This course provides foundational level knowledge on security, compliance, and identity
concepts and related cloud-based Microsoft solutions.
Course dates and course fee may be subjected to changes.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: Describe security and compliance concepts
- 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 2: Describe identity concepts
- Define authentication and authorization
- Define identity as the primary security perimeter
- Describe the role of the identity provider
- Describe the concept of directory services and Active Directory
- Describe the concept of Federation
Lesson 3: Describe the function and identity types of Microsoft Entra ID
- Describe Microsoft Entra ID
- Describe type of identities
- Describe hybrid identity
- Describe external identities
Lesson 4: Describe the authentication capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
- Describe the authentication methods
- Describe multifactor authentication
- Describe self-service password reset
- Describe password protection and management capabilities
Lesson 5: Describe the access management capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID
- Describe Conditional Access
- Describe Microsoft Entra roles and role-based access control (RBAC)
Lesson 6: Describe the identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra
- Describe Microsoft Entra ID Governance
- Describe access reviews
- Describe entitlement engagement
- Describe the capabilities of Privileged identity Management
- Describe Microsoft Entra ID Protection
- Describe Microsoft Entra Permissions Management
- Describe Microsoft Entra Verified ID
Lesson 7: Describe core infrastructure security services in Azure
- Describe Azure DDoS protection
- Describe Azure Firewall
- Describe Web Application Firewall
- Describe network segmentation in Azure
- Describe Azure Network Security groups
- Describe Azure Bastion
- Describe Azure Key Vault
Lesson 8: Describe security management capabilities of Azure
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Describe how security policies and initiatives improve cloud security posture
- Describe Cloud security posture management
- Describe the enhanced security of Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- Describe DevOps security management
Lesson 9: Describe the capabilities in Microsoft Sentinel
- Define the concepts of SIEM and SOAR
- Describe threat detection and mitigation capabilities in Microsoft Sentinel
- Describe Microsoft Security Copilot
Lesson 10: Describe threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender
- Describe Microsoft 365 Defender services
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Office 365
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Describe Microsoft for Identity
- Describe Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
- Describe Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence
- Describe the Microsoft 365 Defender Portal
Lesson 11: Describe Microsoft’s Service Trust portal and privacy capabilities
- Describe the offerings of the Service Trust Portal
- Describe Microsoft’s privacy principles
- Describe Microsoft Privacy
Lesson 12: Describe the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft Purview
- Describe the Microsoft Purview compliance portal
- Describe Compliance Manager
- Describe use and benefits of compliance score
Lesson 13: Describe information protection, data lifecycle management, and data governance capabilities in Microsoft Purview
- Know your data, protect your data, and govern your data
- Describe the data classification capabilities of the compliance portal
- Describe sensitivity labels and policies
- Describe data loss prevention
- Describe retention policies and retention labels
- Describe records management
- Describe the Microsoft Purview unified data governance solution
Lesson 14: Describe the insider risk capabilities in Microsoft Purview
- Describe insider risk management
- Describe communication compliance
Lesson 15: Describe the eDiscovery and audit capabilities of Microsoft Purview
- Describe the eDiscovery solutions in Microsoft Purview
- Describe the audit solutions in Microsoft Purview
