Course Outline
Module 1: Mitigate Threats Using Microsoft Defender
Analyze threat data across domains and rapidly remediate threats with built-in orchestration and automation in Microsoft 365 Defender. This module will provide an overview of cybersecurity threats and how the new threat protection tools from Microsoft can safeguard your organization’s users, devices, and data. You will learn about advanced detection and remediation techniques to protect Azure Active Directory identities and applications from compromise.
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
- Azure AD Identity Protection
- Microsoft Cloud App Security
- Respond to Data Loss Prevention Alerts
- Manage Insider Risk in Microsoft 365
Lab: Mitigate Threats Using Microsoft Defender
- Explore Microsoft 365 Defender
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain how the threat landscape is evolving
- Manage incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Conduct advanced hunting in Microsoft 365 Defender
- Investigate alerts in Microsoft Defender
- Describe the investigation and remediation features of Azure Active Directory Identity Protection
- Define the Cloud App Security framework
- Explain how Cloud Discovery helps you see what's going on in your organization
Module 2: Mitigate Threats Using Microsoft 365 Defender for Endpoint
Implement the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint platform to detect, investigate, and respond to advanced threats. This module will guide you through how Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can help your organization stay secure. You will learn about deploying the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment, including onboarding devices and configuring security settings. The module also covers investigating incidents and alerts using Microsoft Defender for Endpoints, performing advanced hunting with threat experts, and managing automation in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Additionally, you will explore how Threat and Vulnerability Management can help identify weaknesses in your environment.
Lessons
- Protect Against Threats with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Deploy the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Environment
- Implement Windows 10 Security Enhancements
- Perform Device Investigations
- Perform Actions on a Device
- Perform Evidence and Entities Investigations
- Configure for Alerts and Detections
- Manage Insider Risk in Microsoft 365
- 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
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Define the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment settings
- Configure Attack Surface Reduction rules on Windows 10 devices
- Describe device forensics information collected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Conduct forensics data collection using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Investigate user accounts in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Manage automation settings in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Manage indicators in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Describe Threat and Vulnerability Management in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Module 3: Mitigate Threats Using Azure Defender
Use Azure Defender, integrated with Azure Security Center, to protect Azure, hybrid cloud, and on-premises workloads. This module will cover the purpose of Azure Defender, its relationship to Azure Security Center, and how to enable Azure Defender. You will also learn about the protections and detections provided by Azure Defender for each cloud workload and how to add Azure Defender capabilities to your hybrid environment.
Lessons
- Plan for Cloud Workload Protections Using Azure Defender
- Explain Cloud Workload Protections in Azure Defender
- Connect Azure Assets to Azure Defender
- Connect Non-Azure Resources to Azure Defender
- Remediate Security Alerts Using Azure Defender
Lab: Mitigate Threats Using Azure Defender
- Deploy Azure Defender
- Mitigate Attacks with Azure Defender
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe Azure Defender features
- Explain Azure Security Center features
- Explain which workloads are protected by Azure Defender
- Explain how Azure Defender protections function
- Configure auto-provisioning in Azure Defender
- Describe manual provisioning in Azure Defender
- Connect non-Azure machines to Azure Defender
- Describe alerts in Azure Defender
- Remediate alerts in Azure Defender
- Automate responses in Azure Defender
Module 4: Create Queries for Azure Sentinel Using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Write Kusto Query Language (KQL) statements to query log data for detections, analysis, and reporting in Azure Sentinel. This module will focus on the most commonly used operators, with example KQL statements showcasing security-related table queries. You will learn how basic KQL statement structure provides a foundation for building more complex statements, summarizing and visualizing data, and manipulating string data ingested from log sources.
Lessons
- Construct KQL Statements for Azure Sentinel
- Analyze Query Results Using KQL
- Build Multi-Table Statements Using KQL
- Work with Data in Azure Sentinel Using Kusto Query Language
Lab: Create Queries for Azure Sentinel Using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Construct Basic KQL Statements
- Analyze Query Results Using KQL
- Build Multi-Table Statements in KQL
- Work with String Data in KQL
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- 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
- Summarize data using KQL statements
- Render visualizations using KQL statements
- Extract data from unstructured string fields using KQL
- Extract data from structured string data using KQL
- Create Functions using KQL
Module 5: Configure Your Azure Sentinel Environment
Get started with Azure Sentinel by properly configuring the Azure Sentinel workspace. Traditional security information and event management (SIEM) systems often require extensive setup and configuration, which may not be designed for cloud workloads. Azure Sentinel enables you to quickly gain valuable security insights from both cloud and on-premises data. This module will help you understand the architecture of Azure Sentinel workspaces to ensure they meet your organization's security operations requirements.
