Configuring Event Collection and Automation in Sentinel

Modern security operations require a centralized, intelligent view of threats across your entire digital estate. Gathering security logs from diverse systems is the critical first step to detecting and neutralizing threats before they cause damage. This text-based course guides you through the process of designing and implementing a robust data ingestion and event collection architecture using Sentinel. You will learn how to structure secure workspaces, configure data ingestion pipelines, and establish automated response workflows to keep your environment secure. What you'll learn: Understand foundational security information and event management concepts and workspace security; Configure secure data connectors for cloud platforms and external resources; Deploy Content Hub solutions to integrate threat intelligence and detection rules; Create data collection rules to filter and gather security logs from Linux and Windows systems; Build automated incident response workflows using playbooks to remediate threats; Manage data retention policies and archive strategies to meet compliance and budgeting goals. You will start with key terminology and the foundational setup of a security workspace before moving step-by-step into data ingestion, log collection rules, and automation workflows. This course is designed for aspiring security analysts, system administrators, and IT professionals new to security operations, requiring no prior experience with Sentinel. Start reading today to build a proactive threat detection and response system for your organization.