Category: Optimization

Automation
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Microsoft Sentinel Automated Triage - Elevate your Security Posture

Automated Triage in Microsoft Sentinel

In today’s post we will look at some different ways to automate incident triage in Microsoft Sentinel. Organizations face an ever-increasing volume of security threats. Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated, and the sheer number of alerts can overwhelm even the most seasoned security teams. Automated triage in Microsoft Sentinel emerges as a crucial solution, empowering organizations to respond swiftly and efficiently to potential threats. This is where Microsoft Sentinel’s automated triage capabilities are…

Posted on 8:00 am
Azure
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Onboard a Single Subscription with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

In today’s post we will look at a targeted way to harness the full potential of your Azure security by integrating Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Microsoft Sentinel. This powerful combination allows for advanced threat detection, seamless monitoring, and a unified view of your security posture. We want to select our Sentinel data connectors while being thoughtful. The Microsoft Defender XDR data connector is the modern connector version that we should all use in most cases; but the legacy connector is useful when we have only specific subscriptions that we want to bring into Sentinel. The older, legacy connector, requires the manual selection of the subscriptions to include in the data ingestion; it is the perfect solution if you have a tenant that you only want 2 of the many subscriptions provisioned.

Posted on 7:15 am
Azure
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Building a Microsoft Sentinel Data Use Case

Join me this week to gain an in-depth understanding on how to clearly define what data to retain. Data retention is not just a regulatory box to tick; it’s the backbone of a robust security posture.  In the realm of Microsoft Sentinel, understanding how to manage your data retention is key to leveraging the full potential of your SIEM system.  From cost management to compliance, the way you handle data can make or break your security operations.

Posted on 8:40 am
Azure
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Azure Lighthouse on AzureTracks.com

Azure Lighthouse & Sentinel at Scale – Part 3

In this post we continue our exploration of enabling multitenant management with scalability, higher automation, and enhanced governance across resources. Let’s jump right in this week and learn about the best practices and security baseline of using Azure Lighthouse. This is the last in a mini-series of three posts about Azure Lighthouse and Sentinel at scale; we have looked in detail at delegated permissions, what Azure Lighthouse is all about, and now we look at the best practices and how to deploy!

Posted on 6:55 am
Azure
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Azure Lighthouse on AzureTracks.com

Azure Lighthouse & Sentinel at Scale – Part 2

In this post we continue our exploration of enabling multitenant management with scalability, higher automation, and enhanced governance across resources. Let’s jump right in this week and learn about delegation using Azure Lighthouse in enterprise scenarios and how an MSP might use delegation to optimize SOC operations. Join me for a good look at delegation & Lighthouse!

Posted on 7:19 am
Azure
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Azure Lighthouse on AzureTracks.com

Azure Lighthouse & Sentinel at Scale

In this post we begin to explore enabling multitenant management with scalability, higher automation, and enhanced governance across resources. I think an Azure Lighthouse walk-through is long overdue here, so let’s get ready to talk about how to scale operations or a SOC to manage multiple tenants, enhance governance, all delivered using native Azure tooling! Let’s learn what makes Lighthouse so great for a SOC when working in multiple tenants!

Posted on 7:12 am
Automation
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Set Log Analytics Workspace Data Cap

Let’s take a look at setting data ingestion caps in an Azure Log Analytics workspace today. There are different reasons why we may want to limit the data coming into our storage account, today we look at both setting the data cap, and alerting us when that data cap is reached through Azure Monitor alerting.

Posted on 9:35 am