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Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Exam Ref SC-200 Certification Guide

By : Trevor Stuart, Joe Anich
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Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Exam Ref SC-200 Certification Guide

By: Trevor Stuart, Joe Anich

Overview of this book

Security in information technology has always been a topic of discussion, one that comes with various backgrounds, tools, responsibilities, education, and change! The SC-200 exam comprises a wide range of topics that introduce Microsoft technologies and general operations for security analysts in enterprises. This book is a comprehensive guide that covers the usefulness and applicability of Microsoft Security Stack in the daily activities of an enterprise security operations analyst. Starting with a quick overview of what it takes to prepare for the exam, you'll understand how to implement the learning in real-world scenarios. You'll learn to use Microsoft's security stack, including Microsoft 365 Defender, and Microsoft Sentinel, to detect, protect, and respond to adversary threats in your enterprise. This book will take you from legacy on-premises SOC and DFIR tools to leveraging all aspects of the M365 Defender suite as a modern replacement in a more effective and efficient way. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to plan, deploy, and operationalize Microsoft's security stack in your enterprise and gained the confidence to pass the SC-200 exam.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1 – Exam Overview and Evolution of Security Operations
4
Section 2 – Implementing Microsoft 365 Defender Solutions
8
Section 3 – Familiarizing Yourself with Alerts, Incidents, Evidence, and Dashboards
13
Section 4 – Setting Up and Connecting Data Sources to Microsoft Sentinel
15
Section 5 – Hunting Threats within Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Sentinel

Triaging and responding to alerts

Triaging and responding to alerts is one of if not the most important part of this whole process. No matter how many security products you have, no matter how well you have them configured, threat actors will always find a way if they have to. This is why responding to and accurately assessing alerts is crucial. Being able to contain a breach quickly and confidently can make or break a company. In this section of the chapter, we'll cover some alerts around the reconnaissance phase. From there, we'll piece together what's happening and how we can respond.

Let's start with some alerts we might see as an attack ensues, and what they might mean. In Figure 7.30, we see the beginning of some reconnaissance. Network mapping reconnaissance, for example, is a method to map out the environment and build out a knowledge base for later use. In the following example, we see srv2012r2 appears to be requesting some suspicious DNS queries from...