Security operations centers have long struggled to see what’s happening inside production applications.
Contrast Security’s new collaboration with Microsoft Sentinel aims to change that by delivering verified, runtime application-layer data directly into the SOC.
The integration combines Contrast’s Application Detection and Response (ADR) capabilities with Microsoft’s AI-driven cloud SIEM, giving security teams a new level of precision in detecting and responding to real application threats.
Faya Peng, Head of Product and General Manager of ADR at Contrast Security, told MSSP Alert, “Microsoft is helping organizations move toward an AI-driven SOC, and this integration provides the high-fidelity data it needs to be effective at the application layer. Instead of having AI sift through perimeter noise with 99% false positives, Contrast feeds Sentinel verified signals of real exploits. This is the runtime truth that empowers SOC teams and MSSPs to focus on immediate, confirmed threats.”
Closing the Visibility Gap
Attackers are increasingly bypassing traditional defenses by targeting APIs and application logic. Yet most SIEMs lack insight into what’s happening within those layers. With Contrast feeding live telemetry from inside applications into Microsoft Sentinel, SOC teams gain immediate visibility into attacks that were once invisible.
Jesse Kopavi, Principal Product Manager, Microsoft Security, told MSSP Alert, “Security teams integrated with AI need accurate, high-fidelity signals to stay ahead of evolving threats. By integrating Contrast Security’s runtime intelligence with Microsoft Sentinel, we’re helping customers gain deeper visibility into their application environments and accelerate threat detection and response.”
For enterprises and MSSPs standardizing on Sentinel, this partnership means application-layer threats can now be detected, correlated, and prioritized alongside existing infrastructure and identity data - all within the same SOC workflows.
From Detection to Resolution
The integration is designed to shorten the path from detection to remediation. With detailed runtime intelligence, analysts can see which line of code was exploited, understand the impact, and coordinate directly with development teams.
“This partnership fundamentally changes the handoff from SecOps to development,” said Peng. “Instead of a vague ticket, Sentinel users can provide their developers with the exact line of code that was attacked. Even better, while the SOC is responding to an incident, Contrast's agentic SmartFix AI can simultaneously generate the pull request to remediate the vulnerability. This allows developers to resolve security issues with a simple code review, freeing them to focus on building and shipping valuable new code.”
Expanding MSSP Capabilities
For MSSPs, the integration introduces a new competitive advantage. They can now extend managed detection and response beyond the perimeter and into the application runtime.
“MSSPs can now deliver something their customers have never had before: verified runtime detection inside production applications,” Peng noted. “By integrating Contrast data into Sentinel, MSSPs can extend their services beyond the network and endpoint to the application layer. That means they can proactively identify real exploits, correlate them with infrastructure signals, and provide clients with faster, evidence-based responses.”
This deeper level of visibility allows MSSPs to differentiate their offerings in a market still dominated by network and endpoint monitoring - giving customers proof-backed assurance that their most critical business applications are protected.
Bringing runtime application-layer intelligence into Microsoft Sentinel changes how security teams operate. It allows them to prioritize based on verified exploits, cut through alert noise, and close the gap between security and development.
