SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

Cybersecurity is an important part of every organisation, and having the right security architecture in place can make a big difference. The SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect course focuses on how to design and implement security solutions across Microsoft environments.

Participants will explore how different security technologies work together, how to protect identities, data and infrastructure, and how to build a security strategy that can respond to today's cybersecurity challenges.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Design security strategies and architectures for Microsoft environments.

• Evaluate and improve an organisation's security posture.

• Design solutions for identity and access management.

• Plan security for data, applications and infrastructure.

• Apply Zero Trust principles to security architecture.

• Design security operations and solutions for threat protection.

• Understand how Microsoft security services work together.

• Design solutions for governance, risk and compliance.

Develop security architectures that support an organisation's business and operational needs.

Course Outline

1. Design a Zero Trust Strategy

• Zero Trust security principles

• Security architecture and frameworks

• Identity, device and access security

• Applying Zero Trust across an organisation

2. Design Security Operations

• Security operations and monitoring

• Microsoft Defender solutions

• Microsoft Sentinel

• Threat detection and response

• Security incident management

3. Design Solutions for Data and Applications

• Data security and protection

• Application security

• Data classification and governance

• Encryption and information protection

• Microsoft Purview security solutions

4. Design Solutions for Infrastructure

• Infrastructure security

• Network security

• Cloud security

• Hybrid security architectures

• Security for servers and endpoints

5. Design Identity and Access Management

• Microsoft Entra ID

• Authentication and authorisation

• Privileged Identity Management

• Conditional Access

• Identity governance

6. Develop Security Architecture and Governance

• Security policies and standards

• Risk management

• Compliance requirements

• Security governance

• Evaluating and improving security solutions

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for experienced IT and security professionals, including cybersecurity architects, security engineers, IT administrators and other professionals involved in designing or managing an organisation's security strategy.

What will participants gain?

Participants will develop the knowledge needed to design comprehensive cybersecurity solutions across Microsoft environments, while understanding how identity, infrastructure, data, applications and security operations fit together as part of an overall security strategy.