Threat Detection & Response
Advanced threat detection and real-time response capabilities to protect against cyber attacks.
Threats that go undetected don't stay dormant. They escalate.
The average attacker spends 194 days inside an enterprise network before detection. In that time, they map your environment, escalate privileges, exfiltrate data, and position for maximum impact. Traditional perimeter defences and signature-based tools were not designed for today's threat actors — who operate with patience, sophistication, and intimate knowledge of how to evade conventional security controls.
Vimix's Threat Detection & Response practice delivers continuous, intelligence-led detection across your entire attack surface — endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email — backed by a 24×7 Security Operations Centre staffed by certified threat hunters, incident responders, and detection engineers. We don't just alert. We investigate, contain, and eliminate threats before they become breaches.
Our Research
Average attacker dwell time in organisations without a dedicated detection capability — giving threat actors months to escalate, exfiltrate, and position for maximum impact.
Of breaches are detected by external parties — not the victim organisation — highlighting the critical gap in internal detection capabilities across enterprises.
Vimix mean time to respond (MTTR) for critical incidents — compared to an industry average of over 16 hours for organisations relying on in-house SOC teams.
Our Services
Our Threat Detection & Response capabilities span the full detection and response lifecycle — from sensor deployment and detection engineering through active threat hunting, automated response, and continuous improvement.
24×7 Managed Detection & Response (MDR)
Our Security Operations Centre operates around the clock with certified analysts monitoring your environment across endpoint, network, cloud, and identity telemetry. Every alert is triaged by a human analyst — not just an automated rule — with investigation, context enrichment, and response action initiated within defined SLAs. We integrate with your existing SIEM (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar) or deploy our own, and deliver unified visibility through a single-pane-of-glass portal.
Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR/XDR)
We deploy and manage best-in-class EDR and XDR platforms — CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne Singularity, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint — across your server, workstation, and cloud workload estate. Our detection engineers write and tune custom detection rules calibrated to your environment, suppressing noise while ensuring high-fidelity alerting on attacker behaviour mapped to MITRE ATT&CK. Live response capabilities enable immediate remote investigation and containment without disrupting operations.
Network Detection & Response (NDR)
Network traffic analysis provides visibility that endpoint tools cannot — lateral movement, command-and-control communications, data staging, and exfiltration attempts that bypass endpoint controls entirely. We deploy Darktrace, ExtraHop Reveal(x), and Zeek-based network sensors to establish behavioural baselines and detect anomalies in real time, covering on-premises, cloud VPC traffic, and east-west movement within your data centre.
Cloud Threat Detection (CNAPP/CSPM)
Cloud environments introduce unique detection challenges — ephemeral workloads, misconfigured IAM policies, and API-based attacks that leave no traditional network footprint. We deploy cloud-native detection using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, AWS GuardDuty, Google Security Command Center, and Wiz to monitor cloud control plane activity, detect identity-based attacks, and surface misconfigurations that create exploitable exposure before attackers find them.
Proactive Threat Hunting
Reactive alerting is not enough against advanced persistent threats. Our threat hunters conduct structured, hypothesis-driven hunts across your environment — using frameworks including MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model, and Cyber Kill Chain — to proactively search for attacker TTPs that have evaded automated detection. Hunt findings are fed back into detection engineering to continuously raise the baseline of automated coverage.
SIEM Engineering & Detection Optimisation
Most SIEM deployments are drowning in noise — thousands of low-fidelity alerts that exhaust analyst capacity and obscure real threats. We conduct SIEM health assessments, detection coverage gap analysis against MITRE ATT&CK, custom detection rule development, and alert tuning programmes that measurably reduce false positive rates while improving detection of high-priority attack techniques. Platforms supported: Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, Elastic SIEM, and Chronicle.
What we cover
Comprehensive
Security Capabilities
Detection and response capabilities across every layer of your attack surface.
Full-Spectrum Threat Visibility
Unified detection across endpoint (EDR/XDR), network (NDR), cloud (CNAPP/CSPM), identity (ITDR), and email — correlating signals from CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, Darktrace, ExtraHop, Microsoft Defender, AWS GuardDuty, and Okta into a single, analyst-reviewed threat picture. Our detection engineers maintain MITRE ATT&CK coverage maps for your environment, identifying and closing detection gaps before threat actors exploit them. No blind spots. No uncorrelated telemetry. Complete, continuous visibility.
Automated Threat Response (SOAR)
Pre-approved response playbooks executed automatically via Palo Alto XSOAR and Splunk SOAR — isolating endpoints, blocking IPs, and disabling accounts in seconds.
Proactive Threat Hunting
Structured, hypothesis-driven hunts using MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model, and Cyber Kill Chain to find threats that automated detection has missed.
Identity Threat Detection (ITDR)
Detection of credential theft, privilege escalation, lateral movement via identity, and impossible travel using Microsoft Entra ID Protection, CrowdStrike Falcon Identity, and Vectra AI.
Email Threat Detection
Advanced phishing, BEC, and spear-phishing detection using Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint, and Abnormal Security with AI-powered behavioural analysis.
