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Microsoft Sentinel is a scalable, cloud-native, security information event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automated response (SOAR) solution that provides security analytics and threat intelligence across an enterprise. To enhance its capabilities, Microsoft Sentinel allows you to connect to various data sources, including Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. By configuring these connectors, you can stream security alerts into Microsoft Sentinel, providing a centralized overview of the security posture across your Microsoft services.
When comparing connectors for Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, consider the following aspects:
Aspect | Microsoft 365 Defender Connector | Microsoft Defender for Cloud Connector |
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Data Types | Alerts from various Defender products (Identity, Office 365, Endpoint, Cloud Apps) | Security alerts and recommendations (CSPM and CWPP) |
Security Domains | Covers device, identity, application, and email security | Focuses on cloud platform and infrastructure security |
Configuration Complexity | Moderate, with specific streams for different Defender products | Simpler, often fewer configuration choices needed |
Threat Detection Breadth | Broad detection across Microsoft 365 services | Emphasizes cloud infrastructure and resources |
Incident Response | Full integration with Microsoft Sentinel SOAR capabilities | Full integration with Microsoft Sentinel SOAR capabilities but focused on cloud environments |
Compliance and Governance | Provides data for compliance tracking related to user and device behavior | Offers insights into compliance posture of cloud infrastructure |
Both connectors play a vital role in enhancing the detection and response capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel by providing comprehensive visibility into your organization’s security landscape. By leveraging these connectors, security operations analysts can correlate and analyze security data from disparate sources, enabling them to identify and mitigate threats more effectively.
Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM platform that leverages Azure services, and it requires an Azure subscription to ingest and analyze data.
Correct Answer: B
Microsoft Sentinel connectors are designed to ingest data from various sources, including Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, into Sentinel for analysis.
Depending on the specific services within Microsoft 365 Defender that you want to connect to Sentinel, additional licensing may be required to allow for data ingestion and analysis.
Correct Answer: D
Microsoft Sentinel can be integrated with all of the listed Microsoft Defender services through the use of connectors.
The configuration to connect Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Microsoft Sentinel is done within Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s settings, through the “Data export” section where you connect to your Sentinel workspace.
Correct Answer: D
You need to have the Security Administrator role for Microsoft 365 Defender configurations and the Sentinel Contributor or higher role for configuring Microsoft Sentinel connectors.
Connectors for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allow Sentinel to ingest signals from Defender for Endpoint, providing real-time threat detection capabilities.
Correct Answer: D
The Microsoft 365 Defender connector allows ingestion of various types of data, including emails, security alerts, and incident data.
Microsoft Sentinel has separate connectors for different cloud services. To ingest AWS CloudTrail logs, you must configure the specific AWS connector in Microsoft Sentinel.
Correct Answer: B
A Log Analytics workspace is a prerequisite for configuring Microsoft Sentinel connectors, as this is where the collected data is stored and analyzed.
Once you have the data from Microsoft 365 Defender in Sentinel, you can create custom analytics rules to analyze that data and generate incidents based on your specific criteria.
Correct Answer: C
To fully leverage the integration between Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel and to get advanced threat detection and other features, Microsoft Defender for Cloud should be set to the Standard tier.
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