Security
Microsoft Sentinel
A cloud-native security information and event management solution that collects security data, detects threats, supports investigations, and automates response across the enterprise.
Product
Microsoft SentinelMicrosoft Sentinel is a cloud-native security information and event management solution with security orchestration, automation, and response. It collects and analyzes security data across Microsoft services, third-party products, cloud platforms, applications, networks, endpoints, and on-premises infrastructure. It is available in the Microsoft Defender portal and integrates with Microsoft Defender XDR for unified incidents, investigations, hunting, and automation.
How it works
- Data connectors collect security logs, alerts, activity, and threat intelligence from supported sources.
- Analytics rules and detection models identify suspicious activity and create incidents.
- User and entity behavior analytics add behavioral context to users, hosts, IP addresses, and other entities.
- Incidents group related alerts and evidence for triage and investigation.
- Threat hunting allows analysts to search security data using queries and hunting tools.
- Automation rules and playbooks standardize triage, enrichment, notification, containment, and response.
- Workbooks, reporting, and SOC optimization capabilities help teams measure coverage and improve operations.
A problem it solves
A security operations center receives alerts from Microsoft Defender products, firewalls, cloud platforms, business applications, and third-party security tools. Analysts struggle to connect the evidence and repeat the same manual response steps. Microsoft Sentinel centralizes the data, correlates suspicious activity, creates prioritized incidents, and automates common investigation and response tasks.