Azure Security Operations and Monitoring Flashcards
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What is Microsoft Sentinel primarily classified as in the security operations space?
Answer: Cloud-native SIEM and SOAR platform
Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response platform.
What is the role of Microsoft Sentinel data connectors?
Answer: Ingest security logs from Microsoft and third-party sources into the workspace
Data connectors pull log data from sources such as Azure AD, Microsoft Defender, Syslog, and third-party security products into Sentinel.
Which Microsoft Sentinel component contains KQL-based detection logic that runs on a schedule and generates alerts when triggered?
Answer: Analytics rules
Scheduled analytics rules run KQL queries against ingested data at defined intervals and create incidents when the query returns results.
What technology underpins a Microsoft Sentinel playbook that automates incident response actions?
Answer: Azure Logic Apps with Sentinel connectors
Sentinel playbooks are Azure Logic Apps that can be triggered automatically by automation rules or manually from an incident.
Which Microsoft Defender for Cloud workload protection plan provides threat detection and EDR integration for Azure and on-premises VMs?
Answer: Defender for Servers
Microsoft Defender for Servers provides behavioral analytics, threat detection, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint EDR integration for VMs.
What does the Secure Score in Microsoft Defender for Cloud represent?
Answer: A percentage reflecting how many security recommendations have been implemented
Secure Score aggregates the results of all security assessments into a single percentage showing your overall security posture.
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