Cyber Security on Azure: An IT Professional’s Guide to Microsoft Azure Security

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M. Copeland, M. JacobsCyber Security on Azurehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6531-4_5

5. Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel

Marshall Copeland¹   and Matthew Jacobs²

(1)

Austin, TX, USA

(2)

Nashville, TN, USA

 

This chapter provides a foundation and configuration for both Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel. Microsoft has expanded many of the Security Center features so you can benefit from these updates. Azure Sentinel is a Microsoft Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) service. Together, Security Center and Sentinel provide a powerful Security as a Service in the Azure cloud.

Earlier in Chapter 1, you learned about managing the Azure tenant ...