Day: August 4, 2026

Common False Positives in ASR Audit Logs (and How to Classify Them) Once you’ve deployed Attack Surface Reduction rules in Audit mode (see the companion

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping in Microsoft Sentinel: A Practical Primer MITRE ATT&CK is the common language of threat detection — but for a lot of SOC

Triaging a Defender XDR Incident: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough An incident lands in your Defender XDR queue. Now what? This walkthrough covers a repeatable triage process

Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) Rules: Audit Mode to Block Mode, the Right Way Attack Surface Reduction rules are one of the highest-value, lowest-cost controls in

Advanced Hunting 101: Writing KQL Queries in Microsoft Defender XDR Advanced Hunting is where Defender XDR stops being a dashboard and starts being an investigation

Building Your First Sentinel Analytics Rule: From KQL to Incident If you’re managing security for multiple tenants — government, banking, MNC clients — Microsoft Sentinel’s