Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate (SC-401)

This Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate (SC-401) course equips you with the skills you need to plan and implement information security for sensitive data using Microsoft Purview and related services.

This course covers essential topics such as information protection, data loss prevention (DLP), retention, and insider risk management where you’ll learn how to protect data within Microsoft 365 collaboration environments from internal and external threats, in addition to how to manage security alerts and respond to incidents by investigating activities, responding to DLP alerts, and managing insider risk cases.

You also learn how to protect data used by AI services within Microsoft environments and implement controls to safeguard content in these environments.

Upon course completion, you will validate the skills needed to plan and implement information security for sensitive data by using Microsoft Purview and related services. You’ll also gain an understanding of the skills you need to mitigate risks from internal and external threats by protecting data inside collaboration environments that are managed by Microsoft 365 and verify your expertise to respond to information security incidents.

During this immersive course, you’ll also learn:

• Implementing information protection.
• Implementing data loss prevention and retention.
• Managing risks, alerts, and activities.

At the end of this course, you’ll take the official exam and achieve your Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate (SC-401) certification, covered by the Firebrand Certification Guarantee.

Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review method, you’ll access official courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

This course is ideal for Information Security Administrators and professionals who plan and implement information security for sensitive data using Microsoft Purview and related services.

It is also suitable for people who are responsible for mitigating risks by protecting data within Microsoft 365 collaboration environments from internal and external threats, as well as safeguarding data used by AI services. 

• Module 1: Implement Microsoft Purview Information Protection
• Module 2: Implement and Manage Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
• Module 3: Implement and Manage Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
• Module 4: Protect Data in AI Environments with Microsoft Purview
• Module 5: Implement and Manage Retention and Recovery in Microsoft Purview
• Module 6: Audit and Search Activity in Microsoft Purview

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by our Certification Guarantee:

Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate (SC-401) exam

• Duration: 100 minutes
• Languages: English
• Domains: 
  • Implement information protection (30–35%)
  • Implement data loss prevention and retention (30–35%)
  • Manage risks, alerts, and activities (30–35%)

Before attending this course, you should be familiar with all Microsoft 365 services, PowerShell, Microsoft Entra, the Microsoft Defender portal, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.

Your course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply to online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass the first time or train again for free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Six reasons to sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Three training options. Choose between residential classroom-based, live online, or city-centre courses
• All-inclusive course. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. Our expert instructors cover exclusive additional materials not taught through the official curriculum
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style compared to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 145,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply to online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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