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Start Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities PracticeYour organization uses Microsoft Purview to classify sensitive data. You need to automatically apply a sensitivity label to documents that contain personally identifiable information (PII). Which TWO components should you configure?
Explanation: Auto-labeling policy (A) is correct because it automatically applies sensitivity labels to documents based on conditions such as the presence of sensitive data types (e.g., PII). Sensitivity label (D) is correct because it defines the classification and protection settings (e.g., encryption, markings) that are applied to the content. Together, they enable automatic classification of PII documents without manual user intervention.
Your company uses Microsoft Defender for Cloud to manage security posture across hybrid workloads. You need to ensure that critical vulnerabilities found on Azure VMs are automatically remediated without manual intervention. Which feature should you enable?
Explanation: Microsoft Defender for Cloud's 'Remediate' feature allows you to automatically apply the necessary configuration changes or deploy the required patches to fix critical vulnerabilities on Azure VMs without manual intervention. This is achieved by enabling the 'Remediate' option on specific security recommendations, which triggers an automated workflow (often using Azure Policy or a custom script) to resolve the identified issue. This directly addresses the requirement for automatic remediation of critical vulnerabilities.
Your organization uses Microsoft Sentinel to centralize security logs from multiple clouds. The security team needs a solution that automatically investigates low-fidelity alerts and creates incidents only when confirmed malicious. Which Microsoft Sentinel feature should you configure?
Explanation: Entity behavior analytics (UEBA) with automated investigation is the correct choice because it profiles normal user and entity behavior, then automatically investigates low-fidelity alerts by correlating them with historical baselines. When the investigation confirms malicious activity, it escalates to an incident, reducing noise and manual triage.
Your organization uses Microsoft Defender XDR to detect and respond to threats. The SOC team wants to automatically isolate a device when a high-severity incident is confirmed. Which automation feature should you configure?
Explanation: Automated investigation and response (AIR) in Microsoft Defender XDR is designed to automatically respond to confirmed high-severity incidents, including isolating devices, without manual intervention. This feature leverages playbooks and machine learning to contain threats rapidly, aligning with the SOC's requirement for automatic isolation upon incident confirmation.
Your company is migrating from on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID. You need to ensure that users can authenticate using their existing on-premises credentials while gradually moving to cloud-only authentication. Which authentication method should you implement first?
Explanation: Password Hash Synchronization (PHS) with Seamless SSO is the correct first step because it synchronizes on-premises password hashes to Microsoft Entra ID, allowing users to authenticate with their existing credentials directly against Entra ID while the organization gradually transitions to cloud-only authentication. Seamless SSO then provides a smooth sign-in experience for domain-joined devices without additional prompts. PHS also enables leaked-credential detection and simplifies the environment by removing dependency on on-premises authentication infrastructure. Microsoft Entra Connect is the synchronization tool that enables PHS but is not itself an authentication method, AD FS is a more complex federated setup that keeps authentication on-premises and is harder to retire, and Pass-through Authentication still depends on on-premises agents for every sign-in, making it less aligned with a gradual move to cloud-only authentication.
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