Introduction to Microsoft 365 threat protection
- Understand Microsoft Defender XDR solutions by domain
- Understand the Microsoft Defender XDR role in a Modern SOC
Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender
- Manage incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Investigate incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Conduct advanced hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender
Protect your identities with Microsoft Entra ID Protection
- Describe the features of Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
- Describe the investigation and remediation features of Microsoft Entra ID Protection.
Case study: Design security solutions for infrastructure
- How to analyze business requirements
- How to match technical capabilities to meet those needs
- How to design cohesive solutions that incorporate all of the required functions
Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Office 365.
- Understand how to simulate attacks within your network.
- Explain how Microsoft Defender for Office 365 can remediate risks in your environment.
Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity
- Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Identity.
- Understand how to configure Microsoft Defender for Identity sensors.
- Explain how Microsoft Defender for Identity can remediate risks in your environment.
Secure your cloud apps and services with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Define the Defender for Cloud Apps framework
- Explain how Cloud Discovery helps you see what’s going on in your organization
- Understand how to use Conditional Access App Control policies to control access to the apps in your organization
Respond to data loss prevention alerts using Microsoft 365
- Describe data loss prevention (DLP) components in Microsoft 365
- Investigate DLP alerts in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal
- Investigate DLP alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
Manage insider risk in Microsoft Purview
- Explain how Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management can help prevent, detect, and contain internal risks in an organization.
- Describe the types of built-in, pre-defined policy templates.
- List the prerequisites that need to be met before creating insider risk policies.
- Explain the types of actions you can take on an insider risk management case.
Investigate threats by using audit features in Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Purview Standard
- Describe the differences between Audit (Standard) and Audit (Premium).
- Start recording user and admin activity in the Unified Audit Log (UAL).
- Identify the core features of the Audit (Standard) solution.
- Set up and implement audit log searching using the Audit (Standard) solution.
- Export, configure, and view audit log records.
- Use audit log searching to troubleshoot common support issues.
Investigate threats using audit in Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Purview (Premium)
- Describe the differences between Audit (Standard) and Audit (Premium).
- Set up and implement Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium).
- Create audit log retention policies.
- Perform forensic investigations of compromised user accounts.
Investigate threats with Content search in Microsoft Purview
- Describe how to use content search in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
- Design and create a content search.
- Preview the search results.
- View the search statistics.
- Export the search results and search report.
- Configure search permission filtering.
Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
- Understand how to hunt threats within your network.
- Explain how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can remediate risks in your environment
Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
- Create a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
- Onboard devices to be monitored by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment settings
Implement Windows security enhancements with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Explain Attack Surface Reduction in Windows
- Enable Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows 10 devices
- Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows 10 devices
Perform device investigations in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Use the device page in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Describe device forensics information collected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Describe behavioral blocking by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Conduct forensics data collection using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Access devices remotely using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Perform evidence and entities investigations using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Investigate files in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Investigate domains and IP addresses in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Investigate user accounts in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Configure and manage automation using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Configure advanced features of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Manage automation settings in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Configure for alerts and detections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Configure alert settings in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Manage indicators in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Utilize Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Describe Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Identify vulnerabilities on your devices with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Track emerging threats in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud features
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud workload protections
- Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Explore Azure assets
- Configure auto-provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Describe manual provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Connect non-Azure machines to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Connect AWS accounts to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Connect GCP accounts to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Manage your cloud security posture management
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud features.
- Explain the Microsoft Defender for Cloud security posture management protections for your resources.
Explain cloud workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Explain which workloads are protected by Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Describe the benefits of the protections offered by Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Explain how Microsoft Defender for Cloud protections function
Remediate security alerts using 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
Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel
- 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
Analyze query results using KQL
- Summarize data using KQL statements
- Render visualizations using KQL statements
Build multi-table statements using KQL
- Create queries using unions to view results across multiple tables using KQL
- Merge two tables with the join operator using KQL
Work with data in Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language
- Extract data from unstructured string fields using KQL
- Extract data from structured string data using KQL
- Create Functions using KQL
Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel
- Identify the various components and functionality of Microsoft Sentinel.
- Identify use cases where Microsoft Sentinel would be a good solution.
Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces
- Describe Microsoft Sentinel workspace architecture
- Install Microsoft Sentinel workspace
- Manage a Microsoft Sentinel workspace
Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use the Logs page to view data tables in Microsoft Sentinel
- Query the most used tables using Microsoft Sentinel
Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel
- Create a watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use KQL to access the watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel
- Manage threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use KQL to access threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
- Describe how to install Content Hub Solutions to provision Microsoft Sentinel Data connectors
- Explain the use of data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel
- Describe the Microsoft Sentinel data connector providers
- Explain the Common Event Format and Syslog connector differences in Microsoft Sentinel
Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect Microsoft service connectors
- Explain how connectors auto-create incidents in Microsoft Sentinel
Connect Microsoft Defender XDR to Microsoft Sentinel
- Activate the Microsoft Defender XDR connector in Microsoft Sentinel
- Activate the Microsoft Defender for Cloud connector in Microsoft Sentinel
- Activate the Microsoft Defender for IoT connector in Microsoft Sentinel
Connect Windows hosts to 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
Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel
- Describe the Azure Monitor Agent Data Collection Rule (DCR) for Syslog
- Install and Configure the Azure Monitor Linux Agent extension with the Syslog DCR
- Run the Azure Arc Linux deployment and connection scripts
- Verify Syslog log data is available in Microsoft Sentinel
- Create a parser using KQL in Microsoft Sentinel
Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel
- Configure the TAXII connector in Microsoft Sentinel
- Configure the Threat Intelligence Platform connector in Microsoft Sentinel
- View threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
- Explain the importance of Microsoft Sentinel Analytics.
- Explain different types of analytics rules.
- Create rules from templates.
- Create new analytics rules and queries using the analytics rule wizard.
- Manage rules with modifications.
Automation in Microsoft Sentinel
- Explain automation options in Microsoft Sentinel
- Create automation rules in Microsoft Sentinel
Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks
- Explain Microsoft Sentinel SOAR capabilities.
- Explore the Microsoft Sentinel Logic Apps connector.
- Create a playbook to automate an incident response.
- Run a playbook on demand in response to an incident.
Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
- Learn about security incidents and Microsoft Sentinel incident management.
- Explore Microsoft Sentinel incident evidence and entities.
- Use Microsoft Sentinel to investigate security incidents and manage incident resolution.
Identify threats with Behavioral Analytics
- Explain User and Entity Behavior Analytics in Azure Sentinel
- Explore entities in Microsoft Sentinel
Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use ASIM Parsers
- Create ASIM Parser
- Create parameterized KQL functions
Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel
- Visualize security data using Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks.
- Understand how queries work.
- Explore workbook capabilities.
- Create a Microsoft Sentinel Workbook.
Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel
- Install a content hub solution in Microsoft Sentinel
- Connect a GitHub repository to Microsoft Sentinel
Explain threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
- Describe threat hunting concepts for use with Microsoft Sentinel
- Define a threat hunting hypothesis for use in Microsoft Sentinel
Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
- Use queries to hunt for threats.
- Save key findings with bookmarks.
- Observe threats over time with livestream.
Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel
- Use Search Jobs in Microsoft Sentinel
- Restore archive logs in Microsoft Sentinel
Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel
- Explore API libraries for advanced threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
- Describe notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel
- Create and use notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel
