Which Connection Should I Use for Playbooks?
Give out permissions with the right balance of security and manageability. With the release of the managed identity option for Microsoft Sentinel playbooks, there are now 3 viable options for connecting playbooks to an identity that has the needed permissions. Information about these connection types is difficult to find in Microsoft documentation, so deciding which […]
What to Expect in the Microsoft SC-200 Exam
An exam built specifically for cloud security analysts. Microsoft recently released a new SC series of exams that are designed for more specific security domains in Microsoft cloud security products. The SC-200 is an exam for cybersecurity analysts who are using the Microsoft cloud EDR and SIEM solutions. This exam is very useful for testing […]
What Are Administrative Units and How Do I Use Them?
Give out subscription level permissions for only a specific set of users. Microsoft recently released the new administrative units feature for Azure Active Directory (AD). Good folks over at Microsoft were so excited about the new feature that they instantly added it as a section in the AZ-500 cloud security exam. However, we at CyberMSI […]
Advanced Threat Hunting in Microsoft 365 Security
Discover useful information from all 4 Microsoft 365 Defender menus. All the logs available in Microsoft 365 Defender products can be found in the Hunting menu in Microsoft 365 Security. If the user knows KQL, they can find all sorts of useful information about their cloud products like cloud app activity, device activity, and information […]
Implementing Ingestion Delay Correction in Microsoft Sentinel
Improve your analytic rule detection rate with a quick change. Microsoft Sentinel analytic rules do not correct for ingestion delay on their own, so this prompted the Microsoft Tech Community to post a blog about creating your own ingestion delay solution. The solution seems a bit convoluted, but it makes sense once you wrap your […]
What to Look for in a Cloud Security Analyst.
Find high potential candidates in your recruiting pool. CyberMSI has gone through 1,000s of resumes, and we are always seeking capable cloud security professionals. We look for some specific attributes that we know from experience will make a candidate successful as a cloud security analyst. In this blog, we discuss the features that we believe […]
Endpoint Investigation, Invasive or Invaluable?
Give analysts agency wihout losing availability. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) has live response options that allow security analysts using the EDR system to take actions on a connected system. This is exciting for security departments that are using the tool, but this may raise concerns for the rest of the IT departments. MDE offers […]
Is “Always Encrypted” Actually Always Encrypted?
Secure your data with functionally always encrypted. Azure allows their database users to encrypt their data with “always encrypted”. This is a system that uses transparent data encryption in combination with other encryption methods to ensure that data is always encrypted in every state it is being used. In this blog, we will answer the […]
Managing Timestamps in Sentinel
Turn table data into an investigation timeline. Microsoft Sentinel uses raw table data to represent what is happening during an incident while using the investigation graph. This has resulted in some confusion around timestamps and what each of them mean. A cloud security analyst will have significantly more difficulty trying to figure out what happened […]