SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Duration: 4 Days

Course details

Module 1: Introduction to Microsoft 365 threat protection

• Understand Microsoft 365 Defender solution by domain
• Understand Microsoft 365 Defender role in a Modern SOC

Module 2: Mitigate incidents using Microsoft 365 Defender

• Manage incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Investigate incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
• Conduct advanced hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender

Module 3: Protect your identities with Azure AD Identity Protection

• Describe the features of Azure Active Directory Identity Protection
• Describe the investigation and remediation features of Azure Active Directory Identity Protection

Module 4: Remediate risks with Microsoft Defender for Office 365

• Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Understand how to simulate attacks within your network
• Explain how Microsoft Defender for Office 365 can remediate risks in your environment

Module 5: Safeguard your environment with Microsoft Defender for Identity

• Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Understand how to configure Microsoft Defender for Identity sensors
• Explain how Microsoft Defender for Identity can remediate risks in your environment

Module 6: Secure your cloud apps and services with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

• Define the Defender for Cloud Apps framework
• Explain how Cloud Discovery helps you see what's going on in your organization
• Understand how to use Conditional Access App Control policies to control access to the apps in your organization

Module 7: Respond to data loss prevention alerts using Microsoft 365

• Describe data loss prevention (DLP) components in Microsoft 365
• Investigate DLP alerts in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal
• Investigate DLP alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Module 8: Manage insider risk in Microsoft Purview

• Explain how Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management can help prevent, detect, and contain internal risks in an organization
• Describe the types of built-in, pre-defined policy templates
• List the prerequisites that need to be met before creating insider risk policies
• Explain the types of actions you can take on an insider risk management case

Module 9: Investigate threats by using audit features in Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Purview Standard

• Describe the differences between Audit (Standard) and Audit (Premium)
• Start recording user and admin activity in the Unified Audit Log (UAL)
• Identify the core features of the Audit (Standard) solution
• Set up and implement audit log searching using the Audit (Standard) solution
• Export, configure, and view audit log records
• Use audit log searching to troubleshoot common support issues

Module 10: Investigate threats using audit in Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Purview (Premium)

• Describe the differences between Audit (Standard) and Audit (Premium)
• Set up and implement Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium)
• Create audit log retention policies
• Perform forensic investigations of compromised user accounts

Module 11: Investigate threats with Content search in Microsoft Purview

• Describe how to use content search in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal
• Design and create a content search
• Preview the search results
• View the search statistics
• Export the search results and search report
• Configure search permission filtering

Module 12: Protect against threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
• Understand how to hunt threats within your network.
• Explain how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can remediate risks in your environment.

Module 13: Manage insider risk in Microsoft Purview

• Explain how Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management can help prevent, detect, and contain internal risks in an organization
• Describe the types of built-in, pre-defined policy templates
• List the prerequisites that need to be met before creating insider risk policies
• Explain the types of actions you can take on an insider risk management case

Module 14: Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment

• Create a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
• Onboard devices to be monitored by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment settings

Module 15: Implement Windows security enhancements with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Explain Attack Surface Reduction in Windows
• Enable Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows 10 devices
• Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows 10 devices

Module 16: Perform device investigations in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Use the device page in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Describe device forensics information collected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Describe behavioral blocking by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Module 17: Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Perform actions on a device using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Conduct forensics data collection using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Access devices remotely using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Module 18: Perform evidence and entities investigations using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Investigate files in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Investigate domains and IP addresses in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Investigate user accounts in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Module 19: Configure and manage automation using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Configure advanced features of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Manage automation settings in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Module 20: Configure for alerts and detections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Configure alert settings in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Manage indicators in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Module 21: Utilize Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Describe Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Identify vulnerabilities on your devices with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Track emerging threats in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Module 22: Plan for cloud workload protections using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud features
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud workload protections
• Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Module 23: Connect Azure assets to Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Explore Azure assets
• Configure auto-provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Describe manual provisioning in Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Module 24: Connect non-Azure resources to Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Connect non-Azure machines to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect AWS accounts to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect GCP accounts to Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Module 25: Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment

• Create a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment
• Onboard devices to be monitored by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment settings

Module 26: Manage your cloud security posture management

• Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud features
• Explain the Microsoft Defender for Cloud security posture management protections for your resources

Module 27: Explain cloud workload protections in Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Explain which workloads are protected by Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Describe the benefits of the protections offered by Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Explain how Microsoft Defender for Cloud protections function

Module 28: Remediate security alerts using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Describe alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Remediate alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Automate responses in Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Module 29: Construct KQL statements for Microsoft Sentinel

• Construct KQL statements
• Search log files for security events using KQL
• Filter searches based on event time, severity, domain, and other relevant data using KQL

Module 30: Analyze query results using KQL

• Summarize data using KQL statements
• Render visualizations using KQL statements

Module 31: Build multi-table statements using KQL

• Create queries using unions to view results across multiple tables using KQL
• Merge two tables with the join operator using KQL

Module 32: Work with data in Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language

• Extract data from unstructured string fields using KQL
• Extract data from structured string data using KQL
• Create Functions using KQL

Module 33: Introduction to Microsoft Sentinel

• Identify the various components and functionality of Microsoft Sentinel.
• Identify use cases where Microsoft Sentinel would be a good solution.

