Security playbook · AI Employee: Sig

Tool Migration & Secure Deployment

Migration completes with zero access gaps

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The problem

Security tool migrations (EDR swap, SIEM change, SSO IdP migration, MDM replacement) are multi-quarter projects with major risk. Migration windows have gaps in coverage; old + new tools conflict; policy translation between vendors loses fidelity; users experience friction; the migration ends up 6-12 months late with permanent parallel-run of old + new. Meanwhile new-vendor cost is doubled + old-vendor cost never fully retired.

At a glance
Trigger
Form
Approvals
Security + IT lead approval per phase
What it does
Writes to your systems
Systems
Identity · EDR · MDM
How it feels in production

An hour-by-hour walkthrough.

Company decides to migrate from CrowdStrike to SentinelOne (or Okta to Azure AD, or Splunk to Elastic — same pattern). Sig orchestrates the migration: **Planning phase (weeks 1-4)** - Inventory of every source system's usage (agent deployment, policy configuration, integration points) - Policy translation: each source-tool policy mapped to equivalent target-tool policy - Gap analysis: features in source not available in target; workarounds identified - Rollout plan: pilot cohort, staged waves, coexistence + cutover strategy **Pilot phase (weeks 5-8)** - Deploy target tool alongside source on pilot cohort (100 employees) - Compare detection + coverage + performance parity between tools - Refine policies based on pilot learnings **Staged rollout (weeks 9-20)** - Deploy in waves of 500 users. Each wave: install target, validate parity, remove source, verify no coverage gap. - Sig tracks each user's migration state, catches failures, retries or escalates - Users see structured comms: what's changing, when, what if issues **Cutover + retirement (weeks 21-24)** - Final users migrated - Source tool retired per contract; license terminated - Migration retrospective + policy audit Migration completes in 24 weeks instead of 12+ months. No coverage gaps; no permanent dual-run; policy fidelity preserved.
How it works

Step by step.

  1. 01

    Comprehensive inventory + policy translation

    Every deployment, every policy, every integration. Source-to-target policy mapping with fidelity assessment.

    Source tool APIs · Target tool APIs · Policy translation
  2. 02

    Pilot validation

    Small cohort with coexistence. Parity comparison; policy refinement.

    Pilot cohort · Parity monitoring
  3. 03

    Staged rollout with per-wave verification

    Waves of 500 users. Install target, validate, remove source, verify. Sig tracks per user; catches failures.

    MDM · Deployment automation · Per-user tracking
  4. 04

    User communication + support

    Structured comms about changes. Support flow for migration issues. FAQ + escalation path.

    Email · Slack · Support ticketing
  5. 05

    Retirement + audit

    Source tool retired. License terminated. Migration audit for gaps or policy translation issues.

    Contract management · Audit + retrospective
Systems and wiring

What you connect to make this run.

Source + target tool APIs

read+write

Both tools operated in parallel during migration. Per-user state tracked across both.

MDM · Deployment automation

read+write

Deployment orchestration for install + uninstall. Wave-based rollout with rollback capability.

Slack · Teams · Email

read+write

User communication + support. Structured messaging reduces migration friction.

Contract management + licensing

read+write

Source-tool retirement + license termination. Timeline coordinated with migration completion.

What changes

Before and after, honestly.

Migration duration (planning to source-tool retirement)
Before
12-24 months
After
5-9 months
Coverage gap incidents during migration
Before
3-15
After
0-2
% of policies migrated with fidelity
Before
60-80%
After
95%+
Cost of parallel-run period
Before
6-12 months double-cost
After
1-3 months double-cost
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Frequently asked

Answers about this playbook.

What if the pilot reveals target tool doesn't meet needs?

Pilot as decision gate. If gaps too large, halt migration + reconsider. Better to abandon early than force incomplete migration.

How does it handle policies that don't have direct equivalents?

Gap analysis surfaces these early. Custom target-tool rules developed; occasionally requires vendor-side feature work.

What about user friction during migration?

User communication + support reduce friction. Some short-term friction accepted for long-term benefit; managed transparently.

Can we migrate across cloud providers (AWS to GCP)?

Same pattern for cloud infrastructure migrations. Longer horizon; typically multi-quarter for large infrastructure.

How does it interact with vendor negotiations (leverage from migration threat)?

Migration planning provides vendor-negotiation leverage. Willingness to migrate credibly changes vendor pricing behavior.

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