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SC-900T00: Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance & Identity Fundamentals

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Duration: 1 Day

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Course Overview

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Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals course prepares students for the SC-900 exam and provides knowledge in the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services. The SC-900 exam prep course also provides skills to describe the capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions, Microsoft Security solutions, and Microsoft compliance solutions. It gives an all-around understanding of the solutions that Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 offer that is related to security.

 

The Microsoft SC-900 exam training helps candidates interact with clients and stakeholders effectively. Candidates also learn how to collaborate with security solutions architects and security operations analysts to maintain their organization's security posture.

 

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Audience Profile

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The audience for this course is looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services. The content for this course aligns to the SC-900 exam objective domain. Candidates should be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and understand how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.

 

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Learning Objectives

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• Describe basic concepts of security, compliance, and identity.

• Describe the concepts and capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions.

• Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions.

• Describe the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft.

 

 

Course Outline

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1. Describe security and compliance concepts

• Describe the shared responsibility and the defense-in-depth security models

• Describe the Zero-Trust model

• Describe the concepts of encryption and hashing

• Describe some basic compliance concepts

 

2. Describe identity concepts

• Understand the difference between authentication and authorization

• Describe the concept of identity as a security perimeter

• Describe identity-related services

 

3. Describe the function and identity types of Microsoft Entra ID

• Describe the function of Microsoft Entra ID.

• Describe the types of identities Microsoft Entra ID supports

 

4. Describe the authentication capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID

• Describe the authentication methods of Entra ID

• Describe multifactor authentication (MFA) in Entra ID

• Describe self-service password reset (SSPR) in Entra ID

• Describe the password protection and management capabilities of Entra ID

 

5. Describe the access management capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID

• Describe Conditional Access in Microsoft Entra ID

• Describe Microsoft Entra roles and role-based access control

 

6. Describe the identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra

• Describe the identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID

• Describe Privileged Identity Management

• Describe Permissions Management

 

7. Describe core infrastructure security services in Azure

• Learn how Azure security capabilities can protect the network

• Learn how Azure can protect your VMs

• Learn how to keep secrets safe with Azure Key Vault

 

8. Describe the security management capabilities in Azure

• Describe Microsoft Defender for Cloud

• Describe how security policies and initiatives improve cloud security posture

• Describe how the three pillars of Microsoft Defender for Cloud protect against cyber threats and vulnerabilities

 

9. Describe the capabilities in Microsoft Sentinel

• Describe the security concepts for SIEM and SOAR

• Describe how Microsoft Sentinel provides threat detection and mitigation

• Describe Microsoft Security Copilot

 

10. Describe threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender

• Describe the Microsoft 365 Defender service

• Describe how Microsoft 365 Defender provides integrated protection against sophisticated attacks

• Describe and explore Microsoft 365 Defender portal

 

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 Priva

 

12. Describe the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft Purview

• Describe the Microsoft Purview compliance portal

• Describe Compliance Manager

• Describe the use and benefits of compliance score

 

13. Describe the information protection and data lifecycle management in Microsoft Purview

• Describe data classification capabilities

• Describe records management

• Describe data loss prevention

 

14. Describe the insider risk capabilities in Microsoft Purview

• Describe insider risk management

• Describe communication compliance

 

15. Describe the eDiscovery and Audit capabilities in Microsoft Purview

• Describe the eDiscovery capabilities of Microsoft Purview

• Describe the auditing capabilities of Microsoft Purview

 

 

Prerequisites

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Required

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• General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.

• General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.

• General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

 

 

Job role: Student

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Preparation for exam: SC-900