Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Exam Ref SC-900: Familiarize yourself with security, identity, and compliance in Microsoft 365 and Azure

Understand the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity solutions across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and related cloud-based Microsoft services

Key Features

• Grasp Azure AD services and identity principles, secure authentication, and access management
• Understand threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Defender for Cloud security management
• Learn about security capabilities in Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft 365 Defender, and Microsoft Intune

Book Description

Cloud technologies have made building a defense-in-depth security strategy of paramount importance. Without proper planning and discipline in deploying the security posture across Microsoft 365 and Azure, you are compromising your infrastructure and data. Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals is a comprehensive guide that covers all of the exam objectives for the SC-900 exam while walking you through the core security services available for Microsoft 365 and Azure.

This book starts by simplifying the concepts of security, compliance, and identity before helping you get to grips with Azure Active Directory, covering the capabilities of Microsoft’s identity and access management (IAM) solutions. You'll then advance to compliance center, information protection, and governance in Microsoft 365. You'll find out all you need to know about the services available within Azure and Microsoft 365 for building a defense-in-depth security posture, and finally become familiar with Microsoft's compliance monitoring capabilities.

By the end of the book, you'll have gained the knowledge you need to take the SC-900 certification exam and implement solutions in real-life scenarios.

What you will learn

• Become well-versed with security, compliance, and identity principles
• Explore the authentication, access control, and identity management capabilities of Azure AD
• Understand the identity protection and governance aspects of Azure and MS 365
• Get to grips with the basic security capabilities for network, VMs, and data
• Discover security management through Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Work with Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft 365 Defender
• Deal with compliance, governance, and risk in MS 365 and Azure

Who This Book Is For

This book is for cloud security engineers, Microsoft 365 administrators, Azure administrators, and anyone in between who wants to get up to speed with the security, compliance, and identity fundamentals to achieve the SC-900 certification. A basic understanding of the fundamental services within Microsoft 365 and Azure will be helpful but not essential.

Table of Contents

1. Preparing for Your Microsoft Exam
2. Describing Security Methodologies
3. Understanding Key Security Concepts
4. Key Microsoft Security and Compliance Principles
5. Defining Identity Principles/Concepts and the Identity Services within Azure AD
6. Describing the Authentication and Access Management Capabilities of Azure AD
7. Describing the Identity Protection and Governance Capabilities of Azure AD
8. Describing Basic Security Services and Management Capabilities in Azure
9. Describing Security Management and Capabilities of Azure
10. Describing Threat Protection with Microsoft 365 Defender
11. Describing the Security Capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel
12. Describing Security Management and the Endpoint Security Capabilities of Microsoft 365
13. Compliance Management Capabilities in Microsoft
14. Describing Information Protection and Governance Capabilities of Microsoft 365

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Dwayne Natwick is a Cloud Training Architect Lead at Opsgility, a Microsoft CSP. He has been in IT, security design, and architecture for over 30 years. His love of teaching led him to become a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Regional Lead and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).Dwayne has a master's degree in Business IT from Walsh College, the CISSP from ISC2, and 18 Microsoft certifications, including Identity and Access Administrator, Azure Security Engineer, and Microsoft 365 Security Administrator. Dwayne can be found providing and sharing information on social media, industry conferences, his blog site, and his YouTube channel.Originally from Maryland, Dwayne currently resides in Michigan with his wife and three children.