Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

Outline

• Introduction to Zero Trust and best practice frameworks
  • Introduction to best practices
  • Introduction to Zero Trust
  • Zero Trust initiatives
  • Zero Trust technology pillars part 1
  • Zero Trust technology pillars part 2
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Introduction to Zero Trust and best practice frameworks
• Design security solutions that align with the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
  • Define a security strategy
  • Introduction to the Cloud Adoption Framework
  • Cloud Adoption Framework secure methodology
  • Introduction to Azure Landing Zones
  • Design security with Azure Landing Zones
  • Introduction to the Well-Architected Framework
  • The Well-Architected Framework security pillar
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions that align with the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
• Design solutions that align with the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (MCRA) and Microsoft cloud security benchmark (MCSB)
  • Introduction to Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture and cloud security benchmark
  • Design solutions with best practices for capabilities and controls
  • Design solutions with best practices for protecting against insider, external and supply chain attacks.
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solution with Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture and Microsoft cloud security benchmark
• Design a resiliency strategy for ransomware and other attacks based on Microsoft Security Best Practices
  • Common cyberthreats and attack patterns
  • Support business resiliency
  • Design solutions for mitigating ransomware attacks, including prioritization of BCDR and privileged access
  • Design solutions for business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR), including secure backup and restore
  • Evaluate solutions for security updates
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design a resiliency strategy for common cyberthreats like ransomware
• Case study: Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities
  • Case study description
  • Case study answers
  • Conceptual walkthrough
  • Technical walkthrough
  • Module assessment
• Design solutions for regulatory compliance
  • Introduction to regulatory compliance
  • Translate compliance requirements into security controls
  • Design a solution to address compliance requirements by using Microsoft Purview
  • Address privacy requirements with Microsoft Priva
  • Address security and compliance requirements with Azure policy
  • Evaluate and validate alignment with regulatory standards and benchmarks by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for regulatory requirements
• Design solutions for identity and access management
  • Introduction to Identity and Access Management
  • Design cloud, hybrid and multicloud access strategies (including Microsoft Entra ID)
  • Design a solution for external identities
  • Design modern authentication and authorization strategies
  • Align conditional access and Zero Trust
  • Specify requirements to harden Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
  • Design a solution to manage secrets, keys, and certificates
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for identity and access management
• Design solutions for securing privileged access
  • Introduction to privileged access
  • The enterprise access model
  • Evaluate the security and governance of Microsoft Entra ID solutions
  • Design a solution to secure tenant administration
  • Design a solution for privileged access workstations and bastion services
  • Evaluate an access review management solution
  • Evaluate the security and governance of on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), including resilience to common attacks
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for securing privileged access
• Design solutions for security operations
  • Introduction to Security operations (SecOps)
  • Design monitoring to support hybrid and multicloud environments
  • Design centralized logging and auditing, including Microsoft Purview Audit.
  • Design security information and event management (SIEM) solutions
  • Design solutions for detection and response that includes extended detection and response (XDR) and security information and event management (SIEM).
  • Design a solution for security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR)
  • Design and evaluate security workflows, including incident response, threat hunting, and incident management
  • Design and evaluate threat detection coverage by using MITRE ATT&CK matrices, including Cloud, Enterprise, Mobile, and ICS
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for security operations
• Case study: Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities
  • Case study description
  • Case study answers
  • Conceptual walkthrough
  • Technical walkthrough
  • Module assessment
• Design solutions for securing Microsoft 365
  • Introduction to security for Exchange, Sharepoint, OneDrive and Teams
  • Evaluate security posture for productivity and collaboration workloads by using metrics
  • Design a Microsoft Defender XDR solution
  • Design configurations and operational practices for Microsoft 365
  • Evaluate data security and compliance controls in Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 services
  • Evaluate solutions for securing data in Microsoft 365 using Microsoft Purview
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for securing Microsoft 365
• Design solutions for securing applications
  • Introduction to application security
  • Design and implement standards to secure application development
  • Evaluate security posture of existing application portfolios
  • Evaluate application threats with threat modeling
  • Design security lifecycle strategy for applications
  • Secure access for workload identities
  • Design a solution for API management and security
  • Design a solution for secure access to applications
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for securing applications
• Design solutions for securing an organization's data
  • Introduction to data security
  • Evaluate solutions for data discovery and classification
  • Evaluate solutions for encryption of data at rest and in transit, including Azure KeyVault and infrastructure encryption
  • Design data security for Azure workloads
  • Design security for Azure Storage
  • Design a security solution with Microsoft Defender for SQL and Microsoft Defender for Storage
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for securing an organization's data
• Case study: Design security solutions for applications and data
  • Case study description
  • Case study answers
  • Conceptual walkthrough
  • Technical walkthrough
  • Module assessment
• Specify requirements for securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services
  • Introduction to security for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS
  • Specify security baselines for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services
  • Specify security requirements for IoT workloads
  • Specify security requirements for web workloads
  • Specify security requirements for containers and container orchestration
  • Evaluate AI Services security
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Specify requirements for securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services
• Design solutions for security posture management in hybrid and multicloud environments
  • Introduction to hybrid and multicloud posture management
  • Evaluate security posture by using Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark
  • Design integrated posture management and workload protection
  • Evaluate security posture by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Posture evaluation with Microsoft Defender for Cloud secure score
  • Design cloud workload protection with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Integrate hybrid and multicloud environments with Azure Arc
  • Design a solution for external attack surface management
  • Posture management using Exposure management attack paths
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for security posture management in hybrid and multicloud environments
• Design solutions for securing server and client endpoints
  • Introduction to endpoint security
  • Specify server security requirements
  • Specify requirements for mobile devices and clients
  • Specify internet of things (IoT) and embedded device security requirements
  • Secure operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) with Microsoft Defender for IoT
  • Specify security baselines for server and client endpoints
  • Design a solution for secure remote access
  • Evaluate Windows Local Admin Password Solution (LAPS) solutions
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for securing server and client endpoints
• Design solutions for network security
  • Design solutions for network segmentation
  • Design solutions for traffic filtering with network security groups
  • Design solutions for network posture management
  • Design solutions for network monitoring
  • Evaluate solutions that use Microsoft Entra Internet Access
  • Evaluate solutions that use Microsoft Entra Private Access
  • Module assessment
  • Summary - Design solutions for network security
• Case study: Design security solutions for infrastructure
  • Case study description
  • Case study answers
  • Conceptual walkthrough
  • Technical walkthrough
  • Module assessment