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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

Microsoft's privacy principles

Microsoft provides its customers with access to and details of its privacy principles. There are six privacy principles that Microsoft focuses on, and they are control, transparency, security, strong legal protection, no content-based targeting, and benefits to you. The full details of Microsoft's privacy principles can be found here: https://privacy.microsoft.com. The following sections will go into further detail about each of these principles and how they would pertain to you and your company.

Control

The principle of control is that Microsoft does not control the privacy of you or your company – it allows you to control your own privacy with Microsoft's tools and allows you to make clear choices. This control over the access to your data allows companies to manage their own risks and protect their own data. However, Microsoft provides companies with guidance and tools that allow companies to make good decisions based on...