SC-200: Security Operation Analyst

About the Certification

The Microsoft security operations analyst collaborates with organizational stakeholders to secure information technology systems for the organization. Their goal is to reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment, advising on improvements to threat protection practices, and referring violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders.

Responsibilities include threat management, monitoring, and response by using a variety of security solutions across their environment.

The role primarily investigates, responds to, and hunts for threats using Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft 365 Defender, and third-party security products. Since the security operations analyst consumes the operational output of these tools, they are also a critical stakeholder in the configuration and deployment of these technologies.

Why did i pursue this Certification

Many of our customers use Microsoft Azure, and more services are moving to the Cloud.

We base many of our security services on cloud technologies to ensure we can assist these customers as effectively as possible.

Areas such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud to ensure companies' security posture, MS Sentinel to ensure SIEM and SOAR, and our SOC to manage the alerts are very much in focus.

Therefore, I should take this certification to gain deeper insight into how the various components work together

Expectation vs. Reality

I learned more about some of the areas we work with daily, and I gained a lot of ideas and experience on how we could use functions better in our SOC department.

This exam is at a nice medium level, and we want to make it a regular part of our disclosure of Security Analysts.

Reflecting back: What Mattered Most

All areas are worth mentioning, but because of all the work we already do through our Baseline Security service, Microsoft 365 Defender didn't add much value to other areas for me.
But two areas stuck out.

• Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
• Mitigate threats using Microsoft Sentinel.
  

The Most Helpful Resources

I used SC-200 exam day (videos) and Microsoft's learning materials. The material was good, and there were even some materials and formulations that could be used on a more commercial level

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