• Describe specialized data classifications on Azure
• Identify Azure data protection mechanisms
• Implement Azure data encryption methods
• Secure Internet protocols and how to implement them on Azure
• Describe Azure security services and features

Target audience:
This course is for Azure Security Engineers who are planning to take the associated certification exam, or who are performing security tasks in their day-to-day job. This course would also be helpful to an engineer that wants to specialize in providing security for Azure-based digital platforms and play an integral role in protecting an organization’s data.

Prerequisites:
To get the most out of this course students should:

• Understand security best practices and industry security requirements such as defense in depth, least privileged access, role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, shared responsibility, and zero trust model.
• Be familiar with security protocols such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Internet Security Protocol (IPSec), Secure Socket Layer (SSL), disk and data encryption methods.
• Have some experience deploying Azure workloads. This course does not cover the basics of Azure administration, instead the course content builds on that knowledge by adding security specific information.
• Have experience with Windows and Linux operating systems and scripting languages. Course labs may use PowerShell and the CLI.
• Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate

To get ready for class, consider this free online training.

• Azure Fundamentals
• AZ-104: Prerequisites for Azure Administrators