Azure Sentinel Playbook - Overview

Welcome to the Azure Sentinel Playbook! This document provides a comprehensive guide to using Azure Sentinel for threat detection and response.

This playbook covers essential concepts, use cases, and best practices for deploying and managing Sentinel.

It’s designed to be a starting point for your journey with Sentinel.

Key Concepts

• Threat Detection: Identifying malicious activity within your Azure environment.
• Response: Automating actions to contain and mitigate threats.
• SIEM Integration: Integrating Sentinel with other security tools.

Playbook Overview

Sentinel is a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform designed to help you detect, analyze, and respond to threats across your Azure environment.

Key features include:

• Log Collection: Collect logs from various sources.
• Threat Detection: Use machine learning to identify malicious activity.
• Response Automation: Automate response actions like isolating or blocking threats.
• SOAR: Deploy Security Orchestration, Response and Automation.

Azure Sentinel Playbook - Core Functionality

Let's explore a core function: Creating a basic Sentinel instance.

Step 1: Access the Azure Portal: Navigate to the Azure portal. Search for 'Azure Sentinel' and select the service.

Step 2: Create a New Instance: Click ‘Create new instance’ and follow the wizard.

Step 3: Configure Settings: Set up your desired subscription, resource group, and security rules.

Step 4: Deploy Sentinel. Once created, deploy Sentinel with the assigned user roles.