Introducing Microsoft’s New Security Certifications
3/15/2021
Microsoft is launching a new portfolio of security certifications!
| Exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst |
- Do you collaborate with organizational stakeholders to secure information technology systems for the organization and reduce organizational risk by rapidly remediating active attacks in the environment?
- Do you advise on improvements to threat protection practices and refer violations of organizational policies to appropriate stakeholders?
- Do you investigate, respond to, and hunt for threats using Microsoft Azure Sentinel, Azure Defender, Microsoft 365 Defender, and third-party security products?
Welcome to the world of Security Operations Analyst. Learn more about this exam: SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst. |
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| Exam SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator |
- Do you design, implement, and operate an organization’s identity and access management systems by using Azure AD?
- Do you manage tasks such as providing secure authentication and authorization access to enterprise applications?
- Do you troubleshoot, monitor, and report the identity and access environment?
If so, you are the right person to be taking the new Microsoft Identity and Access exam. Learn more about the exam: SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator. |
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| Exam SC-400: Microsoft Information Protection Administrator |
- Do you plan and implement controls that meet organizational compliance needs?
- Do you translate requirements and compliance controls into technical implementation and assist organizational control owners to become and stay compliant?
- Do you work with stakeholders to implement technology that supports policies and controls necessary to sufficiently address regulatory requirements for their organization?
- Do you define applicable requirements, test IT processes and operations against those policies and controls, and create policies and rules for content classification, data loss prevention, governance, and protection?
If so, it sounds like you’re an Information Protection Administrator, and we need your help. Learn more about the exam: SC-400: Microsoft Information Protection Administrator. |
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| Exam SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals |
- Are you looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services and demonstrate to others that you have that knowledge?
Learn more about the exam: SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals.
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Q&A:
Will these new certifications replace MS-500 or AZ-500 certification?
No, there is currently no plan to replace those certifications. The new certifications do not replace ALL the objectives tested on the MS-500 or AZ-500 certification exams.
I’ve been certified on the existing security certifications MS-500 “Microsoft 365 Security Administrator” or AZ-500 “Azure Security Engineer.” How are the new Security, Compliance, and Identity certifications different?
The new Security, Compliance, and Identity certifications are more focused on more discreet job roles. For example, whereas the Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) and Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate (MS-500) certifications are composed of about 25% Identity and Access Management objectives, the new Identity and Access Administrator certification (exam SC-300) is entirely focused on identity and access management.
Another example – the Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate certification (exam MS-500) was composed of 15-20% information protection objectives, whereas the Information Protection Administrator Associate certification (exam SC-400) is entirely focused on those objectives.
Source: Techcommunity.microsoft.com