Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Overview

On this accelerated Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification course, you'll gain the knowledge and skills to become a Subject Matter Expert in designing, managing and implementing cybersecurity strategies to protect your business, its process and enterprise architecture from cyber attacks.

In less than a week, you'll be responsible for designing a Zero Trust strategy and architecture, as well as:

Evaluating Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) technical strategies and security operations strategies
Designing security for infrastructure
Designing a strategy for data and applications

As a Microsoft Gold Partner for Learning, and through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get access to Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOCs), learn from Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs), in a distraction-free environment.

Certification path

You have the option of signing up for the combined delivery of Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate | Exam SC-200 and Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect | Exam SC-100, or of taking the exams separately.

In order to achieve the Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification, you need to pass Exam SC-100 as well as one of the following:

Both exam SC-100 and exam SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500 or MS-500 are prerequisites to become a Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.

After you pass both exams you'll automatically receive the Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification.

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Four reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

You'll be trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 6-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
Your course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
Pass first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
Study with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

Benefits

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Curriculum

Module 1: Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender
Module 2: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Module 3: Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Module 4: Create queries for Microsoft Sentinel using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Module 5: Configure your Microsoft Sentinel environment
Module 6: Connect logs to Microsoft Sentinel
Module 7: Create detections and perform investigations using Microsoft Sentinel
Module 8: Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel

SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

Section 1: Design a Zero Trust strategy and architecture

Module 1: Build an overall security strategy and architecture
Module 2: Design a security operations strategy
Module 3: Design an identity security strategy

Section 2: Evaluate Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) technical strategies and security operations strategies

Module 1: Design a regulatory compliance strategy
Module 2: Evaluate security posture and recommend technical strategies to manage risk

Section 3: Design security for infrastructure

Module 1: Design a strategy for securing server and client endpoints
Module 2: Design a strategy for securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services

Section 4: Design a strategy for data and applications

Module 1: Specify security requirements for applications
Module 2: Design a strategy for securing data

Section 5: Recommend security best practices and priorities

Module 1: Recommend security best practices by using the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (MCRA) and Azure Security Benchmarks
Module 2: Recommend a secure methodology by using the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Module 3: Recommend a ransomware strategy by using Microsoft Security Best Practices

Exam Track

As part of this accelerated course, you’ll sit for the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

Exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

Exam code: SC-200
Language: English
Domains:

Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender (25-30%)
Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud (20-25%)
Mitigate threats using Microsoft Sentinel (50-55%)

Exam SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

Exam code: SC-100
Languages: English
Domains:

Design a Zero Trust strategy and architecture (30–35%)
Evaluate Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) technical strategies and security operation strategies (10–15%)
Design security for infrastructure (10–15%)
Design a strategy for data and applications (15–20%)
Recommend security best practices and priorities (20–25%)

What's Included

Your accelerated 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 for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

In order to achieve the Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification, you need to pass Exam SC-100 as well as one of the following:

Both exam SC-100 and exam SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500 or MS-500 are prerequisites to become a Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.

After you pass both exams you'll automatically receive the Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification.

If you are choosing to take the combined course (Exam SC-100 and Exam SC-200), then you will need the following prerequisites:

Experience in:

Hybrid and cloud implementations
Security engineering areas including:

Identity and access
Platform protection
Security operations
Securing data
Securing applications

And understanding of:

Microsoft 365
Microsoft security, compliance, and identity products
Azure services, specifically Azure SQL Database and Azure Storage
Azure virtual machines and virtual networking
Scripting concepts
Windows 10

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call (0)8 52 50 01 66 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

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