Sentinel Foundations: Cloud-Native SIEM and Threat Detection

Security threats are evolving rapidly, and traditional on-premises security systems struggle to keep pace. Sentinel offers a scalable, cloud-native security information and event management (SIEM) solution to protect your entire digital estate. This comprehensive text-based course guides you through the essentials of Sentinel, helping you understand how to collect data, detect threats, and automate your security operations. You will learn to: Understand foundational SIEM and SOAR concepts in a cloud-native environment; Connect diverse data sources to centralize your security monitoring; Write basic Kusto Query Language queries to analyze security logs; Configure threat detection rules and analytics to identify suspicious activities; Implement automated response playbooks to mitigate incidents quickly; Apply modern zero-trust security principles to your threat hunting workflows. You will start with core terminology and architecture before moving on to practical configurations, log querying, and incident response automation. This course is designed for security beginners, IT administrators, and aspiring analysts, requiring no prior experience with cloud SIEM systems. Start reading today to build your cloud security monitoring skills.