Lessons
- Introduction to Azure Sentinel
- Create and Manage Azure Sentinel Workspaces
- Query Logs in Azure Sentinel
- Use Watchlists in Azure Sentinel
- Utilize Threat Intelligence in Azure Sentinel
Lab: Configure Your Azure Sentinel Environment
- Create an Azure Sentinel Workspace
- Create a Watchlist
- Create a Threat Indicator
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Identify the various components and functionality of Azure Sentinel
- Identify use cases where Azure Sentinel would be a good solution
- Describe Azure Sentinel workspace architecture
- Install Azure Sentinel workspace
- Manage an Azure Sentinel workspace
- Create a watchlist in Azure Sentinel
- Use KQL to access the watchlist in Azure Sentinel
- Manage threat indicators in Azure Sentinel
- Use KQL to access threat indicators in Azure Sentinel
Module 6: Connect Logs to Azure Sentinel
Connect data at cloud scale across all users, devices, applications, and infrastructure, both on-premises and in multiple clouds, to Azure Sentinel. The primary approach to connect log data is using the Azure Sentinel provided data connectors. This module provides an overview of the available data connectors, including configuration options and the data they provide, with a focus on Microsoft 365 Defender.
Lessons
- Connect Data to Azure Sentinel Using Data Connectors
- Connect Microsoft Services to Azure Sentinel
- Connect Microsoft 365 Defender to Azure Sentinel
- Connect Windows Hosts to Azure Sentinel
- Connect Common Event Format Logs to Azure Sentinel
- Connect Syslog Data Sources to Azure Sentinel
- Connect Threat Indicators to Azure Sentinel
Lab: Connect Logs to Azure Sentinel
- Connect Data to Azure Sentinel Using Data Connectors
- Connect Windows Devices to Azure Sentinel Using Data Connectors
- Connect Linux Hosts to Azure Sentinel Using Data Connectors
- Connect Threat Intelligence to Azure Sentinel Using Data Connectors
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the use of data connectors in Azure Sentinel
- Explain the Common Event Format and Syslog connector differences in Azure Sentinel
- Connect Microsoft service connectors
- Explain how connectors auto-create incidents in Azure Sentinel
- Activate the Microsoft 365 Defender connector in Azure Sentinel
- Connect Azure Windows Virtual Machines to Azure Sentinel
- Connect non-Azure Windows hosts to Azure Sentinel
- Configure Log Analytics agent to collect Sysmon events
- Explain the Common Event Format connector deployment options in Azure Sentinel
- Configure the TAXII connector in Azure Sentinel
- View threat indicators in Azure Sentinel
Module 7: Create Detections and Perform Investigations Using Azure Sentinel
Detect previously uncovered threats and rapidly remediate them with built-in orchestration and automation in Azure Sentinel. You will learn how to create Azure Sentinel playbooks to respond to security threats, investigate Azure Sentinel incident management, understand Azure Sentinel events and entities, and discover ways to resolve incidents. Additionally, you will learn how to query, visualize, and monitor data in Azure Sentinel.
Lessons
- Threat Detection with Azure Sentinel Analytics
- Threat Response with Azure Sentinel Playbooks
- Security Incident Management in Azure Sentinel
- Use Entity Behavior Analytics in Azure Sentinel
- Query, Visualize, and Monitor Data in Azure Sentinel
Lab: Create Detections and Perform Investigations Using Azure Sentinel
- Activate a Microsoft Security Rule
- Create a Playbook
- Create a Scheduled Query
- Understand Detection Modeling
- Conduct Attacks
- Create Detections
- Investigate Incidents
- Create Workbooks
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Explain the importance of Azure Sentinel Analytics for government
- Create rules from templates
- Manage rules with modifications
- Explain Azure Sentinel SOAR capabilities
- Create a playbook to automate an incident response
- Investigate and manage incident resolution
- Explain User and Entity Behavior Analytics in Azure Sentinel
- Explore entities in Azure Sentinel
- Visualize security data using Azure Sentinel Workbooks
Module 8: Perform Threat Hunting in Azure Sentinel
In this module, you will learn to proactively identify threat behaviors by using Azure Sentinel queries. You will also learn how to use bookmarks and livestream to hunt threats, as well as how to use notebooks in Azure Sentinel for advanced hunting.
Lessons
- Threat Hunting with Azure Sentinel
- Hunt for Threats Using Notebooks in Azure Sentinel
Lab: Threat Hunting in Azure Sentinel
- Perform Threat Hunting in Azure Sentinel
- Threat Hunting Using Notebooks with Azure Sentinel
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe threat hunting concepts for use with Azure Sentinel
- Define a threat hunting hypothesis for use in Azure Sentinel
- Use queries to hunt for threats
- Observe threats over time with livestream
- Explore API libraries for advanced threat hunting in Azure Sentinel
- Create and use notebooks in Azure Sentinel
Requirements
A fundamental understanding of Microsoft 365 for government is required.
A basic knowledge of Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products for government is necessary.
An intermediate level of familiarity with Windows 10 for government operations is essential.
Familiarity with Azure services, particularly Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage, is needed for effective use in government environments.
An understanding of Azure virtual machines and virtual networking is beneficial for government applications.
A foundational grasp of scripting concepts is required for government IT tasks.
Testimonials (3)
The trainer was very knowledgable and took time to give a very good insight into cyber security issues. A lot of these examples could be used or modified for our learners and create some very engaging lesson activities.
Jenna - Merthyr College
Course - Fundamentals of Corporate Cyber Warfare
Pentester skills what demonstrate teacher
Oleksii Adamovych - EY GLOBAL SERVICES (POLAND) SP Z O O
Course - Ethical Hacker
The instructor has a very wide range of knowledge and is committed to what he does. He is able to interest the listener with his course. The scope of the training fully met my expectations.
