Microsoft Security Essentials: Concepts, Solutions, and AI-Powered Protection

Introduction

• Learning Microsoft Security Essentials
• Microsoft security solutions overview

1. Security Concepts

• Security principles
• Security threats
• Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
• Shared responsibility model
• Defense in depth
• Zero Trust model

2. Identity and Access

• Identity and access security with Microsoft Entra
• Microsoft Entra ID: Identity management
• Microsoft Entra ID: Hybrid identities
• Microsoft Entra ID: Authentication methods
• Microsoft Entra ID: Password management
• Microsoft Entra ID: Multifactor authentication (MFA)
• Microsoft Entra Conditional Access
• Microsoft Entra roles and role-based access control (RBAC)
• Microsoft Entra ID Governance
• Microsoft Entra access reviews
• Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
• Microsoft Entra ID Protection
• Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
• Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access

3. Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

• SIEM and SOAR with Microsoft Sentinel
• Microsoft Sentinel: Incident detection and response

4. Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

• Threat protection with Microsoft Defender XDR
• Microsoft Defender investigation and response
• Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
• Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

5. Cloud Infrastructure Security

• Azure Virtual Network
• Azure network security group
• Azure Firewall
• Azure Web Application Firewall
• Azure DDoS Protection
• Azure Bastion
• Azure Key Vault

6. Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)

• CNAPP with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Security posture management
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Workload protection
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud: DevOps security

7. Endpoint Management and Security

• Endpoint management and security with Microsoft Intune

8. Risk and Compliance Management

• Risk and compliance management with Microsoft Purview
• Microsoft Purview Audit
• Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
• Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager
• Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance
• Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
• Microsoft Purview Records Management

9. Data Security and Governance

• Data security and governance with Microsoft Purview
• Microsoft Purview Information Protection
• Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
• Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
• Microsoft Purview Data Catalog

10. Privacy Protection

• Privacy protection with Microsoft Priva
• Microsoft Priva Privacy Risk Management
• Microsoft Priva Subject Rights Requests

11. AI-Powered Protection

• AI-powered protection with Microsoft Security Copilot
• Microsoft Security Copilot process flow
• Effective prompts in Microsoft Security Copilot
• Copilot integration with Microsoft security solutions

Conclusion

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