• Classroom
  • Online, Instructor-Led

This is an advanced, expert-level course. Although not required to attend, students are strongly encouraged to have taken and passed another associate level certification in the security, compliance and identity portfolio (such as AZ-500, SC-200 or SC-300) before attending this class. This course prepares students with the expertise to design and evaluate cybersecurity strategies in the following areas: Zero Trust, Governance Risk Compliance (GRC), security operations (SecOps), and data and applications. Students will also learn how to design and architect solutions using zero trust principles and specify security requirements for cloud infrastructure in different service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS).

Learning Objectives

  • Introduction to Zero Trust and best practice frameworks
  • 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)
  • Design a resiliency strategy for common cyberthreats like ransomware
  • Case study: Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities
  • Design solutions for regulatory compliance
  • Design solutions for identity and access management
  • Design solutions for securing privileged access
  • Design solutions for security operations
  • Case study: Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities
  • Design solutions for securing Microsoft 365
  • Design solutions for securing applications
  • Design solutions for securing an organization's data
  • Case study: Design security solutions for applications and data
  • Specify requirements for securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services
  • Design solutions for security posture management in hybrid and multicloud environments
  • Design solutions for securing server and client endpoints
  • Design solutions for network security
  • Case study: Design security solutions for infrastructure

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):