SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

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.

Opit tutkimaan, reagoimaan ja etsimään uhkia Microsoft Azure Sentinelin, Azure Defenderin ja Microsoft 365 Defenderin avulla. Tällä kurssilla opit vähentämään kyberuhkia näiden tekniikoiden avulla. Käytät Azure Sentinel -ohjelmaa ja hyödynnät Kusto-Query Language (KQL) havaitsemiseen, analysointiin ja raportointiin.

• 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.

SC-200:  Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

Module 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
• Azure AD Identity Protection
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Respond to data loss prevention alerts
• Manage insider risk in Microsoft 365

Module 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 10 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 Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Module 3: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Plan for cloud workload protections
• Connect Azure assets
• Connect non-Azure resources
• Manage cloud security posture management
• Workload protections
• Remediate security alerts

Module 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

Module 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

Module 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

Module 7: Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel

• Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
• Automation in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks
• Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
• Entity behavior analytics in Microsoft Sentinel
• Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel
• Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel
• Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 8: Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel

• Threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
• Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel
• Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel