Book Image

Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Exam Ref SC-200 Certification Guide

By : Trevor Stuart, Joe Anich
Book Image

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

Summary

In this chapter, we covered a lot but also seemingly didn't even touch the surface. There is so much more to each of these categories that I feel each could be a chapter on its own. We covered what Kusto queries are and some best practices to help optimize them. Then, we looked at hunting in the M365 Defender portal and working with the results that have been obtained from queries. From there, we looked at shared queries, as well as the community-provided ones. Don't forget about custom detections, as we spent some time working without ASR rule examples.

Finally, we went through some of the hunting capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel by touching on custom hunting queries, livestream, bookmarks, and hunting with notebooks.

As I said earlier, we hardly touched the services in some of these areas. The goal was to get you more familiar with what they are and how they work so that you're prepared to digest exam questions regarding what they can do and if they...