Vasantha Lakshmi works at Microsoft, India as a partner technical consultant. She has been working on various security products within Microsoft for the last three years. She has more than 8 years' experience working as an architect for end-to-end solutions for Microsoft Office 365. She has created many integrated security solutions for the modern workplace that seamlessly integrate advanced threat analytics, Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft cloud app security, Intune, and Office ATP.

Strings together different aspects of security for the modern workplace, cloud infrastructure and cloud apps

Discusses Microsoft Office 365 features that can protect devices and prevent data loss

Covers the security stack of Microsoft's cloud

Chapter Goal: To introduce all the products that will be explained in detail as we go into further chapters and how these products are solving the current security challenges

No of pages 20 -25 pages.

Sub -Topics

1. Explain about spams & phishing attacks and how Office ATP helps fight these attacks

2. Explain about the importance of device level security and how various products such as device guard, Intune, Windows Defender, credential guard, secure boot etc. helps an organization with Pre-breach scenarios. Also explain how WDATP helps with post breach scenario

3. Then comes the lateral movement of an attacker into an organization's infrastructure and trying to gain domain dominance by attacks such as pass the hash and pass the ticket. It could be hosted on-premises or on Azure. Advanced threat analytics, Azure Security Center & Azure ATP can help in these scenarios.

4. Explain information protection and how data loss prevention is an important criterion for every organization. How products such as Azure Information Protection, MCAS, Windows Information Protection can help everyone safe guard their information regardless of where the document lies including cloud-apps.

Chapter Goal: Explain how O365 fights phishing & spams.

No of pages:50-70 Pages

Sub - Topics

1. Threat management strategy for O365

2. Exchange Online Protection

4. O365 Trust Center & Service Trust Portal

Chapter Goal: Understanding Pre-breach & Post breach protection for Windows devices

No of pages: 60-80

Sub - Topics:

1. Pre-breach options in windows such as windows defender, credential guard, device guard etc.

2. Secure Boot, Device Health Attestation

3. Windows 10 Exploit Guard

4. Post breach solution - WDATP in Endpoint Detection & Response

Chapter Goal: Explain how ATA aids in Enterprise Level Protection

No of pages: 60-80 pages

Sub - Topics:

1. Advanced Threat Analytics

2. Azure Advanced Threat Protection

3. Azure Security Center

3. Operation Management Suite with ASC

4. Network, Storage Protection on Azure