Module 34: Create and manage Microsoft Sentinel workspaces

• Describe Microsoft Sentinel workspace architecture
• Install Microsoft Sentinel workspace
• Manage a Microsoft Sentinel workspace

Module 35: Query logs in Microsoft Sentinel

• Use the Logs page to view data tables in Microsoft Sentinel
• Query the most used tables using Microsoft Sentinel

Module 36: Use watchlists in Microsoft Sentinel

• Create a watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel
• Use KQL to access the watchlist in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 37: Utilize threat intelligence in Microsoft Sentinel

• Manage threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel
• Use KQL to access threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 38: Connect data to Microsoft Sentinel using data connectors

• Describe how to install Content Hub Solutions to provision Microsoft Sentinel Data connectors
• Explain the use of data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel
• Describe the Microsoft Sentinel data connector providers
• Explain the Common Event Format and Syslog connector differences in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 39: Connect Microsoft services to Microsoft Sentinel

• Connect Microsoft service connectors
• Explain how connectors auto-create incidents in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 40: Connect Microsoft 365 Defender to Microsoft Sentinel

• Activate the Microsoft 365 Defender connector in Microsoft Sentinel
• Activate the Microsoft Defender for Cloud connector in Microsoft Sentinel
• Activate the Microsoft Defender for IoT connector in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 41: Connect Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel

• Connect Azure Windows Virtual Machines to Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect non-Azure Windows hosts to Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure Log Analytics agent to collect Sysmon events

Module 42: Connect Common Event Format logs to Microsoft Sentinel

• Explain the Common Event Format connector deployment options in Microsoft Sentinel
• Run the deployment script for the Common Event Format connector

Module 43: Connect syslog data sources to Microsoft Sentinel

• Describe the Azure Monitor Agent Data Collection Rule (DCR) for Syslog
• Install and Configure the Azure Monitor Linux Agent extension with the Syslog DCR
• Run the Azure Arc Linux deployment and connection scripts
• Verify Syslog log data is available in Microsoft Sentinel
• Create a parser using KQL in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 44: Connect threat indicators to Microsoft Sentinel

• Configure the TAXII connector in Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure the Threat Intelligence Platform connector in Microsoft Sentinel
• View threat indicators in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 45: Threat detection with Microsoft Sentinel analytics

• Explain the importance of Microsoft Sentinel Analytics
• Explain different types of analytics rules
• Create rules from templates
• Create new analytics rules and queries using the analytics rule wizard
• Manage rules with modifications

Module 46: Automation in Microsoft Sentinel

• Explain automation options in Microsoft Sentinel
• Create automation rules in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 47: Security incident management in Microsoft Sentinel

• Learn about security incidents and Microsoft Sentinel incident management
• Explore Microsoft Sentinel incident evidence and entities
• Use Microsoft Sentinel to investigate security incidents and manage incident resolution

Module 48: Identify threats with Behavioral Analytics

• Explain User and Entity Behavior Analytics in Azure Sentinel
• Explore entities in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 49: Data normalization in Microsoft Sentinel

• Use ASIM Parsers
• Create ASIM Parser
• Create parameterized KQL functions

Module 50: Query, visualize, and monitor data in Microsoft Sentinel

• Visualize security data using Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks
• Understand how queries work
• Explore workbook capabilities
• Create a Microsoft Sentinel Workbook

Module 51: Manage content in Microsoft Sentinel

• Install a content hub solution in Microsoft Sentinel
• Connect a GitHub repository to Microsoft Sentinel

Module 52: Explain threat hunting concepts in Microsoft Sentinel

• Describe threat hunting concepts for use with Microsoft Sentinel
• Define a threat hunting hypothesis for use in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 53: Threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel

• Use queries to hunt for threats
• Save key findings with bookmarks
• Observe threats over time with livestream

Module 54: Use Search jobs in Microsoft Sentinel

• Use Search Jobs in Microsoft Sentinel
• Restore archive logs in Microsoft Sentinel

Module 55: Hunt for threats using notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel

• Explore API libraries for advanced threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel
• Describe notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel
• Create and use notebooks in Microsoft Sentinel