You're reading from Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Exam Ref SC-900

Product type Book

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801815994

Pages 404 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Cloud Security

Author (1):

Dwayne Natwick

Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Exam Overview

2. Chapter 1: Preparing for Your Microsoft Exam

3. Section 2: The Key Concepts of Security, Compliance, and Identity

4. Chapter 2: Describing Security Methodologies

5. Chapter 3: Understanding Key Security Concepts

6. Chapter 4: Key Microsoft Security and Compliance Principles

7. Section 3: The Microsoft Identity Management Solutions

8. Chapter 5: Defining Identity Principles/Concepts and the Identity Services within Azure AD

9. Chapter 6: Describing the Authentication and Access Management Capabilities of Azure AD

10. Chapter 7: Describing the Identity Protection and Governance Capabilities of Azure AD

11. Section 4: The Microsoft Security Solutions for Microsoft 365 and Azure

12. Chapter 8: Describing Basic Security Services and Management Capabilities in Azure

13. Chapter 9: Describing Security Management and Capabilities of Azure

14. Chapter 10: Describing Threat Protection with Microsoft 365 Defender

15. Chapter 11: Describing the Security Capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel

16. Chapter 12: Describing Security Management and the Endpoint Security Capabilities of Microsoft 365

17. Section 5: The Microsoft Compliance Monitoring Capabilities within Microsoft 365 and Azure

18. Chapter 13: Compliance Management Capabilities in Microsoft

19. Chapter 14: Describing Information Protection and Governance Capabilities of Microsoft 365

20. Chapter 15: Describing Insider Risk, eDiscovery, and Audit Capabilities in Microsoft 365

21. Chapter 16: Describing Resource Governance Capabilities in Azure

22. Chapter 17: Final Assessment/ Mock Exam

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