The Microsoft Security Operations Analyst collaborates with organizational stakeholders to secure information technology systems for the organization. Their goal is to reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment, advising on improvements to threat protection practices, and referring violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders.
Responsibilities include threat management, monitoring, and response by using a variety of security solutions across their environment. The role primarily investigates, responds to, and hunts for threats using Microsoft Azure Sentinel, Azure Defender, Microsoft 365 Defender, and third-party security products. Since the Security Operations Analyst consumes the operational output of these tools, they are also a critical stakeholder in the configuration and deployment of these technologies.
Course content
1. Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender
- Introduction to threat protection with Microsoft 365
- Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender
- Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Microsoft Defender for Identity
- Protect your identities with Azure AD Identity Protection
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Respond to data loss prevention alerts using Microsoft 365
- Manage insider risk in Microsoft 365
Lab : Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender
- Explore Microsoft 365 Defender
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain how the threat landscape is evolving
- Manage incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Conduct advanced hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Investigate alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Describe the investigation and remediation features of Azure Active Directory Identity Protection
- Explain how Cloud Discovery helps you see what’s going on in your organization
2. Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
- Implement Windows security enhancements
- Perform device investigations
- Perform actions on a device
- Perform evidence and entities investigations
- Configure and manage automation
- Configure for alerts and detections
- Utilize Threat and Vulnerability Management
Lab : Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender for Endpoint
- Deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Mitigate Attacks using Defender for Endpoint
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment settings
- Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows devices
- Describe device forensics information collected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Conduct forensics data collection using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Investigate user accounts in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Manage automation settings in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Manage indicators in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Describe Threat and Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
3. Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Lab : Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Deploy Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Mitigate Attacks with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud features
- Explain which workloads are protected by Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Explain how Microsoft Defender for Cloud protections function
- Configure auto-provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Describe manual provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Connect non-Azure machines to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Describe alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Remediate alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Automate responses in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
4. Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel
- Analyze query results using KQL
- Build multi-table statements using KQL
- Work with string data using KQL statements
Lab : Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Construct KQL statements
- Search log files for security events using KQL
- Filter searches based on event time, severity, domain, and other relevant data using KQL
- Summarize data using KQL statements
- Render visualizations using KQL statements
- Extract data from unstructured string fields using KQL
- Extract data from structured string data using KQL
- Create Functions using KQL
5. Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment
- Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel
- Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces
- Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel
- Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel
Lab : Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment
- Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Identify the various components and functionality of Microsoft Sentinel.
- Identify use cases where Microsoft Sentinel would be a good solution.
- Describe Microsoft Sentinel workspace architecture
- Install Microsoft Sentinel workspace
- Manage an Microsoft Sentinel workspace
- Create a watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use KQL to access the watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
- Manage threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use KQL to access threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
6. Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
- Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect Microsoft 365 Defender to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel
Lab : Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
- Connect Windows devices to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
- Connect Linux hosts to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
- Connect Threat intelligence to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the use of data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel
- Explain the Common Event Format and Syslog connector differences in Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect Microsoft service connectors
- Explain how connectors auto-create incidents in Microsoft Sentinel
- Activate the Microsoft 365 Defender connector in Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect Azure Windows Virtual Machines to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect non-Azure Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
- Configure Log Analytics agent to collect Sysmon events
- Explain the Common Event Format connector deployment options in Microsoft Sentinel
- Configure the TAXII connector in Microsoft Sentinel
- View threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
7. Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel
- Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
- Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
- Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks
- User and entity behavior analytics in Microsoft Sentinel
- Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel
Lab : Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel
- Activate a Microsoft Security rule
- Create a Playbook
- Create a Scheduled Query
- Understand Detection Modeling
- Conduct attacks
- Create detections
- Investigate incidents
- Create workbooks
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the importance of Microsoft Sentinel Analytics.
- Create rules from templates.
- Manage rules with modifications.
- Explain Microsoft Sentinel SOAR capabilities.
- Create a playbook to automate an incident response.
- Investigate and manage incident resolution.
- Explain User and Entity Behavior Analytics in Microsoft Sentinel
- Explore entities in Microsoft Sentinel
- Visualize security data using Microsoft Sentinel workbooks.
8. Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
- Threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
- Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
- Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel
Lab : Threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
- Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
- Threat hunting using notebooks with Microsoft Sentinel
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe threat hunting concepts for use with Microsoft Sentinel
- Define a threat hunting hypothesis for use in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use queries to hunt for threats.
- Observe threats over time with livestream.
- Explore API libraries for advanced threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
- Create and use notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel
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Course Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of Microsoft 365
- Fundamental understanding of Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products
- Intermediate understanding of Windows 10
- Familiarity with Azure services, specifically Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage
- Familiarity with Azure virtual machines and virtual networking
- Basic understanding of scripting concepts.
Who can attend
- Security Operations Analysts or anyone aspiring to work in this role
- Anyone working in IT with exposure to Security Operations
- Any IT enthusiast who wants to learn about Microsoft Security technologies
- Candidates for the SC-200 exam
Number of Hours: 30hrs
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