Understanding Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Defender provides a comprehensive suite of security tools designed to protect your Microsoft 365 environment from various threats. This chapter covers essential recipes for utilizing Microsoft Defender to enhance your organization’s security posture. You’ll learn how to set up policies, monitor reports, and use advanced security features to ensure your data and users are protected.
We will cover the following recipes in this chapter:
- Creating a threat protection policy
- Setting up a Safe Links policy
- Setting up a Safe Attachments policy
- Accessing and reviewing an organization’s Secure Score
- Complying with Secure Score security configuration recommendations
- Assigning permissions for non-IT users to Microsoft Defender
- Monitoring Microsoft Defender reports
- Utilizing threat investigation and response capabilities
- Utilizing automated investigation and response capabilities
