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Course 29 - AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies | Episode 9: Mastering Azure Security Operations
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In this lesson, you’ll learn about managing security operations and monitoring in Microsoft Azure:Azure Monitor Fundamentals
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- Using Azure Monitor as a centralized platform for telemetry collection and analysis
- Understanding the difference between:
- Metrics → Near real-time numerical performance data
- Logs → Detailed records analyzed using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
- Azure Activity Logs:
- Track control plane operations (e.g., resource creation, role assignments)
- Azure Resource Logs:
- Provide deep insights into resource-level operations
- Configuring diagnostic settings to:
- Export logs to Log Analytics Workspace
- Enable long-term storage and advanced querying
- Creating alert rules to detect critical events
- Using action groups to:
- Send notifications (email, SMS, webhook)
- Trigger automated responses
- Monitoring sensitive actions such as:
- Changes to Azure Policy assignments
- Assigning high-privilege roles (Owner)
- Using Azure Security Center (Microsoft Defender for Cloud)
- Key features:
- Secure Score:
- Measures and improves security posture
- Regulatory Compliance Dashboard:
- Tracks compliance with standards like ISO 27001 and PCI DSS
- Secure Score:
- Connecting Windows & Linux VMs to monitoring tools
- Generating and analyzing security events
- Performing automated remediation to fix vulnerabilities
- Azure Monitor provides full visibility into performance and security events
- Logs and metrics are essential for detection, investigation, and response
- Alerts enable proactive security operations
- Security Center helps maintain continuous compliance and posture improvement
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