BlueVoyant, a Top 250 MSSP, has acquired Microsoft Azure Sentinel security information and event management (SIEM) partner Managed Sentinel. Financial terms were not disclosed.This is M&A deal 418 that MSSP Alert and ChannelE2E have covered so far in 2020. See the full M&A deal list here.Managed Sentinel complements BlueVoyant's managed detection and response (MDR) for Azure Sentinel and Microsoft Defender offerings, and helps BlueVoyant serve Microsoft customers globally, the companies noted. It also will leverage BlueVoyant's threat intelligence and MDR capabilities to deliver custom deployments, security operations support and other Microsoft offerings.BlueVoyant, formerly named BlueteamGlobal, launched in 2017. The MSSP has raised more than $200 million as of 2019. Key financial backers include Fiserv, the financial services technology provider.In addition, Managed Sentinel performs Azure Sentinel assessments and migrations, the company stated. It also delivers monitoring, use-case creation and maintenance and other Azure Sentinel management services.
A Closer Look at Managed Sentinel
Managed Sentinel is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner that specializes in Azure Sentinel deployments, the company indicated. It offers a variety of Azure Sentinel and Microsoft 365 security tools, including:- Cloud monitoring and optimization
- Compliance monitoring
- Incident response
- Security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR)
- Threat intelligence