Build your cloud security foundation with the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance & Identity Fundamentals credential.

Cloud-first environments increase risk, complexity and the need for trusted professionals. This HRD Corp Claimable course introduces you to the core concepts of Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity (SCI).

  • Why get certified: Earn the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals credential to validate your understanding of SCI concepts, strengthen your professional credibility and open doors in cybersecurity and cloud roles.
  • Why it matters: Organizations in Malaysia’s digital-economy ecosystem require professionals who understand how to secure identities, comply with regulations and govern data — certified SCI-trained staff increase resilience, risk mitigation and business agility.
  • Who should attend: New IT or cloud professionals, business stakeholders, compliance officers and anyone seeking to grasp foundational SCI principles across Azure and Microsoft 365 before advancing to role-based credentials.

Establish a strong base in cloud security, compliance and identity. Train with Microsoft Learning Partner of the Year 2024.

Overview

Get started with cybersecurity with the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification.

In this 1-day SC-900 Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals training course, you’ll learn about the core concepts and principles of security, compliance, and identity solutions. You’ll also get familiarized with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity across cloud-based and related Microsoft services. So if you’re looking to protect your data against the latest security risks, this cybersecurity certification is for you.

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Skills Covered

After completing this module, students will be able to:

  •  Describe basic concepts of security, compliance, and identity.
  •  Describe the concepts and capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions.
  •  Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions.
  •  Describe the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Target Audience

The audience for this course are looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services. The content for this course aligns to the SC-900 exam objective domain. Candidates should be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and understand how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.

This Microsoft Official Course prepares students for the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals certification.

The SC-900 Fundamentals exam measures your ability to describe the following: concepts of security, compliance, and identity; capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions; capabilities of Microsoft security solutions; and capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions.

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Describe security and compliance concepts

Learn about common security and compliance concepts that are foundational to Microsoft solutions. Topics include the shared responsibility and Zero Trust models, encryption, data residency and data sovereignty, and more.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe the shared responsibility and the defense-in-depth security models.
  • Describe the Zero-Trust model.
  • Describe the concepts of encryption and hashing.
  • Describe some basic compliance concepts.

Module 2: Describe identity concepts

Learn about the key concepts of authentication and authorization and why identity is important in securing corporate resources. You’ll also learn about some identity-related services.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Understand the difference between authentication and authorization.
  • Describe the concept of identity as a security perimeter.
  • Describe identity-related services.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 3: Describe the function and identity types of Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Entra ID is Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management solution that connects people to their apps, devices, and data. Learn about the functions and identity types supported by Microsoft Entra ID.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the function of Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Describe the types of identities Microsoft Entra ID supports.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 4: Describe the authentication capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID

Learn about the authentication capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID, including multifactor authentication, and how they improve security. You’ll also learn about self-service password reset (SSPR) and the password protection and management capabilities.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the authentication methods of Entra ID.
  • Describe multifactor authentication (MFA) in Entra ID.
  • Describe self-service password reset (SSPR) in Entra ID.
  • Describe the password protection and management capabilities of Entra ID.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 5: Describe access management capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID

A key function of Microsoft Entra ID is to manage access. Learn about the conditional access and how Microsoft Entra roles and role-based access control (RBAC) helps organizations manage and control access.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe Conditional Access in Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Describe Microsoft Entra roles and role-based access control.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 6: Describe the identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra

Learn about protecting and governing identities with Microsoft Entra ID. Learn about Permissions Management and how it enables organization to discover, remediate, and monitor permission risks across your multicloud infrastructure.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the identity protection and governance capabilities of Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Describe Privileged Identity Management.
  • Describe Permissions Management.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 7: Describe core infrastructure security services in Azure

Learn about capabilities Azure supports to protect your network, VMs, and your data.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Learn how Azure security capabilities can protect the network
  • Learn how Azure can protect your VMs
  • Learn how to keep secrets safe with Azure Key Vault

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 8: Describe security management capabilities of Azure

Learn about cloud security posture management and how Microsoft Defender for Cloud protects your cloud through secure score, recommendations, and enhanced features that provide cloud workload protection. You’ll also learn about security baselines in Azure.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe cloud security posture management.
  • Describe the capabilities of Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  • Understand the Microsoft cloud security benchmark and the security baselines in Azure.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 9: Describe security capabilities of Microsoft Sentinel

Learn about Microsoft Sentinel a scalable, cloud-native, security information event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automated response (SOAR) solution. In this module, you’ll also be introduced to Microsoft Security Copilot.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the security concepts for SIEM and SOAR.
  • Describe how Microsoft Sentinel provides threat detection and mitigation.
  • Describe Microsoft Security Copilot.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 10: Describe threat protection with Microsoft 365 Defender

Protect against cyber threats with Microsoft 365 Defender across endpoints, identities, email, and applications.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the Microsoft 365 Defender service.
  • Describe how Microsoft 365 Defender provides integrated protection against sophisticated attacks.
  • Describe and explore Microsoft 365 Defender portal.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 11: Describe Microsoft’s Service Trust portal and privacy capabilities

