Secure and manage your Azure cloud infrastructure, Office 365, and SaaS-based applications and devices. This book focuses on security in the Azure cloud, covering aspects such as identity protection in Azure AD, network security, storage security, unified security management through Azure Security Center, and many more.

Beginning Security with Microsoft Technologies begins with an introduction to some common security challenges and then discusses options for addressing them. You will learn about Office Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), the importance of device-level security, and about various products such as Device Guard, Intune, Windows Defender, and Credential Guard. As part of this discussion you'll cover how secure boot can help an enterprise with pre-breach scenarios. Next, you will learn how to set up Office 365 to address phishing and spam, and you will gain an understanding of how to protect your company's Windows devices. Further, you will also work on enterprise-level protection, including how advanced threat analytics aids in protection at the enterprise level. Finally, you'll see that there are a variety of ways in which you can protect your information.

After reading this book you will be able to understand the security components involved in your infrastructure and apply methods to implement security solutions.

You will:

• Keep corporate data and user identities safe and secure
• Identify various levels and stages of attacks
• Safeguard information using Azure Information Protection, MCAS, and Windows Information Protection, regardless of your location

• Use advanced threat analytics, Azure Security Center, and Azure ATP

  Autorentext

Vasantha Lakshmi works at Microsoft, India as a partner technical consultant. She has been working on various security products within Microsoft for the last three years. She has more than 8 years' experience working as an architect for end-to-end solutions for Microsoft Office 365. She has created many integrated security solutions for the modern workplace that seamlessly integrate advanced threat analytics, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft cloud app security, Intune, and Office ATP.

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Chapter 1: Current Security Outline Chapter Goal: To introduce all the products that will be explained in detail as we go into further chapters and how these products are solving the current security challenges

No of pages 20 -25 pages.

Sub -Topics

1. Explain about spams & phishing attacks and how Office ATP helps fight these attacks

2. Explain about the importance of device level security and how various products such as device guard, Intune, Windows Defender, credential guard, secure boot etc. helps an organization with Pre-breach scenarios. Also explain how WDATP helps with post breach scenario

3. Then comes the lateral movement of an attacker into an organization's infrastructure and trying to gain domain dominance by attacks such as pass the hash and pass the ticket. It could be hosted on-premises or on Azure. Advanced threat analytics, Azure Security Center & Azure ATP can help in these scenarios.

4. Explain information protection and how data loss prevention is an important criterion for every organization. How products such as Azure Information Protection, MCAS, Windows Information Protection can help everyone safe guard their information regardless of where the document lies including cloud-apps. Chapter 2: Securing Emails & O365 Chapter Goal: Explain how O365 fights phishing & spams.

No of pages:50-70 Pages ****

Sub - Topics

1. Threat management strategy for O365

2. Exchange Online Protection 3. Advanced Threat Protection

4. O365 Trust Center & Service Trust Portal Chapter 3: Device Level Security Chapter Goal: Understanding Pre-breach & Post breach protection for Windows devices

No of pages: 60-80****

Sub - Topics:

1. Pre-breach options in windows such as windows defender, credential guard, device guard etc.

2. Secure Boot, Device Health Attestation

3. Windows 10 Exploit Guard

4. Post breach solution WDATP in Endpoint Detection & Response

Chapter 4: Enterprise Level Protection Chapter Goal: Explain how ATA aids in Enterprise Level Protection

No of pages: 60-80 pages

Sub - Topics:

1. Advanced Threat Analytics

2. Azure Advanced Threat Protection

3. Azure Security Center

3. Operation Management Suite with ASC

4. Network, Storage Protection on Azure 5. Identity Protection on Azure
Chapter 5: Information Protection Chapter Goal: Explain various types of information protection possible with Microsoft Products

No of pages: 60-80 pages

Sub - Topics:

1. Azure Information Protection

2. Windows Information Protection 3. Microsoft Cloud App Security