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• SC-401: Course Overview

  The Information Security Administrator course equips you with the skills needed to plan and implement information security for sensitive data using Microsoft Purview and related services. The course covers essential topics such as information protection, data loss prevention (DLP), retention, and insider risk management. You learn how to protect data within Microsoft 365 collaboration environments from internal and external threats. Additionally, you learn how to manage security alerts and respond to incidents by investigating activities, responding to DLP alerts, and managing insider risk cases. You also learn how to protect data used by AI services within Microsoft environments and implement controls to safeguard content in these environments.

  As an Information Security Administrator, you plan and implement information security of sensitive data by using Microsoft Purview and related services. You’re responsible for mitigating risks by protecting data inside collaboration environments that are managed by Microsoft 365 from internal and external threats and protecting data used by AI services. You also implement information protection, data loss prevention, retention, insider risk management, and manage information security alerts and activities.

  You work with other roles that are responsible for governance, data, and security to evaluate and develop policies to address an organisation’s information security and risk reduction goals. You collaborate with workload administrators, business application owners, and governance stakeholders to implement technology solutions that support the necessary policies and controls. This role also participates in responding to information security incidents.

• SC-401: Course Modules

  Module 1: Implement Microsoft Purview Information Protection

  Module 2: Implement and manage Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

  Module 3: Implement and manage Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

  Module 4: Protect data in AI environments with Microsoft Purview

  Module 5: Implement and manage Microsoft 365 retention and recovery

  Module 6: Audit and search activity in Microsoft Purview

• SC-401: Course Objectives

  By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  • Implement Information Protection
  • Implement and manage data loss prevention
  • Implement and manage Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
  • Protect data in AI environments with Microsoft Purview
  • Implement and manage retention and recovery in Microsoft Purview
  • Audit and search activity in Microsoft Purview

• SC-401: Prerequisites

  You should be familiar with all Microsoft 365 services, PowerShell, Microsoft Entra, the Microsoft Defender portal, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.

  Audience Profile

  As an Information Security Administrator, you plan and implement information security for sensitive data using Microsoft Purview and related services. You’re responsible for mitigating risks by protecting data within Microsoft 365 collaboration environments from internal and external threats, as well as safeguarding data used by AI services. Your role involves implementing information protection, data loss prevention (DLP), retention, and insider risk management. You also manage security alerts and respond to incidents by investigating activities, responding to DLP alerts, and managing insider risk cases. In this role, you collaborate with other roles responsible for governance, data, and security to develop policies that address your organisation’s information security and risk reduction goals. You work with workload administrators, business application owners, and governance stakeholders to implement technology solutions that support these policies and controls.