SC 5001- Configure SIEM Security Operations Using Microsoft Sentinel

Audience:

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, advise 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 Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Defender XDR, 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.

Prerequisites:

Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Azure. Basic understanding of Microsoft Sentinel. Experience using Kusto Query Language (KQL) in Microsoft Sentinel

Course Description:

Get started with Microsoft Sentinel security operations by configuring the Microsoft Sentinel workspace, connecting Microsoft services and Windows security events to Microsoft Sentinel, configuring Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules, and responding to threats with automated responses.

Course Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to: 

• Create and configure a Microsoft Sentinel workspace
• Deploy a Microsoft Sentinel content hub solution
• Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure analytics rules in Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure automation in Microsoft Sentinel