Become an Azure Cloud Engineer

Microsoft Azure Security

Security is a top priority for anyone who utilizes the cloud. Microsoft takes security very seriously, and the Azure Platform is built on that foundation. Microsoft secures data centers and management programs, as well as offering security services on a pay-as-you-go basis. Discover how to leverage these security features and services to help your organization implement strong security practices and protect and secure your own cloud applications.

About the Course

Aimed at helping candidates prepare for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500 exam), this training material starts with an overview of Azure's shared responsibility model before moving on to security topics such as storage security, database security, identity and access management, and networking security. By the end of this course, learners are expected to have an in-depth understanding of all of Microsoft Azure's core security options and features.

Delve into this course and take a step closer to becoming a Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate.

Who is this course for?

This course is for IT professionals who want to gain a better understanding of Microsoft Azure's security options. More specifically, IT professionals who want to become Azure Security Engineers, as well as individuals preparing for Microsoft’s AZ-500 exam are the intended audience of this course.

Course Prerequisites

Along with a basic understanding of Microsoft Azure and its offerings, course participants should have a solid foundation on basic IT security principles, a deep understanding of networking, virtualization, and cloud N-tier architecture, a solid familiarity with cloud capabilities, and strong skills in scripting and automation in order to have a good grasp of the topics covered in this course. 

Microsoft Azure Security Overview

Parsed in eight chapters, this course will help learners have a solid foundation on Azure Security services and how to use them to safeguard their Azure services and data.

The course will also highlight Azure security best practices, as well as provide learners with technical vocabulary, tools, and methodologies for building a secure and resilient cloud service. Lastly, learners will discover more about the use of Azure and Intune's extra security features.

Below are the chapters that make up this course, including the specific topics covered in each chapter.

Part 1: Azure Overview – opening the course, the first part serves as an overview of Azure Security which includes Azure Building Blocks, Azure Active Directory, App Management using AAD, publishing Apps, and synchronizing users.

Part 2: Conditional Access – the succeeding segment highlights AAD Conditional Access. Important topics covered in this part include AAD access, Device based access, and AAD Identity Protection.

Part 3: Role-Based Access – this chapter discusses Role-based Access Control and covers specific topics such as Role-based Access Control, Azure AD Application Registration, and Managed Identities.

Part 4: Azure Policies – digging deeper into the course, learners deal with Azure Policies presented in several parts: Azure Policies, Resource Providers and Locks, AAD Privileged Identity, and Protect AD Roles with PIM.

Part 5: Network Security – onto the next chapter, Network Security includes discussions about Network Security Controls, Azure Firewall Hub, Security Groups, Endpoints and Policies, and Remote Access Management.

Part 6: Storage and DB Security – this chapter revolves around Storage and Database Security, covering certain topics including Storage Security, Data Plane Security, SQL DB Security, and Always Encrypted in Azure.

Part 7: Application Security – the penultimate chapter includes Application Security which tours learners to lessons about App Service Security, Service Secure Deployment, and the Azure Key vault.

Part 8: Security Monitoring – concluding the course is the presentation of Azure Security monitoring and Azure Security Center. This chapter also has a session for learners’ examination preparation.