Using the M365 security portal

With all of the security tools that are deployed these days and all the different data points, it becomes challenging to keep up with different management consoles and ongoing feature enhancements. With Microsoft, there is a whole suite of security features and functionality that can be enabled for your organization. To help centralize and manage your security with Microsoft, they have provided the M365 security center, which is a place to view, manage, access, and monitor all the M365 security features. This is a very powerful tool for your security operations team and one that will be constantly accessed by that team. To access the M365 security center, browse to https://security.microsoft.com and log in to the management console:

Figure 12.1 – The M365 security center

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To access the M365 security center, you will need to be either a global administrator, security administrator, security operator, or security reader...