In this course students will gain the knowledge and skills needed to implement security controls, maintain the security posture, and identify and remediate vulnerabilities by using a variety of security tools. The course covers scripting and automation, virtualization, and cloud N-tier architecture.

Students should have at least one year of hands-on experience securing Azure workloads and experience with security controls for workloads on Azure.

Before attending this course, students must have knowledge of:

• Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe specialized data classifications on Azure
• Identify Azure data protection mechanisms
• Implement Azure data encryption methods
• Secure Internet protocols and how to implement them on Azure
• Describe Azure security services and features

Manage identity and access

• Manage identities in Microsoft Entra ID
• Manage authentication by using Microsoft Entra ID
• Manage authorization by using Microsoft Entra ID
• Manage application access in Microsoft Entra ID

Secure networking

• Plan and implement security for virtual networks
• Plan and implement security for private access to Azure resources
• Plan and implement security for public access to Azure resources

Secure compute, storage, and databases

• Plan and implement advanced security for compute
• Plan and implement security for storage
• Plan and implement security for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance

Manage security operations

• Plan, implement, and manage governance for security
• Manage security posture by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Configure and manage threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Configure and manage security monitoring and automation solutions