Microsoft Cyber Security Analyst SC-900 Study Guide & Notes (Unofficial)

Microsoft Cyber Security Analyst SC-900 Study Notes & guide is a detailed and practical resource for preparing for the Microsoft SC-900 exam. It introduces core cybersecurity principles including the shared responsibility model, Zero Trust architecture, identity and access control using Azure AD, and cloud-based security operations using Defender and Sentinel.

Authored and reviewed by certified professionals with firsthand experience preparing for and earning the certification.

It demystifies authorization models (RBAC, ABAC), explains modern network protocols and architecture, and provides actionable insights into data protection, compliance standards like ISO/IEC 27001, and AI's role in cybersecurity. With quizzes, terminology breakdowns, and exam simulations, it’s tailored to help learners understand and retain key certification objectives.

Who is this study guide for?

- Students preparing to pass Microsoft cyber security analyst SC-900 exam.

- Learners who want to learn how to use Microsoft Azure AD for security and identity management.

Table of Contents

-About The Exam

-Topics Covered In The Exam

-Introduction to Computers and Operating

Systems and Security

• Maintenance
• Data warehousing and data lakes
• Practice Test

-Introduction to Networking and Cloud

computing

• OSI Model and TCP/IP
• DNS
• Logging
• Client-server working models
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• (DHCP)
• Authorization and Authentication
• Wi-Fi and Network Attacks
• Firewalls
• Virtualization and Cloud Computing
• Artificial intelligence
• Practice Test

-Cybersecurity Threat Vectors and Mitigation

• Example Cyber Attacks
• Social Engineering
• Mitigation Strategies and Security Controls
• IoT Security
• Cybersecurity Regulatory Frameworks and
• Standards
• Practice Test

-Cybersecurity Identity and Access Solutions

using Azure AD

• Identity Management in Azure AD
• Practice Test

-Cybersecurity Solutions and Microsoft Defender

DDOS Protection in Azure

• Creating a Virtual Machine in Azure
• Azure Firewall Protection
• Encryption in Azure
• Azure Bastion
• Azure Policy Definitions and Management
• Groups
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Microsoft 365 Defender
• Using Sentinel and Defender for log
• analytics
• Deploying Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Protection
• Summary: Azure AD Identity Protection
• Practice Quiz

-Cybersecurity Tools and Technologies

• Red Team vs Blue Team
• Phases of Penetration Testing
• Penetration Testing Tools
• Understanding IDS
• Incident Response
• Azure Private Endpoints
• Network Segmentation in Azure
• Azure VPN
• Vulnerability Management in Azure
• Tools used in Cybersecurity
• Practice Quiz

-Cybersecurity Management and Compliance

• Disaster Recovery and Backup Strategies in
• Azure
• Azure Log Analysis
• Retention and Archiving in Azure
• Azure's Cloud Adoption Framework
• Business Continuity Planning
• Microsoft Purview
• ISO27001
• ISO/IEC 27017
• Azure Blueprints
• Practice Quiz

-Advanced Cybersecurity Concepts

• STRIDE threat categories and mitigation
• Spoofing threat
• Tampering threat
• Repudiation threat
• Information Disclosure threat:
• Denial-of-service threat:
• Elevation of Privilege threat:
• Code Reviews
• Vulnerability identification
• Security best practices
• Countermeasure implementation
• Mentoring and training
• Threat Modeling
• PASTA Framework
• Microsoft Threat Modeling Tool
• Security Development Lifecycle (SDL)
• Risk Assessment Steps
• IoT Device Architecture
• Security Monitoring Tools in Azure
• Zero Trust Model
• Identity as Service
• Azure Hybrid identity authentication
• methods
• Azure Network Security Groups
• Practice Quiz

SC-900 Mock exam

Format: PDF

Page Count: 375

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