Microsoft Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)

Enterprise Skills InitiativeAzure Apps, Infra, Data & AIMicrosoft Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)

Description

In this AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Engineer course you will learn to implement security controls and threat protection, manage identity and access, and protect data, applications, and networks in cloud and hybrid environments as part of the end-to-end infrastructure.

  • Manage identity and access
  • Implement platform protection
  • Manage security operations
  • Secure data and applications

Students should have at least one year of hands-on experience securing Azure workloads and experience with security controls for workloads on Azure.

Module 1: Manage Identity and Access

This module covers Azure Active Directory, Azure Identity Protection, Enterprise Governance, Azure AD PIM, and Hybrid Identity.

Lessons

  • Azure Active Directory
  • Azure Identity Protection
  • Enterprise Governance
  • Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
  • Hybrid Identity

Lab: Role-Based Access Control
Lab: Azure Policy
Lab: Resource Manager Locks
Lab: MFA, Conditional Access and AAD Identity Protection
Lab: Azure AD Privileged Identity Management
Lab: Implement Directory Synchronization

Module 2: Implement Platform Protection

This module covers perimeter, network, host, and container security.

Lessons

  • Perimeter Security
  • Network Security
  • Host Security
  • Container Security

Lab: Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups
Lab: Azure Firewall
Lab: Configuring and Securing ACR and AKS

Module 3: Secure Data and Applications

This module covers the Azure Key Vault, application security, storage security, and SQL database security.

Lessons

  • Azure Key Vault
  • Application Security
  • Storage Security
  • SQL Database Security

Lab: Key Vault (Implementing Secure Data by setting up Always Encrypted)
Lab: Securing Azure SQL Database
Lab: Service Endpoints and Securing Storage

Module 4: Manage Security Operations

This module covers Azure Monitor, Azure Security Center, and Azure Sentinel.

Lessons

  • Azure Monitor
  • Azure Security Center
  • Azure Sentinel

Lab: Azure Monitor
Lab: Azure Security Center
Lab: Azure Sentinel

Course types

Classroom: In-Person
Full-day instructor-led training delivered in the classroom (public) or at your offices (private). Training takes place Monday through Friday. Includes complete course coverage.

Classroom: Virtual
Virtual instructor-led training delivered online. Training takes place in the form of sessions between Monday and Friday. Includes complete course coverage.

Hybrid: In-Person or Virtual
A combination of online study and 2-days virtual or classroom live-based exam prep workshops. These courses are delivered in a blended format, consisting of 4-6 weeks self-study, plus full 2-days instructor-led workshops per person per exam.

Live-Virtual (MyDigicomp)
The live virtual course is scheduled over a period of 3-4 weeks. During this time 6-8 instructor-led contact sessions of 3 hours each take place. This time is indicated on the respective course as 3-4 days. When you click on “Timetable” during the booking process, you will already see when the next live sessions will take place. Of course, these sessions are recorded and made available to students at the end of the course. During these 3-4 weeks, students will always have direct access to the expert instructor and can ask questions if something is not clear during self-study. We call this aspect mentoring. Everything takes place on one Microsoft Team channel per class. During this time students will have access to all sessions and information within the class. After those 3-4 weeks, students receive and additional week to prepare and then take the test, either in-class or at home.

Course Type

Virtual or In-Person

Online course delivery format focuses on exam prep and is delivered in a very condensed format. Candidates are required to complete pre-course material before attending the instructor-led online sessions.

Price

$250-600

Prices based on the country in which the course is hosted.

Exam

Included (AZ-500)

For more information:

Enterprise Skills Initiative Support
Lizelle van Niekerk
lizelle@thellpa.com

Online registrations can take up to 7 days to process. Please be aware that if you book for a course on a Friday for a class that starts on the following Monday it cannot be processed and will result in your registration being allocated to another date automatically. We suggest booking for courses well in advance.

No dates for your country? E-mail esi@thellpa.com and send in your request.