Cloud Threat Detection
Cloud control plane monitoring, IAM anomaly detection, and misconfiguration alerting across AWS, Azure, and GCP using GuardDuty, Defender for Cloud, and Wiz.
Threat Intelligence Integration
Operationalised threat intelligence from Recorded Future, Mandiant, and MISP — enriching every alert with adversary context, IOC correlation, and TTP mapping.
Detection Engineering & SIEM Tuning
Custom detection rule development, MITRE ATT&CK coverage gap analysis, and false positive reduction programmes across Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar, and Elastic.
All services delivered through a single pane of glass with unified reporting and alerting
What Sets Vimix Apart
Why security leaders choose Vimix MDR over building and operating an in-house SOC.
| Capability | Vimix Threat Detection & Response | In-House SOC |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage hours | 24×7×365 — analyst-staffed, no gaps on weekends, holidays, or nights | Business hours coverage — evenings and weekends are blind spots attackers exploit |
| Detection breadth | Endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and email — unified and correlated | Typically limited to SIEM log ingestion — no NDR, limited cloud coverage |
| Threat hunting | Proactive, structured hunts conducted monthly — findings fed back into detection engineering | Reactive only — no capacity for proactive hunting alongside alert triage |
| Detection engineering | Dedicated detection engineers maintaining MITRE ATT&CK coverage maps and custom rules | Default vendor rules — rarely tuned, high false positive rates, significant coverage gaps |
| Threat intelligence | Operationalised intelligence from Recorded Future, Mandiant, and MISP — enriching every alert | Subscriptions purchased but rarely operationalised into detection logic |
| Response capability | Automated SOAR playbooks + analyst-led containment — MTTR under 15 minutes for critical incidents | Manual response — limited by analyst availability and tool access |
| Time to value | Fully operational detection coverage within 2–4 weeks of engagement start | 12–18 months to hire, tool, and operationalise an equivalent in-house capability |
| Cost | Predictable monthly subscription — fraction of the cost of equivalent in-house headcount and tooling | High fixed cost: salaries, benefits, tooling, training, and attrition risk |
See Every Threat. Stop Every Attack.
Most organisations discover breaches months after the attacker has already achieved their objective. Vimix's 24×7 Threat Detection & Response practice closes that gap — delivering continuous, intelligence-led detection and analyst-backed response across your entire attack surface. Schedule a Detection Coverage Assessment today.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between MDR, EDR, and XDR?
EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) is a technology category — tools like CrowdStrike Falcon and SentinelOne that provide visibility and response capability on endpoints. XDR (Extended Detection & Response) extends EDR by correlating telemetry across endpoints, network, cloud, and identity into a unified detection platform. MDR (Managed Detection & Response) is a service — a team of security analysts and detection engineers who operate EDR/XDR and other security tools on your behalf, 24×7, providing the human expertise that technology alone cannot replace. Vimix delivers MDR as a managed service, operating best-in-class EDR and XDR platforms within your environment.
How does Vimix integrate with our existing SIEM?
We integrate natively with all major SIEM platforms — Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, Elastic SIEM, and Google Chronicle. Our detection engineers assess your existing detection coverage against the MITRE ATT&CK framework, identify gaps, and develop custom detection rules calibrated to your environment and threat profile. Where your existing SIEM is underperforming, we conduct tuning programmes to reduce false positive rates and improve signal-to-noise ratio before adding new detection logic.
What does MITRE ATT&CK coverage mean in practice?
MITRE ATT&CK is the industry-standard framework cataloguing the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by real-world threat actors. Coverage mapping means we assess which ATT&CK techniques your current detection controls can identify — and which ones represent blind spots. For every engagement, we produce an ATT&CK heatmap showing your current coverage, identify the highest-priority gaps based on the threat actors most likely to target your industry, and develop detection rules to close those gaps. This transforms abstract security investment into measurable, auditable detection capability.
How quickly can Vimix respond to a confirmed threat?
For retainer and MDR clients, our target mean time to respond (MTTR) for critical incidents is under 15 minutes from alert confirmation to containment action. For high-severity incidents, automated SOAR playbooks execute pre-approved response actions — endpoint isolation, account disablement, IP blocking — within seconds of analyst confirmation, while the analyst simultaneously initiates investigation and escalation procedures.
What is threat hunting and how is it different from alert monitoring?
Alert monitoring is reactive — analysts respond to alerts generated by detection rules when known-bad behaviour is observed. Threat hunting is proactive — analysts develop hypotheses about how a threat actor might be operating in your environment and actively search for evidence of that behaviour, even in the absence of alerts. Hunting is particularly effective against advanced persistent threats that have specifically engineered their TTPs to evade automated detection. Our hunters conduct structured hunts monthly, using MITRE ATT&CK, the Diamond Model, and current threat intelligence to guide their hypotheses.
Does Vimix cover OT/ICS environments?
Yes. For organisations with operational technology or industrial control system environments, we extend detection coverage using OT-specific platforms including Claroty, Dragos, and Nozomi Networks. OT environments require specialist detection approaches — passive monitoring to avoid disrupting industrial processes, protocol-aware analysis for Modbus, DNP3, and OPC-UA traffic, and detection logic calibrated to the unique threat landscape facing critical infrastructure and manufacturing environments.
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