Course Overview

With the rise in cyber threats, including ransomware, identity theft, and data loss, understanding proper security within Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud network infrastructures are increasingly important.  In this course, we will provide an overview of the Microsoft Azure security and identity solutions for Microsoft Azure.  

 This course will provide an understanding of the methodologies that are important in protecting identities and data within the cloud network and compute infrastructure and how they are used for strong security posture management.   

This course will prepare you for the Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) exam with lectures, demos, and assessment questions to gain an understanding of all objective areas needed for you to pass the exam. 

What You Will Learn

  • Azure Active Directory for cloud and hybrid identity
  • and the solutions used to protect internal and external user identities.
  • Microsoft Azure network and application security solutions
  • and how they are used.
  • Microsoft Azure platform protection for compute resources.
  • Security posture management and security operations in Microsoft.
  • All the objective areas that are required to pass the Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate exam.

Program Curriculum

  • Exam Overview and Preparation
  • Data Protection Challenges
  • Designing for Azure Identity Management
  • Demo Exercise – Creating Users and Groups in Azure AD
  • Implementing Multi-factor Authentication on Azure
  • Demo Exercise – Setup MFA and Conditional Access Policies
  • Implementing Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
  • Demo Exercise – Configure and Manage PIM
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Implementing Advanced Network Security
  • Demo Exercise – Configuring Advanced Network Security
  • Configuring Azure VM and Container Security
  • Demo Exercise - Configuring Azure VM and Container Security
  • Configure Security for Serverless and Azure App Services
  • Demo Exercise - Configuring Security for Serverless and Azure App Services
  • Configure Encryption for Data and Compute Resources
  • Demo Exercise - Configuring Encryption for Data and Compute Resources
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Managing Security and Resource Utilization for Azure Subscription and Resource Groups
  • Security and Resource Management Demo
  • Managing Role-based Access Control and Azure Policy
  • Managing Role-based Access Control and Azure Policy Demo
  • Security Posture Management with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Demo
  • Managing and Monitoring Security Operations with Microsoft Sentinel
  • Security Operations with Microsoft Sentinel Demo
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Managing Azure Key Vault and Disk Encryption
  • Managing Azure Key Vault and Disk Encryption Demo
  • Configuring and Managing Storage Security
  • Configuring and Managing Storage Security Demo
  • Configuring Azure Application and Database Security
  • Configuring Azure Application and Database Security Demo
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

Instructor

Dwayne Natwick Natwick

Dwayne Natwick is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft MVP with over 30 years of experience in information technology and security design and architecture. He has more than 15 Azure and Microsoft 365 role-based certifications, including Microsoft 365 Security Administrator, Azure Security Engineer, Identity and Access Administrator, Information Protection Administrator, and Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals. He not only has these certifications, but he teaches these courses regularly with positive feedback and survey results. He also has the CISSP certification from ISC2. He has authored content, labs, and videos, and presents regularly at conferences and local user events.

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