Manage security controls for identity and access

This module focuses on effectively managing security controls in Microsoft Entra ID by securing identities, authentication, and authorization to protect users, groups, and external identities against threats while ensuring secure and seamless access to resources.

• Microsoft cloud security benchmark: Identity management and privileged access
• What is Microsoft Entra ID?
• Secure Microsoft Entra users
• Create a new user in Microsoft Entra ID
• Secure Microsoft Entra groups
• Recommend when to use external identities
• Secure external identities
• Implement Microsoft Entra Identity Protection
• Microsoft Entra Connect
• Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync
• Authentication options
• Password hash synchronization with Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft Entra pass-through authentication
• Federation with Microsoft Entra ID
• What is Microsoft Entra authentication?
• Implement multifactor authentication (MFA)
• Kerberos authentication
• New Technology Local Area Network Manager (NTLM)
• Passwordless authentication options for Microsoft Entra ID
• Implement passwordless authentication
• Implement password protection
• Microsoft Entra ID single sign-on
• Implement single sign-on (SSO)
• Integrate single sign-on (SSO) and identity providers
• Introduction to Microsoft Entra Verified ID
• Configure Microsoft Entra Verified ID
• Recommend and enforce modern authentication protocols
• Azure management groups
• Configure Azure role permissions for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources
• Azure role-based access control
• Azure built-in roles
• Assign Azure role permissions for management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, and resources
• Microsoft Entra built-in roles
• Assign built-in roles in Microsoft Entra ID
• Microsoft Entra role-based access control
• Create and assign a custom role in Microsoft Entra ID
• Zero Trust security
• Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management
• Configure Privileged Identity Management
• Microsoft Entra ID governance
• Identity lifecycle management
• Lifecycle workflows
• Entitlement management
• Delegation and roles in entitlement management
• Access reviews
• Configure role management and access reviews by using Microsoft Entra ID governance
• Implement Conditional Access policies for Cloud Resources in Azure
• Azure lighthouse overview

Manage Microsoft Entra application access

This module covers managing application access in Microsoft Entra ID, including controlling enterprise app access, managing app registrations and permissions, utilizing service principals, and configuring the Microsoft Entra Application Proxy for secure access.

• Manage access to enterprise applications in Microsoft Entra ID, including OAuth permission grants
• Manage app registrations in Microsoft Entra ID
• Configure app registration permission scopes
• Manage app registration permission consent
• Manage and use service principals
• Manage managed identities for Azure resources
• Recommend when to use and configure a Microsoft Entra Application Proxy, including authentication

Plan and implement security for virtual networks

This module is designed to provide administrators with the knowledge and skills needed to plan and implement robust security measures for Azure virtual networks, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of network resources.

• Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark: Data Protection, Logging and Threat Detection, and Network Security
• What is an Azure Virtual Network
• Azure Virtual Network Manager
• Plan and implement Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Application Security Groups (ASGs)
• Plan and implement User-Defined Routes (UDRs)
• Plan and implement Virtual Network peering or gateway
• Plan and implement Virtual Wide Area Network, including secured virtual hub
• Secure VPN connectivity, including point-to-site and site-to-site
• Azure encryption
• What is Azure Virtual Network encryption
• Azure ExpressRoute
• Implement encryption over ExpressRoute
• Configure firewall settings on Azure resources
• Monitor network security by using Network Watcher

Plan and implement security for private access to Azure resources

This module focuses on equipping administrators with the knowledge and skills required to plan and implement robust security measures for private access to Azure resources, safeguarding sensitive data and enhancing network integrity.

• Plan and implement virtual network Service Endpoints
• Plan and implement Private Endpoints
• Plan and implement Private Link services
• Plan and implement network integration for Azure App Service and Azure Functions
• Plan and implement network security configurations for an App Service Environment (ASE)
• Plan and implement network security configurations for an Azure SQL Managed Instance

Plan and implement security for public access to Azure resources

This module empowers admins to plan and implement strong security for Azure resources, ensuring app/service confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

• Plan and implement Transport Layer Security (TLS) to applications, including Azure App Service and API Management
• Plan, implement, and manage an Azure Firewall, Azure Firewall Manager and firewall policies
• Plan and implement an Azure Application Gateway
• Plan and implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Plan and implement an Azure Front Door, including Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Recommend when to use Azure DDoS Protection Standard

Plan and implement advanced security for compute

This module is designed to provide administrators with the knowledge and skills needed to plan and implement advanced security measures for Azure compute resources, safeguarding applications and data against evolving security threats.

