You're reading from Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Exam Ref SC-200 Certification Guide Manage, monitor, and respond to threats using Microsoft Security Stack for securing IT systems

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803231891

Length 288 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Concepts

Cybersecurity

Authors (2):

Trevor Stuart

Joe Anich

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1 – Exam Overview and Evolution of Security Operations

2. Chapter 1: Preparing for Your Microsoft Exam and SC-200 Objectives FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: The Evolution of Security and Security Operations

4. Section 2 – Implementing Microsoft 365 Defender Solutions

5. Chapter 3: Implementing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

6. Chapter 4: Implementing Microsoft Defender for Identity

7. Chapter 5: Understanding and Implementing Microsoft Defender for Cloud (Microsoft Defender for Cloud Standard Tier)

8. Section 3 – Familiarizing Yourself with Alerts, Incidents, Evidence, and Dashboards

9. Chapter 6: An Overview: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Alerts, Incidents, Evidence, and Dashboards

10. Chapter 7: Microsoft Defender for Identity, What Happened, Alerts, and Incidents

11. Chapter 8: Microsoft Defender for Office – Threats to Productivity

12. Chapter 9: Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and Protecting Your Cloud Apps

13. Section 4 – Setting Up and Connecting Data Sources to Microsoft Sentinel

14. Chapter 10: Setting Up and Configuring Microsoft Sentinel

15. Section 5 – Hunting Threats within Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Sentinel

16. Chapter 11: Advanced Threat Hunting, Microsoft 365 Defender Portal, and Sentinel

17. Chapter 12: Knowledge Check

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

A quick introduction to the terminology

During this chapter, we will be using the terms feeds and alerts very frequently. We want to ensure that you have a full understanding of the differences and the use cases. What is a feed? What is an alert? Let's get right into this!

Feed

A feed is a constant stream of activity that has been configured for ingestion or analysis. This activity is used for statistical purposes, and sometimes this is referred to as an audit trail or log/logging:

Example: A record of each time a door opens and closes. This would be an audit of how many times and each time the door was opened or shut.

Alert

An alert is a notification generated in response to an event or a sequence of events that is characteristic of suspicious behavior. The alert is intended to bring the event(s) to the attention of an operator or a Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst:

Example: Whenever that same door is slammed opened or slammed shut, an...

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