Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100)

What you'll learn
On this accelerated 3-day Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect course, you'll learn 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).
At Firebrand, we are proud to be among the top few companies in the world to be awarded the Microsoft Cloud badge. Firebrand Microsoft courses are taught with our time-tested Lecture | Lab | Review methodology; you'll get access to Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOCs) and learn from Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs) in a distraction-free environment.
At the end of this course, you'll sit Exam SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect.
To achieve the Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification, you need to pass Exam SC-100 as well as one of the following:
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
- Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
Both exam SC-100 and exam SC-200, SC-300, or AZ-500 are prerequisites to becoming a Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert.
After you pass both exams you'll automatically receive the Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert certification.
Curriculum
19 modules- Module 1 - Introduction to Zero Trust and best practice frameworks.
- Module 2 - Design solutions that align with the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF).
- Module 3 - Design solutions that align with the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architecture (MCRA) and Microsoft cloud security benchmark (MCSB).
- Module 4 - Design a resiliency strategy for ransomware and other attacks based on Microsoft Security Best Practices.
- Module 5 - Case study: Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities.
- Module 6 - Design solutions for regulatory compliance.
- Module 7 - Design solutions for identity and access management.
- Module 8 - Design solutions for securing privileged access.
- Module 9 - Design solutions for security operations.
- Module 10 - Case study: Design security operations, identity and compliance capabilities.
- Module 11 - Design solutions for securing Microsoft 365.
- Module 12 - Design solutions for securing applications.
- Module 13 - Design solutions for securing an organization's data.
- Module 14 - Case study: Design security solutions for applications and data.
- Module 15 - Specify requirements for securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services.
- Module 16 - Design solutions for security posture management in hybrid and multicloud environments.
- Module 17 - Design solutions for securing server and client endpoints.
- Module 18 - Design solutions for network security.
- Module 19 - Case study: Design security solutions for infrastructure.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, delegates must have:
- Attended and passed (highly recommended) one of the associate-level certifications in the security, compliance and identity portfolio (such as AZ-500, SC-200 or SC-300);
- Experience implementing or administering solutions in the following areas: identity and access, platform protection, security operations, data and AI security, application security, and hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures. You should have expert skills in at least one of those areas, and you should have experience designing security solutions that include Microsoft security technologies.
Exam info
At the end of this course, you will take this official exam at the Microsoft Training Centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:
Exam SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
- Languages: English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Chinese (Traditional), Italian
- Domains:
- Design solutions that align with security best practices and priorities (20–25%)
- Design security operations, identity, and compliance capabilities (25–30%)
- Design security solutions for infrastructure (25–30%)
- Design security solutions for applications and data (20–25%)
Course Dates
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