Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

The SC-200T00 course is designed to provide an introduction to the security concepts and features of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. It covers topics such as threat protection, vulnerability management, endpoint security management, and incident response.
The course is intended for security professionals who want to gain a better understanding of how to use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to protect their organization’s endpoints against various threats.
By the end of the course, learners should be able to identify and respond to various types of endpoint threats, manage security configurations for endpoints, and investigate and remediate security incidents.

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, advising 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 365 Defender, 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.

• Explain how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can remediate risks in your environment
• Administer a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
• Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows devices
• Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Investigate domains and IP addresses in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Investigate user accounts in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure alert settings in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Explain how the threat landscape is evolving
• Conduct advanced hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Manage incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Explain how Microsoft Defender for Identity can remediate risks in your environment
• Investigate DLP alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Explain the types of actions you can take on an insider risk management case
• Configure auto-provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Remediate alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Construct KQL statements
• Filter searches based on event time, severity, domain, and other relevant data using KQL
• Extract data from unstructured string fields using KQL
• Manage a Microsoft Sentinel workspace
• Use KQL to access the watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
• Manage threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
• Explain the Common Event Format and Syslog connector differences in Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Azure Windows Virtual Machines to Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure Log Analytics agent to collect Sysmon events
• Create new analytics rules and queries using the analytics rule wizard
• Create a playbook to automate an incident response
• Use queries to hunt for threats
• Observe threats over time with livestream 

• Basic understanding of Microsoft 365
• Fundamental understanding of Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products
• Intermediate understanding of Windows 10
• Familiarity with Azure services, specifically Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage
• Familiarity with Azure virtual machines and virtual networking
• Basic understanding of scripting concepts.

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Preparation for exam: SC-200

1. Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender:

Lessons

• Introduction to threat protection with Microsoft 365
• Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender
• Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Protect your identities with Azure AD Identity Protection
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
• Respond to data loss prevention alerts using Microsoft 365
• Manage insider risk in Microsoft 365

Lab: Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender

• Explore Microsoft 365 Defender

2. Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint:

Lessons

• Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
• Implement Windows security enhancements
• Perform device investigations
• Perform actions on a device
• Perform evidence and entities investigations
• Configure and manage automation
• Configure for alerts and detections
• Utilize Threat and Vulnerability Management

Lab: Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender for Endpoint

• Deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Mitigate Attacks using Defender for Endpoint

3. Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud:

Lessons

• Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Lab: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Deploy Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Mitigate Attacks with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

4. Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL):

Lessons

• Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel
• Analyze query results using KQL
• Build multi-table statements using KQL
• Work with string data using KQL statements

Lab: Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)

• Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)

Module 5: Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment:

Lessons

• Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel
• Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces
• Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel
• Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel
• Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment

• Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment

6. Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel:

Lessons

• Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Microsoft 365 Defender to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel

• Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Windows devices to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Linux hosts to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Threat intelligence to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors

7. Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel:

Lessons

• Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
• Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks
• User and entity behavior analytics in Microsoft Sentinel
• Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel

• Activate a Microsoft Security rule
• Create a Playbook
• Create a Scheduled Query
• Understand Detection Modeling
• Conduct attacks
• Create detections
• Investigate incidents
• Create workbooks

8. Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel:

Lessons

• Threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
• Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel

Lab: Threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel

• Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat hunting using notebooks with Microsoft Sentinel