Exam Ref AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

by Yuri Diogenes, Orin Thomas

Overview

Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-500: Demonstrate your real-world knowledge of Microsoft Azure security, including tools and techniques for protecting identity, access, platforms, data, and applications, and for effectively managing security operations. Designed for professionals with Azure security experience, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate level.

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

- Manage identity and access

- Implement platform protection

- Manage security operations

- Secure data and applications

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

- Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

- Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

- Assumes you have expertise implementing security controls and threat protection, managing identity and access, and protecting assets in cloud and hybrid environments

About the Exam

Exam AZ-500 focuses on the knowledge needed to manage Azure Active Directory identities; configure secure access with Azure AD; manage application access and access control; implement advanced network security; configure advanced security for compute; monitor security with Azure Monitor, Azure Firewall manager, Azure Security Center, Azure Defender, and Azure Sentinel; configure security policies; configure security for storage and databases; and configure and manage Key Vault.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate credential, demonstrating your expertise as an Azure Security Engineer capable of maintaining security posture, identifying and remediating vulnerabilities, implementing threat protection, and responding to incident escalations as part of a cloud-based management and security team.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780136788935
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	12/22/2020
Series:	Exam Ref
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Yuri Diogenes (CISSP, E|CND, E|CEH, E|CSA, E|CHFI, CompTIA Security+, CySA+, Cloud Essentials Certified, Mobility+, Network+, CASP, CyberSec First Responder, MCSE, MCTS) is Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Cybersecurity Engineering’s Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Division. In this role, he helps customers onboard and deploy Azure Security Center. At Microsoft since 2006, his roles have ranged from senior support escalation engineer on the CSS Forefront Edge Team to co-creator of the Azure Security Center content experience. A Professor at EC-Council University’s MS and BS-level Cybersecurity programs, he holds an MS in Cybersecurity Intelligence & Forensics from Utica College, and an MBA from FGF in Brazil. His 22 books include Microsoft Azure Security Center, Second Edition and Enterprise Mobility Suite: Managing BYOD and Company-Owned Devices.


Orin Thomas (MVP, Microsoft Regional Director, MCT, MCSE, MCITP) is Principal Cloud Operations Advocate at Microsoft, and author of 40+ books for Microsoft Press on topics including Windows Server, Windows Client, Azure, Security, System Center, Exchange Server, and SQL Server. His recent titles include Exam Ref MS-100 Microsoft 365 Identity and Services and Windows Server 2019 Inside Out. Thomas has authored Azure Architecture courses at Pluralsight, as well as multiple Microsoft Official Curriculum and EdX courses on diverse IT topics. He is completing a Doctorate in Information Technology at Charles Sturt University.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Microsoft Entra Security

CHAPTER 2 Secure Azure Networks

CHAPTER 3 Secure Azure Compute

CHAPTER 4 Secure Azure Storage

CHAPTER 5 Secure Azure SQL

CHAPTER 6 Security governance

CHAPTER 7 Microsoft Defender for Cloud

CHAPTER 8 Security Monitoring and Automation

CHAPTER 9 AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Exam Updates