Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) Cert Prep
3h 32mIntermediate2024-09-12
Authors
Microsoft Press
Microsoft
Christopher Wojahn
Course details
Boost your career as a cybersecurity analyst by preparing for the Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) exam. In this cert prep course from Microsoft Press, instructor Christopher Wojahn focuses on the core concepts and technical skills you need to know to describe security and compliance methods, identity management, Azure AD services and types, authentication, access management, identity protection, and governance across a wide variety of cloud-based and related Microsoft services. Designed for business stakeholders, new and existing IT professionals, functional consultants, and students, this course helps to prepare you for the critical thinking and decision-making acumen required to successfully tackle the exam.
Skills covered
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory)Identity and Access ManagementCloud SecurityMicrosoft 365Network SecurityAzureCert PrepCybersecurityCloud ComputingMicrosoft
Concepts
Introduction
- Get started with Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) exam
Describe Security, Compliance, and Identity Concepts
- Module one - Introduction
- Module one, demo - Set up your Azure, security, and compliance tenants
Describe Security and Compliance Concepts
- Learning objectives
- Describe the shared responsibility model
- Describe defense in depth
- Describe the Zero-Trust model
- Describe encryption and hashing
- Describe governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) concepts
- Lesson one - Recap
Define Identity Concepts
- Learning objectives
- Define identity as the primary security perimeter
- Define authentication
- Define authorization
- Describe identity providers
- Describe Active Directory
- Describe the concept of federation
- Lesson two - Recap
Describe the Capabilities of Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure Active Directory)
- Module two - Introduction
- Module two, demo Manage user, group, and role access in Entra ID
Describe the Function and Identity Types of Microsoft Entra ID
- Learning objectives
- Describe Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
- Describe types of identities
- Describe hybrid identity
- Describe the different external identity types
- Lesson three - Recap
Describe the Authentication Capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
- Learning objectives
- Describe the authentication methods
- Describe multifactor authentication
- Describe self-service password reset
- Describe password protection and management capabilities
- Lesson four - Recap
Describe Access Management Capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
- Learning objectives
- Describe conditional access
- Describe the benefits of roles
- Describe the benefits of role-based access control
- Lesson five - Recap
Describe the Identity Protection and Governance Capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
- Learning objectives
- Describe Microsoft Entra ID governance
- Describe entitlement management and access reviews
- Describe the capabilities of privileged identity management (PIM)
- Describe Entra ID protection
- Lesson six - Recap
Describe the Capabilities of Microsoft Security Solutions
- Module three - Introduction
- Module three, demo - Explore cloud core infrastructure and the defender security features
Describe Core Infrastructure Security Services in Azure
- Learning objectives
- Describe Azure distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection
- Describe Azure Firewall
- Describe a web application firewall (WAF)
- Describe network segmentation with Azure virtual networks
- Describe network security groups (NSGs)
- Describe Azure Bastion
- Describe Azure Key Vault
- Lesson seven - Recap
Describe Security Management Capabilities of Azure
- Learning objectives
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Describe cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Describe how security policies and initiatives improve the cloud security posture
- Describe enhanced security features provided by cloud workload protection
- Lesson eight - Recap
Describe Capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel
- Learning objectives
- Define the concepts of security information and event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automated response (SOAR)
- Describe threat detection and mitigation capabilities in Microsoft Sentinel
- Lesson nine - Recap
Describe Threat Protection with Microsoft 365 Defender
- Learning objectives
- Describe Microsoft 365 Defender services
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Identity
- Describe Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
- Describe Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence (Defender TI)
- Describe the Microsoft 365 Defender portal
- Lesson 10 - Recap
Describe the Capabilities of Microsoft Compliance Solutions
- Module four - Introduction
- Module four, demo - Ensure compliance in Microsoft Purview
Describe Microsoft Service Trust Portal and Privacy Principles
- Learning objectives
- Describe the Service Trust Portal Offerings
- Describe the privacy principles of Microsoft
- Describe Microsoft Priva
- Lesson 11 - Recap
Describe Compliance Management Capabilities of Microsoft Purview
- Learning objectives
- Describe the Microsoft Purview compliance portal
- Describe Compliance Manager
- Describe the uses and benefits of compliance scores
- Lesson 12 - Recap
Describe Information Protection, Data Lifecycle Management, and Data Governance
- Learning objectives
- Describe the data classification capabilities
- Describe the benefits of content explorer and activity explorer
- Describe sensitivity labels and sensitivity label policies
- Describe data loss prevention (DLP)
- Describe records management
- Describe retention policies, retention labels, and retention label policies
- Describe unified data governance solutions in Microsoft Purview
- Lesson 13 - Recap
Describe Insider Risk, Ediscovery, and Audit Capabilities in Microsoft Purview
- Learning objectives
- Describe insider risk management
- Describe eDiscovery solutions in Microsoft Purview
- Describe audit solutions in Microsoft Purview
- Lesson 14 - Recap
Conclusion
- Summary - Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals exam (SC-900)