Microsoft Sentinel Threat Monitoring for CMMC

• Interactive CMMC 2.0 Workbook: Access 250+ "Control Cards" that provide a single-pane-of-glass view into your compliance posture across Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid environments. 
• NIST 800-171 Rev 3 Alignment: Future-proof your operations with analytics rules specifically tuned to the latest NIST Rev 3 standards, ensuring your monitoring evolves with federal requirements. 
• AI-Driven Threat Detection: Leverage Microsoft’s global threat intelligence and machine learning to identify anomalies, unauthorized access, and CUI exfiltration attempts in real-time. 
• Automated Response Playbooks: Deploy "out-of-the-box" SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) workflows to remediate compliance deviations instantly. 
• GCC High Native Integration: Fully optimized for Azure Government and GCC High, meeting the data residency and sovereignty requirements of ITAR and EAR. 

• Eliminate Compliance Blind Spots: Move beyond "point-in-time" audits to continuous, 24/7 monitoring that proves your controls are active and effective. 
• Audit-Ready Reporting: Instantly export artifacts and telemetry data to satisfy C3PAO assessors and prime contractor inquiries. 
• Cost-Effective Scalability: Utilize Sentinel’s pay-as-you-go model. Only pay for the data you ingest while gaining enterprise-grade SIEM/SOAR capabilities. 
• Reduced Dwell Time: Detect and contain threats to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) before they result in a mandatory 72-hour DFARS reporting incident. 

As a Microsoft Solutions Partner and authorized AOS-G provider, ECF Data brings "boots-on-the-ground" experience to your compliance journey.Wespecializein the complex Microsoft 365 Tenant Consolidations and Secure Remote Access deployments that government contractors face today. Our "Value-First" approach ensures that your Sentinel deploymentisn'tjust a cost center—it’saproductized pillar of your organization’s maturity.

1. Does CMMC Level 2 explicitly require a SIEM like Microsoft Sentinel?  
While the regulations don't name "SIEM" specifically, they mandate centralized logging, incident response, and continuous monitoring. Microsoft Sentinel is the most practical and defensible way to meet these requirements within the Microsoft ecosystem. 

2. Can this solution be deployed in a Commercial Azure tenant?  
Yes, but for defense contractors handling CUI or subject to ITAR, we strongly recommend deployment within GCC High to ensure full compliance with DFARS 252.204-7012. 

3. How does this support the transition to NIST 800-171 Rev 3? 
The Sentinel CMMC solution is highly configurable. ECF Data helps you tune the analytics rules and workbooks to include the expanded requirements and organization-defined parameters (ODPs) introduced in Rev 3. 

4. What are the prerequisites for this SKU?  
You will need an active Microsoft Sentinel workspace and, ideally, Microsoft Defender for Cloud enabled to populate the regulatory compliance dashboards. 

5. How long is the data retention period for logs? 
NIST 800-171 doesn't set a universal timeframe, but DFARS 7012 requires preserving evidence for at least 90 days following a cyber incident. Sentinel allows for long-term, low-cost "Archive" storage to meet these multi-year requirements.