Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate (SC-401)
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What you’ll learn
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.
Audience
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.
Curriculum
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
Prerequisites
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.
Exam info
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%)
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