Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500T00)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500T00) 

Audience 

This course is for Azure Security Engineers who are planning to take the associated certification exam, or who are performing security tasks in their day-to-day job. This course would also be helpful to an engineer that wants to specialize in providing security for Azure-based digital platforms and plays an integral role in protecting an organization’s data. 

Prerequisites 

To get the most out of this course students should: 

• Understand security best practices and industry security requirements such as defense in depth, least privileged access, role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, shared responsibility, and zero trust model. 
• Be familiar with security protocols such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Internet Security Protocol (IPSec), Secure Socket Layer (SSL), disk and data encryption methods. 
• Have some experience deploying Azure workloads. This course does not cover the basics of Azure administration, instead the course content builds on that knowledge by adding security specific information. 
• Have experience with Windows and Linux operating systems and scripting languages. This course will use PowerShell and the CLI. 

Course Outline 

Learning Path 1: Manage Identity and Access 

• Module 1: Secure Azure solution with Azure Active Directory 
• Module 2: Implement Hybrid identity 
• Module 3: Deploy Azure AD identity protection 
• Module 4: Configure Azure AD privileged identity management
• Module 5: Design an enterprise governance strategy 

Learning Path 2: Implement platform protection 

• Module 1: Implement perimeter security 
• Module 2: Configure network security 
• Module 3: Configure and manage host security 
• Module 4: Enable Containers security 

Learning Path 3: Secure your data and applications 

• Module 1: Deploy and secure Azure Key Vault 
• Module 2: Configure application security features
• Module 3: Implement storage security 
• Module 4: Configure and manage SQL database security 

Learning Path 4: Manage security operation 

• Module 1: Configure and manage Azure Monitor 
• Module 2: Enable and manage Microsoft Defender for Cloud 
• Module 3: Configure and monitor Microsoft Sentinel