SOC Optimizations in Microsoft Defender
Learn how SOC optimization provides actionable, tailored recommendations to enhance security value, increase threat protection and maximize ROI.
Microsoft Defender, specifically within the context of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and its integration with Microsoft Sentinel, offers Security Operations Center (SOC) optimization features primarily through Microsoft Sentinel’s SOC Optimization capability.
These optimizations aim to enhance SOC efficiency by providing actionable, tailored recommendations to improve security coverage, optimize data usage, and reduce costs without compromising security needs.
SOC optimizations provide high-fidelity, actionable recommendations customized to an organization’s specific environment, updated daily to reflect the current threat landscape and organizational priorities.
The system analyzes ingested logs, enabled analytics rules, and Microsoft’s security research to identify gaps in data utilization and security coverage. Recommendations are surfaced to help SOC teams close these gaps without requiring extensive manual analysis, and suggestions add specific security controls or adjust data ingestion to better align with organizational security needs.
SOC optimizations in Microsoft Defender, primarily through Microsoft Sentinel, empower SOC teams with tailored, threat-based, and data value recommendations to enhance security coverage, optimize data usage, and reduce costs.
By leveraging AI, Microsoft’s threat intelligence, and daily updates, these optimizations streamline SOC operations, making them more efficient and effective. For organizations using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, additional features like AutoIR and threat analytics further enhance SOC capabilities, creating a robust, integrated security operations experience. For more details, organizations can explore SOC optimization in the Microsoft Defender portal or Azure portal after onboarding Microsoft Sentinel