• Plan and implement remote access to public endpoints, Azure Bastion and just-in-time (JIT) virtual machine (VM) access
• What is Azure Kubernetes Service?
• Configure network isolation for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Secure and monitor Azure Kubernetes Service
• Configure authentication for Azure Kubernetes Service
• Configure security for Azure Container Instances (ACIs)
• Configure security for Azure Container Apps (ACAs)
• Manage access to Azure Container Registry (ACR)
• Configure disk encryption, Azure Disk Encryption (ADE), encryption as host, and confidential disk encryption
• Recommend security configurations for Azure API Management

Plan and implement security for storage

This module is designed to provide administrators with the knowledge and skills required to plan and implement comprehensive security measures for Azure storage resources, safeguarding data integrity, confidentiality, and availability.

• Azure Storage
• Configure access control for storage accounts
• Manage life cycle for storage account access keys
• Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Files
• Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Blobs
• Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Tables
• Select and configure an appropriate method for access to Azure Queues
• Select and configure appropriate methods for protecting against data security threats, including soft delete, backups, versioning, and immutable storage
• Configure Bring your own key (BYOK)
• Enable double encryption at the Azure Storage infrastructure level

Plan and implement security for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance

This module is designed to empower administrators with the knowledge and skills needed to plan and implement robust security measures for Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance, ensuring data protection and regulatory compliance.

• Azure SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance security
• Enable Microsoft Entra database authentication
• Enable and monitor database audit
• Identify use cases for the Microsoft Purview governance portal
• Implement data classification of sensitive information by using the Microsoft Purview governance portal
• Plan and implement dynamic mask
• Implement transparent data encryption
• Recommend when to use Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted
• Implement an Azure SQL Database firewall

Implement and manage enforcement of cloud governance policies

This module focuses on enabling administrators to effectively plan, implement, and manage security governance in Azure, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and best practices.

• Microsoft cloud security benchmark: Access, Data, Identity, Network, Endpoint, Governance, Recovery, Incident, and Vulnerability Management
• Azure governance
• Create, assign, and interpret security policies and initiatives in Azure Policy
• Deploy secure infrastructures by using a landing zone
• Azure Key Vault
• Azure Key Vault security
• Azure Key Vault authentication
• Create and configure an Azure Key Vault
• Recommend when to use a dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM)
• Configure access to Key Vault, including vault access policies and Azure role-based access control
• Manage certificates, secrets, and keys
• Configure key rotation
• Configure backup and recovery of certificates, secrets, and keys
• Implement security controls to protect backups
• Implement security controls for asset management

Manage security posture by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

This module teaches administrators to manage and improve cloud security using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, focusing on proactive risk identification and remediation.

• Implement Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Identify and remediate security risks by using the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Secure Score and Inventory
• Assess compliance against security frameworks and Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Add industry and regulatory standards to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Add custom initiatives to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Connect hybrid cloud and multicloud environments to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Implement and use Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management

Configure and manage threat protection by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud

This module focuses on the essential techniques for configuring and managing threat protection exclusively with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, empowering cybersecurity specialists to strengthen the security posture of their cloud environments.

• Enable workload protection services in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Defender for Servers
• Defender for Storage
• Malware scanning in Defender for Storage
• Detect threats to sensitive data
• Deploy Microsoft Defender for Storage
• Enable configure Azure built-in policy
• Configure Microsoft Defender plans for Servers, Databases, and Storage
• Implement and manage Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management
• Log Analytics workspace
• Manage data retention in a Log Analytics workspace
• Deploy the Azure Monitor Agent
• Collect data with Azure Monitor Agent
• Data collection rules (DCRs) in Azure Monitor
• Transformations in data collection rules (DCRs)
• Monitor network security events and performance data by configuring data collection rules (DCRs) in Azure Monitor
• Connect your Azure subscriptions
• Just-in-time machine access
• Enable just-in-time access
• Container security in Microsoft Defender for Containers
• Managed Kubernetes threat factors
• Defender for Containers architecture
• Configure Microsoft Defender for Containers components
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud DevOps Security
• DevOps Security support and prerequisites
• DevOps environment security posture
• Connect your GitHub lab environment to Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Configure the Microsoft Security DevOps GitHub action
• Defender for Cloud AI threat protection
• Enable threat protection for AI workloads in Defender for Cloud
• Gain application and end-user context for AI alerts
• Exercise - Configuring Microsoft Defender for Cloud for Enhanced Protection

Configure and manage security monitoring and automation solutions

This module teaches how to set up and manage security tools with Azure Monitor and Microsoft Sentinel. It helps organizations quickly find and deal with security issues in their cloud setup.

• Manage and respond to security alerts in Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Configure workflow automation by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Log retention plans in Microsoft Sentinel
• Alerts and Incidents from Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure data connectors in Microsoft Sentinel
• Enable analytics rules in Microsoft Sentinel
• Configure automation in Microsoft Sentinel
• Automating Threat Response with Microsoft Sentinel