Audience Profile

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 XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, 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.

Skills Earned Upon Completion

• Manage threat mitigation using Microsoft XDR
• Manage threat mitigation using Microsoft Purview
• Manage threat mitigation using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Manage threat mitigation using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Create KQL queries for Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure your environment in Microsoft Sentinel
• Manage log connection to Microsoft Sentinel
• Detect and remediate threats using Microsoft Sentinel
• Manage threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel