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Which TWO Microsoft 365 Defender portals provide automated investigation and response capabilities? (Choose two.)
2Which Microsoft Sentinel feature allows you to automatically respond to incidents by running a playbook when an incident is created?
3Your organization uses Microsoft Sentinel. You receive an incident that involves a potential lateral movement detected by Microsoft Defender for Identity. You need to investigate the timeline of the attack. Which Microsoft Sentinel feature should you use?
4Refer to the exhibit. You are reviewing an alert in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The alert details are shown. Which of the following actions should you take first?
5You are investigating an incident where a user reported receiving a suspicious email with a malicious attachment. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 did not block it. The email originated from a known malicious sender domain. What configuration should you check first?
6Your organization uses Microsoft Sentinel. A security analyst reports that an incident was automatically closed by a playbook before the investigation was complete. What should you do to prevent automatic closure in the future?
7You are a security analyst investigating a detected phishing campaign targeting users in your organization. The Microsoft Defender for Office 365 alert indicates that several users clicked on a malicious link. Which action should you take first to prevent further compromise?
8Your organization uses Microsoft Sentinel. An incident is created for a possible data exfiltration via an unapproved external IP address. Which type of Microsoft Sentinel automation should you use to automatically block the IP address in the firewall?
9A Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alert indicates that a device has been communicating with a known command-and-control (C2) server. The device is critical for production. What is the most appropriate response?
10Your organization uses Microsoft Sentinel. You are investigating an incident and need to gather additional context about a suspicious IP address. Which TWO Microsoft Sentinel features can you use to enrich the investigation?
11Your organization uses Microsoft Sentinel with Microsoft Defender XDR integrated. A critical incident has been raised involving a user account that was used to access a confidential SharePoint site from an unusual location at 2:00 AM. The incident includes alerts from Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Defender for Identity, and Microsoft Defender for Office 365. The analyst needs to contain the incident, investigate the scope, and begin remediation. The environment has the following: Microsoft Entra ID with conditional access policies, Microsoft Intune for device management, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on all devices. The analyst has identified the user account and the device used. Which course of action should the analyst take first?
12A company uses Microsoft Sentinel with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. An incident is created when a user downloads 500 GB from SharePoint in one hour. The analyst wants to create a playbook that automatically suspends the user in Microsoft Entra ID when such activity is detected. Which connector and action should the analyst use in the playbook?
13Which TWO actions should an analyst take when a confirmed ransomware incident is detected on multiple endpoints? (Choose TWO.)
14An analyst is investigating a phishing campaign that targeted multiple users. The analyst needs to identify if any users clicked a malicious link in the email. Which Microsoft Defender for Office 365 feature should be used?
15Which THREE steps are part of the containment phase of incident response in Microsoft Sentinel? (Select THREE.)
16Which TWO actions should a security analyst take when responding to a confirmed malware outbreak in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint?
17Refer to the exhibit. An admin creates this activity policy in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps. What will happen when a user fails to log in from 3 different IP addresses within 10 minutes?
18Which THREE are valid methods to collect forensic evidence from a compromised Windows machine during incident response in Microsoft Defender XDR? (Choose three.)
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