Huntress should always escalate when a newly discovered device is not sending SIEM logs, regardless of the status of its other agents. After the device has established a history of successfully reporting, Huntress can use EDR and Microsoft Defender status to determine whether a future reporting gap requires escalation. When a device first checks in but does not send SIEM logs, Huntress should always create an escalation because this may indicate a missed deployment, misconfiguration, or allowlisting issue. The status of other agents should not suppress this initial alert. After a learning period, such as seven days of confirmed operation and successful SIEM reporting, Huntress should correlate future reporting gaps with the EDR and Defender agents on that same device. If either agent remains online while SIEM logs stop, Huntress should escalate because the device is active and the logging failure requires attention. If all available agents are offline, Huntress can reasonably classify the device as offline and suppress the missing-log escalation until it returns.