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Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration

By : Peter Rising
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Book Image

Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration

5 (1)
By: Peter Rising

Overview of this book

The Microsoft 365 Security, Compliance, and Identity Administration is designed to help you manage, implement, and monitor security and compliance solutions for Microsoft 365 environments. With this book, you’ll first configure, administer identity and access within Microsoft 365. You’ll learn about hybrid identity, authentication methods, and conditional access policies with Microsoft Intune. Next, you’ll discover how RBAC and Azure AD Identity Protection can be used to detect risks and secure information in your organization. You’ll also explore concepts such as Microsoft Defender for endpoint and identity, along with threat intelligence. As you progress, you’ll uncover additional tools and techniques to configure and manage Microsoft 365, including Azure Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. By the end of this book, you’ll be well-equipped to manage and implement security measures within your Microsoft 365 suite successfully.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
1
Part 1: Implementing and Managing Identity and Access
7
Part 2: Implementing and Managing Threat Protection
13
Part 3: Implementing and Managing Information Protection
17
Part 4: Managing Compliance Features in Microsoft 365

Managing and resolving risk events

The Report section of Azure AD Identity Protection provides administrators the ability to review and resolve events and detections, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 5.23: Reports

Figure 5.23: Reports

You can carry out investigations based on what is recorded through the options and take steps to resolve any risks as well as to unblock any users who may have been blocked, provided it is safe to do so.

The following covers each of the options within the Report section in detail.

Examining users at risk

A risky user is someone whose activity has matched the risk level set in Azure AD Identity Protection. When a risk is detected, alerts are sent to administrators, as discussed earlier in this chapter. However, it is important to proactively review the list of users at risk in Azure AD Identity Protection in the Azure portal and take corrective actions.

Under Risky Users, you will see a list of the users within your tenant...