Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

Analyze threat data across domains and rapidly remediate threats with built-in orchestration and automation in Microsoft Defender XDR.

Lessons:

• Introduction to Microsoft Defender XDR threat protection
• Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender
• Protect your identities with Microsoft Entra ID Protection
• Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Secure your cloud apps and services with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Get started with Microsoft Copilot for Security. You're introduced to basic terminology, how Microsoft Copilot for Security processes prompts, the elements of an effective prompt, and how to enable the solution.

Lessons:

• Fundamentals of Generative AI
• Describe Microsoft Copilot for Security
• Describe the core features of Microsoft Copilot for Security
• Describe the embedded experiences of Microsoft Copilot for Security
• Explore use cases of Microsoft Copilot for Security

In this Learning Path we focus on Microsoft Purview's risk and compliance solutions that assist security operations analysts detect threats to organizations and identify, classify, and protect sensitive data, as well as monitor and report on compliance.

Lessons:

• Respond to data loss prevention alerts using Microsoft 365
• Manage insider risk in Microsoft Purview
• Search and investigate with Microsoft Purview Audit
• Investigate threats with Content search in Microsoft Purview

Implement the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint platform to detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats.

Lessons:

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

Use Microsoft Defender for Cloud, for Azure, hybrid cloud, and on-premises workload protection and security.

Lessons:

• Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Manage your cloud security posture management
• Explain cloud workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Write Kusto Query Language (KQL) statements to query log data to perform detections, analysis, and reporting in Microsoft Sentinel.

Lessons:

• Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel
• Analyze query results using KQL
• Build multi-table statements using KQL
• Work with data in Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language

Get started with Microsoft Sentinel by properly configuring the Microsoft Sentinel workspace.

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

Connect data at cloud scale across all users, devices, applications, and infrastructure, both on-premises and in multiple clouds to Microsoft Sentinel.

Lessons:

• Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors
• Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect Microsoft Defender XDR 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

Detect previously uncovered threats and rapidly remediate threats with built-in orchestration and automation in Microsoft Sentinel.

Lessons:

• Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
• Automation in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat response with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks
• Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel
• Identify threats with Behavioral Analytics
• Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel
• Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel
• Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel

Proactively hunt for security threats using the Microsoft Sentinel powerful threat hunting tools.

Lessons:

• Explain threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel
• Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel
• Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel
• Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel