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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in Depth

You're reading from   Microsoft Defender for Endpoint in Depth Take any organization's endpoint security to the next level

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804615461
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Justen Graves Justen Graves
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Joe Anich Joe Anich
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Unpacking Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
2. Chapter 1: A Brief History of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring Next-Generation Protection 4. Chapter 3: Introduction to Attack Surface Reduction 5. Chapter 4: Understanding Endpoint Detection and Response 6. Part 2: Operationalizing and Integrating the Products
7. Chapter 5: Planning and Preparing for Deployment 8. Chapter 6: Considerations for Deployment and Configuration 9. Chapter 7: Managing and Maintaining the Security Posture 10. Part 3: Operations and Troubleshooting
11. Chapter 8: Establishing Security Operations 12. Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Common Issues 13. Chapter 10: Reference Guide, Tips, and Tricks 14. Index 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding attacks

To understand the steps you should take to investigate a potential compromise, it’s first important to understand the anatomy of an attack, how the industry has defined it over time, as well as how it has evolved to meet the ever-shifting need. Though not all of this will be specifically relevant to MDE and its functionality, it will act as a useful foundation for later concepts.

The Cyber Kill Chain as a framework

Originally derived from a military model, Lockheed Martin originally coined the term Cyber Kill Chain® in a report compartmentalizing common attacks of the time into specific stages. This separation of stages provided security leaders and engineers with a logical framework of how to think about an attack, as well as specific approaches to detection, prevention, and response at each stage. Though the original model has limitations (such as being much too focused on network perimeters for modern cloud approaches), it does provide a...

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