SC-5004: Defend against cyberthreats with Microsoft Defender XDR

Course SC-5004: Defend against cyberthreats with Microsoft Defender XDR

Demonstrate the ability to use Microsoft Defender XDR to detect and respond to cyber threats.

In this course, students will learn how to implement the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint environment to manage devices, conduct endpoint investigations, manage incidents in Defender XDR , and use Advanced Hunting with Kusto Query Language (KQL) to detect unique threats.

Intermediate - Security Operations Analyst - Microsoft Defender - Microsoft Defender for Endpoints - Microsoft Defender XDR

Objectives of the SC-5004 training

• Setting up the Microsoft Defender XDR environment: You will learn how to deploy and configure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, including onboarding devices and configuring security policies.
  
• Manage incidents : You will use Microsoft Defender XDR to manage security incidents, including threat mitigation and incident response.
  
• Advanced investigations: You will conduct detailed investigations on endpoints using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, leveraging available forensic information.
  
• Advanced threat hunting: You will use the Kusto Query Language (KQL) to perform advanced searches and detect unique threats.

Course content SC-5004

Module 1: Mitigating incidents using Microsoft Defender

• Introduction
• Use the Microsoft Defender portal
• Manage incidents
• Investigate incidents
• Manage and investigate alerts
• Manage automated investigations
• Use the action center
• Explore advanced hunting
• Investigate Microsoft Login Logins
• Understanding Microsoft's Secure Scoring
• Analyze the threat analysis
• Analyze reports
• Configure the Microsoft Defender portal

Module 2: Implementing the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Environment

• Introduction
  
• Create your environment
  
• Understanding operating system compatibility and features
  
• Onboard devices
  
• Manage access
  
• Create and manage roles for role-based access control
  
• Configure device groups
  
• Configure advanced environment functions

Module 3: Configuring alerts and detections in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Introduction
  
• Configure advanced functions
• Configure alert notifications
• Manage the suppression of alerts
• Manage indicators

Module 4: Configure and manage automation with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Introduction
• Configure advanced functions
• Manage automation uploads and folder settings
• Configure automated investigation and remediation capabilities
• Block devices at risk

Module 5: Conducting Device Investigations in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

• Introduction
  
• Use the device inventory list
• Investigate the device
• Use behavior blocking
• Detect devices with device detection

Module 6: Defend yourself against cyber threats with Microsoft Defender XDR lab exercises

• Introduction
• Configure the Microsoft Defender XDR environment
• Deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Mitigating attacks with Microsoft Defender for endpoints

Prerequisites

It is recommended to have:

• Experience using the Microsoft Defender portal
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Sentinel
• Experience using Kusto Query Language (KQL) in Microsoft Sentinel

Language

• Course: English / Spanish
  

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