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Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Exam Ref SC-900

By : Dwayne Natwick
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Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Exam Ref SC-900

By: Dwayne Natwick

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Section 1: Exam Overview
3
Section 2: The Key Concepts of Security, Compliance, and Identity
7
Section 3: The Microsoft Identity Management Solutions
11
Section 4: The Microsoft Security Solutions for Microsoft 365 and Azure
17
Section 5: The Microsoft Compliance Monitoring Capabilities within Microsoft 365 and Azure

Describing security baselines for Azure

Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides you with in-depth features for a CSPM for your Azure, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructure. You may be wondering how Microsoft determines and provides the information to your subscription for recommendations for improvement within the secure score. This is accomplished through the security baselines for Azure. When your Azure and Microsoft Defender for Cloud subscription is created, the security baseline for Azure is enabled through the Azure Security Benchmark. This is used to assess your infrastructure against Microsoft and its partners' best practices.

The Azure Security Benchmark has the following components and features:

  • Azure ID: The Azure Security Benchmark ID that corresponds to the recommendation.
  • Guidance: The rationale for the recommendation and links to guidance on how to implement it.
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud monitoring: Does Microsoft Defender for Cloud monitor...