Configuring SIEM Security Operations with Sentinel

Organizations today face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, making centralized security monitoring more critical than ever. Implementing a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system allows security teams to detect and mitigate incidents before they cause damage. This text-based course guides you through the process of setting up and managing security operations using Sentinel. You will gain the skills needed to connect data sources, write basic queries to hunt for threats, and establish automated response workflows to protect your organization's digital assets. What you'll learn: Understand foundational SIEM concepts, cloud security terminology, and architecture basics; Configure data connectors to ingest security logs from diverse cloud and on-premises sources; Apply Kusto Query Language (KQL) to search, filter, and analyze security event data; Create analytical rules to detect threats and generate actionable security alerts; Integrate zero-trust security principles into your monitoring and detection strategies; Configure automated playbooks to respond swiftly to detected security incidents. The course starts with essential security operations concepts and Sentinel architecture before guiding you through practical configuration steps, query writing, and automated threat response workflows. Designed for aspiring security analysts, IT administrators, and beginners new to cloud-native security operations, this course requires no prior SIEM experience. Start building your foundational security operations skills today.