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Writer's pictureJosé Lázaro Pinos

HOT OFF THE PRESS: Unified Security Operations Platform



The simpler yet one of the most relevant pieces of documentation I have seen about the new Unified Security Operations Platform and Microsoft Sentinel. I love to see the investment and knowledge sharing with the Microsoft security community.

For me, these are the highlights:

What happens when I enable the Microsoft Defender XDR connector in Microsoft Sentinel?
  • Security incident creation rules are disabled by default.

  • Incidents are created in the unified portal and synced back to Microsoft Sentinel, with a potential delay of up to 10 minutes.


Alerts, Incidents, and Correlation
  • Expected Alert Delay: Incidents may take up to 10 minutes to show up in Microsoft Sentinel. Microsoft is working on reducing this latency.

  • Automatic Attack Disruption: Not affected by the delay.

  • Triggering Playbooks: Both automatic and manual invocation are affected by the delay.

  • Avoiding Duplication: Ensure incident creation rules are turned off in the Microsoft Defender XDR connector configuration.


Best Practices for Automation Rules
  • Use "Analytic rule name" instead of the incident title or a condition on a Tag.

  • Use Alert product names instead of Incident provider.


Custom Detection Rules
  • Custom detection rules can trigger playbooks using the “When incident is created” trigger in Automation.


Data Retention
  • Additional Actions: Existing retention configurations remain unchanged.

  • Ingesting Microsoft Defender XDR Tables: Not necessary unless data retention beyond 30 days is needed. HUGE UPDATE - COST SAVINGS OPPORTUNITY HERE

  • Microsoft Sentinel E5 Benefit: No changes.

  • Default Retention: Remains 30 days for XDR data and 90 days for Microsoft Sentinel data.


Copilot for Security
  • Licensing: A Copilot for Security license includes the Microsoft Defender for Threat Intelligence (MDTI) license.



Want to learn more?


 

BY:

José Lázaro Pinos,

Global Head of Consulting - VP,

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Marcus Burnap

Principal Microsoft Consultant,

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