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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)
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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

Azure Purview

Azure Purview is a service that can be used for unified data governance across all of your company's data, whether it's on-premises, in Azure, Microsoft 365, or other Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or cloud provider services, such as Amazon S3 storage.

Azure Purview can create a holistic data map of the entire hybrid data landscape through automated data discovery. Azure Purview can use sensitivity policies and data loss prevention policies for information protection and governance. The following screenshot shows how Azure Purview brings these data sources together:

Figure 16.20 – Azure Purview data sources

For more information on Azure Purview, go to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/purview/overview.

To access Azure Purview, go to https://portal.azure.com and search for Purview. Select Azure Purview accounts to go to the Azure Purview tile, as shown in the following screenshot:

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