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  • May 10, 2025
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📡 Sherlocked Security – Cloud Logging & Monitoring Setup

Establish Robust Visibility and Alerting to Detect Threats, Ensure Uptime, and Drive Compliance

📄 1. Statement of Work (SOW)

Service Name: Cloud Logging & Monitoring Setup
Client Type: Cloud-Native Startups, DevOps & SRE Teams, FinTech, SaaS, Enterprises
Service Model: Logging Architecture Review + Monitoring Enablement + Alerting Strategy
Compliance Coverage: PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST 800-92
Cloud Platforms Supported:

  • AWS CloudWatch / CloudTrail
  • Azure Monitor / Log Analytics
  • Google Cloud Logging / Operations Suite (formerly Stackdriver)
  • Multi-Cloud / Hybrid Log Aggregation (ELK, Loki, SIEM Integration)

🧠 2. Our Approach (with Visual)

🔹 Observability-Led Architecture
🔹 Security + Uptime Visibility Combined
🔹 Compliance-Driven Logging Strategy

Generate a visual using the following workflow and color code:

[Discovery & Inventory] → [Log Source Mapping] → [Retention Policy Review] → [Alerting Rules Setup] → [Monitoring Dashboards] → [SIEM Integration (Optional)] → [Final Validation & SOP]

Color Code:

  • Discovery: #064d52
  • Testing/Alerting: #8b0505
  • Closure: #0f5c5a

🧪 3. Methodology (with Visual)

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[Kickoff] → [Log Source Identification] → [Cloud Native Logging Config Review] → [Custom Metrics & Dashboards] → [Alert Conditions Review] → [Compliance Logging Controls] → [Fix Plan + Retention Strategy] → [Documentation & SOPs] → [Certificate of Completion]

Visual Color Flow:

  • 🔹 Blue (Planning: #064d52)
  • 🔸 Red (Visibility Gaps: #8b0505)
  • ✅ Green (Closure & Automation: #0f5c5a)

📦 4. Deliverables to the Client

  1. ✅ Logging & Monitoring Coverage Matrix

  2. 🧾 Statement of Work (SOW)

  3. 📘 Technical Review Report:

    • Log Source Coverage Audit
    • Missing Logs & Alerting Gaps
    • Misconfigurations & Retention Policy Risks
    • Dashboard & Visualization Summary
    • Fix Recommendations (IaC / Manual)
    • Compliance Alignment Report (PCI, ISO, etc.)

  4. 📊 Monitoring Dashboards (Prebuilt/Customized)

  5. 📽️ Review & Advisory Call

  6. 🔁 Retesting of Log Alerts & Dashboards

  7. 🏁 Logging/Monitoring Compliance Certificate

🤝 5. What We Need from You (Client Requirements)

  • ✅ IAM Viewer or Logging Admin access
  • ✅ List of key cloud services and environments (Prod/Staging)
  • ✅ Alerting platforms used (e.g., PagerDuty, Opsgenie, email, etc.)
  • ✅ Existing dashboards or logging pipelines (if any)
  • ✅ Contact from SRE/DevOps/Security Team
  • ✅ Compliance framework being targeted

🧰 6. Tools & Technology Stack

  • 📡 AWS CloudWatch / CloudTrail / Config
  • 📊 Azure Monitor / Log Analytics / Application Insights
  • 🔍 Google Cloud Logging / Metrics Explorer
  • 📦 Loki / ELK / Fluent Bit / Datadog / Sumo Logic
  • 📜 Terraform + Prometheus/Grafana IaC templates
  • 🧠 SIEM Integration (Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar)

🚀 7. Engagement Lifecycle (Lead → Closure)

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1. Discovery Call 2. Access Provisioning 3. Kickoff & Inventory Audit 4. Logging & Monitoring Review 5. Draft Findings + Alert Setup 6. Dashboard Delivery + Walkthrough 7. Fix Implementation Advisory 8. Retesting 9. Final Certificate Issuance

🌟 8. Why Sherlocked Security? (Our USP)

Feature Sherlocked Advantage
📡 Full Visibility Audit From services to containers to serverless logs
🔁 Compliance-Focused Logging CIS, ISO, PCI-DSS-aligned configurations
📊 Dashboard Setup Included Grafana, CloudWatch, or custom dashboards
📘 SOP Documentation Delivered with prebuilt alert & retention rules
🧠 SIEM-Ready Log Mapping Splunk, Sentinel, and ELK-compatible templates
🏆 Logging & Monitoring Certificate Issued post verification and dashboard signoff

📚 9. Real-World Case Studies

🛑 No Alert on IAM Privilege Escalation in GCP

Issue: Cloud IAM role changes occurred without alerting
Impact: Misconfigured role escalated to Owner without detection

🛠️ Our Fix Journey: Multi-Cloud SaaS Logging Centralization

Client: Global SaaS provider using AWS, Azure, and GCP
Findings:

  • Fragmented logging with no central policy

  • Short log retention and no alerts for API misuse
    Our Role:

  • Unified log stream into ELK stack

  • Delivered Terraform templates for alert conditions
    Outcome:

  • Full alerting coverage for IAM, compute, and storage

  • SOC 2 readiness achieved

🛡️ 10. SOP – Standard Operating Procedure

  1. Kickoff Call
  2. Log & Metric Source Discovery
  3. Coverage Audit & Misconfig Review
  4. Alert Policy Setup
  5. Dashboard Templates Setup
  6. Fix Advisory & Implementation Support
  7. Retesting of Alerting & Dashboards
  8. Documentation & SOP Finalization
  9. Certificate Issuance

📋 11. Sample Logging & Monitoring Checklist (Preview)

  1. Enable centralized logging across all cloud accounts.
  2. Configure CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, etc.
  3. Define retention and archival policies for logs.
  4. Enable alerts for abnormal or high-risk activities.
  5. Correlate logs with SIEM or SOAR platforms.
  6. Monitor failed login attempts and privilege escalations.
  7. Track changes to IAM policies and configurations.
  8. Use dashboards for visualization of key metrics.
  9. Encrypt and protect log data from tampering.
  10. Regularly audit and test log coverage and effectiveness.

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