SC-5001: Configure SIEM security operations using Microsoft Sentinel

Overview Schedule Dates Course Content Faqs

Course Overview

The SC-5001 certification, offered by CounselTrain, focuses on configuring SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) operations using Microsoft Sentinel. This certification validates expertise in deploying Microsoft’s cloud-native SIEM solution to collect, detect, investigate, and respond to security threats across an organization’s IT environment. It is essential for security operations professionals tasked with implementing and managing Sentinel to secure enterprise systems. By earning this certification, individuals demonstrate their proficiency in leveraging Sentinel for real-time analysis, maintaining security data, generating alerts, and orchestrating threat responses. Organizations benefit from this certification by ensuring their security teams are adept at using advanced tools to safeguard their infrastructure against cyber threats.

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Schedule Dates

SC-5001: Configure SIEM security operations using Microsoft Sentinel

13 December 2024

SC-5001: Configure SIEM security operations using Microsoft Sentinel

13 March 2025

SC-5001: Configure SIEM security operations using Microsoft Sentinel

13 June 2025

SC-5001: Configure SIEM security operations using Microsoft Sentinel

15 September 2025

Course Content

Plan for the Microsoft Sentinel workspace
Manage workspaces across tenants using Azure Lighthouse
Manage Microsoft Sentinel settings
Create a Microsoft Sentinel workspace
Configure logs ,Knowledge check, Summary and resources

Plan for Microsoft services connectors
Connect the Microsoft Entra connector
Connect the Azure Activity connector
Knowledge, check Summary and resources

Plan for Windows hosts security events connector
Connect using the Security Events via Legacy Agent Connector
Collect Sysmon event logs
Knowledge check, Summary and resources

Exercise - Detect threats with Microsoft Sentinel analytics
What is Microsoft Sentinel Analytics
Create an analytics rule from templates
Create an analytics rule from wizard
Exercise - Detect threats with Microsoft Sentinel analytics

Understand automation options
Create automation rules
Knowledge check, Summary and resources

Exercise - Configure SIEM operations using Microsoft Sentinel
Exercise - Configure a data connector Data Collection Rule
Exercise - Perform a simulated attack to validate the Analytic and Automation rules

FAQs

The SC-5001 certification focuses on configuring Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) operations using Microsoft Sentinel. It validates expertise in deploying and managing Microsoft’s cloud-native SIEM solution to protect an organization’s IT environment from security threats.

This certification is ideal for security operations professionals, IT administrators, and cybersecurity analysts responsible for implementing and managing SIEM solutions to ensure enterprise security.

While there are no formal prerequisites, it is recommended that candidates have a basic understanding of Microsoft Sentinel, Azure, and security operations concepts.

Post-certification, you can access various resources such as Microsoft’s support community, official documentation, webinars, and advanced training sessions to stay updated with the latest features and best practices in Microsoft Sentinel.