Manage Microsoft Sentinel as code! 🤖

Managing Microsoft Sentinel through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) enables security teams to automate deployments, enforce consistency, and apply DevSecOps principles to SIEM management.

With CI/CD pipelines, you can:
🔹 Automate deployment and updates of Sentinel configurations across environments.
🔹 Version-control analytics rules, playbooks, hunting queries, and more.
🔹 Ensure standardization and auditability with reusable IaC templates.
🔹 Deploy via GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Terraform, or Bicep.

Getting started

📌 Plan your repository structure

• Organize Sentinel components: analytics rules, hunting queries, automation, workbooks, etc.

• Follow best practices: Plan your Sentinel repo

📌 Use declarative templates

• Bicep & ARM: Define and deploy Sentinel resources in a scalable way.

  • Example: Deploy Sentinel using Bicep

  • Example: ARM templates for Sentinel

• Terraform: Automate Sentinel configurations

  • Example: Search for your Terraform Sentinel module

📌 Integrate with CI/CD pipelines

• Azure DevOps: Use YAML pipelines to continuously deploy Sentinel updates.

  • Guide: Deploy Sentinel with Azure DevOps

• GitHub Actions: Automate Sentinel deployments from your GitHub repo.

  • Example: GitHub Action for Bicep & Sentinel

What is the value add of deploying Sentinel via code?

✅ Efficiency – Reduce manual effort by automating deployment and updates.
✅ Consistency – Apply standard configurations across workspaces.
✅ Scalability – Easily expand and manage Sentinel deployments for multi-cloud environments.
✅ Security & Compliance – Track changes, enforce governance, and meet audit requirements.

🔍 Looking to implement Sentinel as code? Start here:
📎 Microsoft Sentinel CI/CD Guide

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