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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 Microsoft Defender for Office 365

Each of the Microsoft 365 Defender solutions has a specific focus regarding what the solution is going to protect within your Microsoft 365 infrastructure. Microsoft Defender for Office 365 focuses on the collaboration tools that are used within Microsoft 365 to avoid threats within email messages in Exchange Online, online file shares (SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business), and Microsoft Teams collaborations. These threats include malware links (URLs) and file attachments.

The features of Microsoft Defender for Office 365 are listed as follows:

  • Threat protection policies for attachments, links, and anti-phishing
  • Threat investigation and response capabilities
  • Reports and training with attack simulations
  • Automated investigation and response capabilities

Additional information regarding Microsoft Defender for Office 365 can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365...