What does the Microsoft Secure Score measure?

The organization's overall security posture based on implemented security controls

The performance of the security operations center in responding to alerts

The total amount of security-related spending compared to industry benchmarks

The number of security incidents detected in the last 30 days

The security team at Northwind Traders notices that their Microsoft Secure Score has decreased by 15 points over the past week. They want to identify the specific actions that caused the drop and prioritize remediation. What should they do first?

Check the Defender XDR report for a summary of threat detections.

Use Microsoft Security Exposure Management to view the organization's attack surface.

Review the Secure Score history and the list of improvement actions that changed status.

Run an advanced hunting query for all alerts generated in the past week.

How can an organization improve its Microsoft Secure Score?

By disabling security monitoring to reduce false positives

By implementing the recommended security controls listed in the Secure Score improvement actions

By increasing the number of users with global administrator roles

By purchasing more licenses for Microsoft 365 E5

Contoso's security team wants to proactively identify emerging threats that could affect their industry. They also want to see if any of their assets are mentioned in the threat intelligence. What should they do?

Check the Defender XDR report for threat trends

Increase the Secure Score target to prepare for threats

Run an advanced hunting query for all external IP addresses

Review Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence for industry-specific threat profiles and search for their assets

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Domain 3Objective 1

Review and Respond to Security Reports and Alerts Generated by Microsoft Defender XDR MS-102 Practice Questions (Page 7)

Part of the Manage security and threats by using Microsoft Defender XDR domain, which accounts for 30–35% of the MS-102 exam. Microsoft does not publish an official question count, but from its 100-minute exam (~40–65 total, ~12–23 in this domain), expect 3–6 from this objective — we provide 34 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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What does the Microsoft Secure Score measure?
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The security team at Northwind Traders notices that their Microsoft Secure Score has decreased by 15 points over the past week. They want to identify the specific actions that caused the drop and prioritize remediation. What should they do first?
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How can an organization improve its Microsoft Secure Score?
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34application · medium
Contoso's security team wants to proactively identify emerging threats that could affect their industry. They also want to see if any of their assets are mentioned in the threat intelligence. What should they do?
Select an answer first

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