SOC-CMM, define metrics and a prioritised maturity roadmap.

SOC Setup Journey

From decision to running capability

A structured path to standing up — or selecting — a Security Operations Centre.

Assess

Needs, risk & current state.

Decide

Build, hybrid or buy.

Design

Operating model & architecture.

Implement

SIEM/SOAR & use cases.

Enable

People, process & playbooks.

Mature

Metrics, uplift & handover.

Advise → Build

We build it; you own the running

We are a vendor-neutral advisor and builder, not a SOC operator. We help you choose the right model, design and stand up the platform, engineer the detections and processes, and enable your team — or select and govern a managed provider — so you end up with a running SOC capability you own and control.

Vendor-neutral

honest build-vs-buy advice

Build or buy

your choice

Handover

you operate

Use Cases

Where we help most

Stand up an in-house SOC

Design and build your own SOC capability end to end.

Choose & govern an MDR

Evaluate, select and oversee a managed SOC / MDR provider.

SIEM/SOAR implementation

Design and deploy Microsoft Sentinel and SOAR.

Uplift an existing SOC

Assess maturity and close gaps across people, process and tech.

Our Approach

How we deliver

A proven method — assess, design, build and enable.

1

Assess

Understand your risk, requirements, current tooling and in-house skills.

2

Design

Design the SOC operating model, architecture and build-vs-buy decision.

3

Select or build

Build the in-house capability, or evaluate and select an MDR provider.

4

Implement & engineer

Deploy SIEM/SOAR and engineer detections, playbooks and processes.

5

Enable & hand over

Train your team, document everything and hand over a running capability.

The outcome

A clear path to detection and response capability — the right SOC model chosen, the platform designed and built, detections and playbooks engineered, and your team (or your chosen provider) enabled to operate it — so you can monitor and respond with confidence, owning the capability yourself.

Deliverables

What you get

Why Schnell

A SOC partner you can rely on

Vendor-neutral

We advise on build vs buy objectively — we don't push you onto a SOC of our own.

Microsoft-strong

Deep Microsoft Sentinel and Defender expertise, plus other platforms.

Build and hand over

We design, implement and enable; you keep control and ownership.

End to end

Strategy, architecture, detection engineering and enablement in one partner.

FAQ

Questions, answered

No. We are a SOC consulting and build partner, not a SOC operator. We help you design and stand up your SOC, or select and govern a managed SOC / MDR provider, and we engineer the platform, detections and processes. Day-to-day round-the-clock operation is run by your own team or your chosen managed provider.

It depends on your risk, scale, budget and in-house skills. We give you an objective build-vs-buy assessment and, where outsourcing fits, help you evaluate and select the right MDR / managed-SOC provider.

Microsoft Sentinel and other leading SIEM/SOAR platforms, designed and implemented to fit your environment and integrated with Microsoft Defender and your other tools.

What is detection use-case engineering?

Yes. We benchmark your SOC maturity (for example with SOC-CMM), identify gaps across people, process and technology, and give you a prioritised uplift roadmap.

Yes. We design IR playbooks, runbooks and escalation paths as part of SOC setup, aligned to your incident-response plan.

Talk to our SOC advisory team

Ready to build your SOC capability?

Tell us where you are — no SOC yet, an existing one to uplift, or weighing build vs buy. We'll come back within one business day with the right expert and a clear next step.