Security in Office 365

Name: Security in Office 365
Rating: 4.3 (71 reviews)

Learn all about the types of threats and the security solutions in Office 365 to detect, protect and remediate risks

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Last updated 1/2022

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What you'll learn

Threats and data breaches targeting your data
Office 365 Threat Intelligence
Advanced Security Management in Office 365 (Cloud Application Security)
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (former named Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection)
Auditing, alerting and reporting in Office 365

Course content

8 sections • 21 lectures • 5h 47m total length

Instructor Introduction1:41
Meet the instructor, a cyber security professional with over 10 years in IT, who leads the security in Office 365 course and outlines its structure.
About the Course8:01
Explore the course structure, prerequisites, and audience for security in Office 365, and learn about threat protection, Defender for Office 365, threat intelligence, auditing, and hands-on labs.
Preparing the Lab Environment5:32
Prepare your hands-on lab by creating a Microsoft 365 E5 trial, access the Microsoft 365 admin center, and follow the lab PDF instructions to complete security tasks.

Threat Vectors and Data Breaches37:13
Explore threat vectors and data breaches in Office 365, from phishing and spoofing to data exfiltration and ransomware, and learn defenses along the kill chain, MFA, and data loss prevention.
Security Solutions in Office 36511:16
Explore Office 365 security solutions, including Exchange Online Protection, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Office 365 Threat Intelligence, auditing and alerts, and advanced security management to detect zero-day threats.
Introduction to Secure Score17:51
Understand Microsoft secure score as a security posture metric, explore its dashboard and API, and learn how to improve your Microsoft 365 security using actionable improvement actions.
Section 2 Review Questions

Introduction to Exchange Online Protection24:44
Discover how Exchange Online Protection and Defender for Office 365 shield mail from phishing, spoofing, spam, and malware with a robust anti-malware pipeline, safe attachments, and safe links.
Overview of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (former Office 365 ATP)15:37
Explore how Microsoft Defender for Office 365 extends Exchange Online Protection with safe attachments, safe links, and detonation to block zero day threats across Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams.
Managing Safe Attachments18:57
Manage safe attachments policies in Office 365 using the Security and Compliance Center and PowerShell, including dynamic delivery, redirect options, and user or group scope.
Managing Safe Links17:25
Learn to create and manage safe links policies in Office 365, using PowerShell, customizing defaults, applying to groups, and tracking end-user experience.
Monitoring and Reports14:10
Explore how EOP and ATP generate monitoring and reports, revealing threat protection status, malware detections, top malware, spoof mail, spam, and sent and received emails.
Section 3 Review Questions

Overview of Office 365 Threat Intelligence11:27
Explore how Office 365 threat intelligence leverages the Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph to turn billions of signals into actionable insights via the Threat Dashboard and Threat Explorer.
Security (Threat) Dashboard13:18
Explore the security threat dashboard in Office 365 to monitor global threat trends, malware activity, and threat protection status, and learn to investigate threats and manage alerts.
Threat Investigation and Response21:35
Explore threat investigation and response in Office 365 with Threat Explorer, threat trackers, and automated investigation and response, plus attack simulator and Microsoft Graph security API.
Section 4 Review Questions

Overview of auditing in the Security & Compliance Center8:53
Explore the auditing architecture in the Security and Compliance Center, review audited activities across Exchange Online and SharePoint, and leverage the Office 365 Management Activity API for insights and alerts.
Enabling mailbox auditing in Exchange Online11:11
Enable mailbox auditing in exchange online via remote PowerShell, specify owner actions to audit, and optionally adjust the 90-day audit log age limit to track delegated and admin access.
Audit Log Investigations27:56
Configure audit policies and search the unified audit log across Microsoft 365, then view, filter, and export results to investigate user and admin activity.
Enabling sharing auditing for SharePoint and OneDrive9:17
Explore how SharePoint and OneDrive sharing auditing works in Office 365, covering the sharing schema, events, and how to track external sharing via the Office 365 audit log.
Managing insights and alerts in the Security & Compliance Center27:49
Explore how the Security and Compliance Center uses insights and alerts to monitor tenant activity. Learn to configure alert policies, manage notifications, and view dashboards, reports, and pivoted insights.
Section 5 Review Questions

Deploy Cloud App Security23:37
Deploy cloud app security to discover, control, and protect cloud apps with policies, app connectors, and conditional access, reducing shadow IT and safeguarding data across Office 365.
Use Cloud Application Security14:19
Explore cloud discovery and cloud app catalog, assess discovered apps with risk scores across more than 70 risk factors, filter for compliance and security, and manage alerts to enforce policies.
Section 6 Review Questions

Requirements

Basic understanding of Office 365
Basic understanding of authorization and authentication concepts
Basic understanding of computer networks
Basic conceptual understanding of Microsoft Azure

Description

The threat landscape across the globe has changed dramatically over the past several years with hackers using more sophisticated methods to compromise users and networks alike. At the same time, more and more organizations are enjoying the benefits of cloud computing. But as companies move to the cloud, they are understandably concerned how Office 365 will protect their users and data from being compromised by cybercriminals.

In this course, we will examine the types of threats organizations must deal with daily and provide an overview of the solutions within Office 365 that help organizations detect, protect, and remediate these risks. These solutions include Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Threat Intelligence, which provide protection against advanced targeted threats in email and Office documents and actionable insights into the global threat landscape, respectively. Solutions also include advanced auditing and alerts and features like Cloud Application Security, which enable security administrators to monitor and remediate risky behaviors and vulnerabilities in their tenant. And we will introduce you to the Secure Score tool, which can help organizations understand their security profile and what they can do to identify risks and vulnerabilities within their tenant.

This course is designed to get you started as quickly as possible. There are a variety of self-paced learning activities. You will get:

Video lectures on each topic explaining each concept thoroughly with examples (and Demonstrations where applicable)
Review questions (quizz) at the end of each section
Hands-on Lab at the end of the course in which you will practice at your own pace. You will have a step by step instruction file available to complete the Lab tasks like: creating Safe Links and Safe Attachments policies, using the Secure Score and much more.
Final Exam at the end of the course - review questions to test your knowledge on the topics and concepts learned in the course
Links to official Microsoft resources/blogs/videos for further documentation.

This course is the 5th course from a series of 9 courses which address all aspects to become a Microsoft Cyber Security Professional . This cyber security track is designed to teach you, or fill in the knowledge gaps, all the aspects and technologies to become a successful cyber security professional. The entire track addresses mostly Microsoft security technologies, including the latest cloud services made available by Microsoft like: Microsoft Defender Suite, Office 365 security features and services, Microsoft Graph, Azure Active Directory Security and many more.

Microsoft, Windows, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. This course is not certified, accredited, affiliated with, nor endorsed by Microsoft Corporation.

Who this course is for:

Security Administrators, Security Analysts, System Administrator
Any IT enthusiast who wnts to get started in cyber security and be confortable with the Microsoft Security services and capabilities

Security in Office 365

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 15min

Introduction to Security in Office 3653 lectures • 1hr 6min

Implementing and Managinng Microsoft Defender for Office 3655 lectures • 1hr 31min

Using Office 365 Threat Intelligence3 lectures • 46min

Implementing auditing, insights and alerts5 lectures • 1hr 25min

Advanced Security Management2 lectures • 38min

Hands-On Lab0

Final Exam0

Requirements

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