Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Exam Ref SC-200 Certification Guide

Remediate active attacks to reduce risk to the organization by investigating, hunting, and responding to threats using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Microsoft 365 Defender

Key Features

• Detect, protect, investigate, and remediate threats using Microsoft Defender for endpoint
• Explore multiple tools using the M365 Defender Security Center
• Get ready to overcome real-world challenges as you prepare to take the SC-200 exam

Book Description

Security in information technology has always been a topic of discussion, one that comes with various backgrounds, tools, responsibilities, education, and change! The SC-200 exam comprises a wide range of topics that introduce Microsoft technologies and general operations for security analysts in enterprises. This book is a comprehensive guide that covers the usefulness and applicability of Microsoft Security Stack in the daily activities of an enterprise security operations analyst.

Starting with a quick overview of what it takes to prepare for the exam, you'll understand how to implement the learning in real-world scenarios. You'll learn to use Microsoft's security stack, including Microsoft 365 Defender, and Microsoft Sentinel, to detect, protect, and respond to adversary threats in your enterprise. This book will take you from legacy on-premises SOC and DFIR tools to leveraging all aspects of the M365 Defender suite as a modern replacement in a more effective and efficient way.

By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to plan, deploy, and operationalize Microsoft's security stack in your enterprise and gained the confidence to pass the SC-200 exam.

What you will learn

• Discover how to secure information technology systems for your organization
• Manage cross-domain investigations in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal
• Plan and implement the use of data connectors in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Get to grips with designing and configuring a Microsoft Sentinel workspace
• Configure SOAR (security orchestration, automation, and response) in Microsoft Sentinel
• Find out how to use Microsoft Sentinel workbooks to analyze and interpret data
• Solve mock tests at the end of the book to test your knowledge

Who this book is for

This book is for security professionals, cloud security engineers, and security analysts who want to learn and explore Microsoft Security Stack. Anyone looking to take the SC-200 exam will also find this guide useful. A basic understanding of Microsoft technologies and security concepts will be beneficial.

Table of Contents

1. Preparing for the Microsoft Exam and SC-200 Objectives
2. The Evolution of Security and Security Operations
3. Implementing Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
4. Implementing Microsoft Defender for Identity
5. Understanding and Implementing Microsoft Defender for Cloud (Microsoft Defender for Cloud Standard Tier)
6. An Overview: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Alerts, Incidents, Evidence, and Dashboards
7. Microsoft Defender for Identity: Alerts and Incidents
8. Microsoft Defender for Office: Threats to Productivity
9. Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and Protecting your Cloud Apps
10. Setting Up and Configuring Microsoft Sentinel
11. Advanced Threat Hunting, Microsoft 365 Defender Portal, and Sentinel
12. Knowledge Check

Trevor Stuart has over 15 years of experience in IT. He started with SMS and Active Directory and maintained exposure in the field through various naming changes and technical additions. Trevor has a passion for IT but more so with Cybersecurity. Trevor swiftly moved into Cybersecurity and focused on securing privileged access, hardening operating systems, implementing tiering within AD, tying identities to modern authentication mechanisms, scaling out the identity to the hybrid world, application migration in secure manners in Azure, and leveraging built-in security controls in multiple clouds and platforms to secure workloads. Trevor is a technology enthusiast at heart and the world of Cybersecurity only lights the fire of passion inside of him. Joe Anich has 13 years of experience in the IT industry ranging from endpoint management with a focus in SCCM and Intune, to endpoint security and incident response. As Joe dug deeper into security he realized where his passion resided, and that was in incident response working with the Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART). Working in incident response has given Joe insight into SOC operations and how to help teams around the world improve their security posture within the Microsoft 365 security stack. Outside of IR, he is in constant pursuit of continued education whether that be SANS courses like the GCED or GCFA, or internal threat hunting training.