Microsoft runs on trust! Here you’ll explore the Service Trust Portal for content on how Microsoft delivers on our commitment of trust. You’ll also learn about Microsoft Priva, a solution to help meet privacy goals.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the offerings of the Service Trust Portal.
  • Describe Microsoft’s Privacy principles.
  • Describe Microsoft Priva.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 12: Describe the compliance management capabilities in Microsoft Purview

Explore the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, the portal for organizations to manage their compliance needs. Learn about the Compliance Manager and compliance score, which can help organizations manage, simplify, and improve compliance across their organization.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
  • Describe Compliance Manager.
  • Describe the use and benefits of compliance score.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 13: Describe information protection and data lifecycle management in Microsoft Purview

Information protection and data lifecycle management in Microsoft Purview helps organizations classify, protect, and retain their data where it lives and wherever it goes. Learn about data classification capabilities, data loss prevention, and records management.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe data classification capabilities
  • Describe records management
  • Describe data loss prevention

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 14: Describe insider risk capabilities in Microsoft Purview

Insider risks are a top concern for organizations. These risks can be challenging to identify and mitigate. Learn how Microsoft Purview enables organizations to identify, analyze, and remediate internal risks before they cause harm.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe insider risk management
  • Describe communication compliance
  • Describe information barriers

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 15: Describe the eDiscovery and audit capabilities of Microsoft Purview

Organizations may need to identify, collect, and/or audit information for legal, regulatory, or business reasons. Learn how the eDiscovery and audit capabilities of Microsoft Purview help organizations find relevant data quickly.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe the eDiscovery capabilities of Microsoft Purview.
  • Describe the auditing capabilities of Microsoft Purview.

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Module 16: Describe resource governance capabilities in Azure

Azure governance capabilities provide mechanisms and processes for organizations to maintain control over their applications and resources. Learn how Azure policy, Blueprints, and Microsoft Purview help organizations govern their resources and applications.

Learning objectives

After completing this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Describe Azure Policy.
  • Describe Azure Blueprints
  • Describe Microsoft Purview

Prerequisites

  • General understanding of networking and cloud computing concepts.
  • General IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment.
  • General understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

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Exam & Certification

Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals.

Whether you’re a student, business user, or IT professional, this certification ensures you have a firm grasp of a range of topics in the rapidly growing field of cybersecurity. This fundamentals certification can serve as a steppingstone if you are interested in advancing to role-based certifications in security operations, identity and access management, and information protection.

The Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification could be a great fit for you if you’d like to:

  • Demonstrate your knowledge of Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity (SCI) solutions.
  • Highlight your understanding of how Microsoft SCI solutions provide holistic, end-to-end cybersecurity capabilities.

It is recommended to have familiarity with networking and cloud computing concepts, general IT knowledge or any general experience working in an IT environment, general understanding of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.

Training & Certification Guide

This certification is targeted to those looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.

This is a broad audience that may include business stakeholders, new or existing IT professionals, or students who have an interest in Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions.

Candidates should be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and want to understand how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.

This certification is targeted to those looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.

This is a broad audience that may include business stakeholders, new or existing IT professionals, or students who have an interest in Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions.

Candidates should be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and want to understand how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.

This exam measures your ability to describe the following: concepts of security, compliance, and identity; capabilities of Microsoft identity and access management solutions; capabilities of Microsoft security solutions; and capabilities of Microsoft compliance solutions.

Demand for cybersecurity skills is at an all-time high. Discover your Security, Compliance and Identity opportunities with these recommended resources:

Frequently Asked Questions

The SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals certification is targeted to those looking to familiarize themselves with the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.

This is a broad audience that may include business stakeholders, new or existing IT professionals, or students who have an interest in Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions.

Candidates should be familiar with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 and want to understand how Microsoft security, compliance, and identity solutions can span across these solution areas to provide a holistic and end-to-end solution.

Safeguard your people, data, and infrastructure by attending these recommended courses:

SC-200T00: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

In this course you will learn how to mitigate cyberthreats using these technologies. Specifically, you will configure and use Azure Sentinel as well as utilize Kusto Query Language (KQL) to perform detection, analysis, and reporting.

SC-300T00: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator

This course provides IT Identity and Access Professional, along with IT Security Professional, with the knowledge and skills needed to implement identity management solutions based on Microsoft Azure AD, and it connected identity technologies.

SC-401T00: Information Security Administrator

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.

SC-100T00: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect

This SC-100T00: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect course prepares students with the background to design and evaluate cybersecurity strategies in the following areas: Zero Trust, Governance Risk Compliance (GRC), security operations (SecOps), and data and applications.

Microsoft Certifications are globally recognized and industry-endorsed evidence of mastering real world skills. It shows you demonstrate proficiency in keeping pace with technology. It’s a career move that yields many positive results.

Getting a Microsoft Certification is also a great way to break into the tech industry. A Microsoft Certification immediately confers a level of authority and expertise, especially helpful for someone new to the industry.

The number of questions on a certification exam is subject to change as Microsoft make updates to ensure it aligns with current changes in the technology and job role. Most Microsoft Certification exams typically contain between 40-60 questions; and around 60-140 minutes.

Starting June 30 2021, all newly earned role-based and specialty certifications will be valid for one year from the date the certification was earned.

To stay up to date, IT pros are constantly learning and adding skills. The IDC study concluded that Microsoft Learning Partners such as Trainocate Malaysia which was recently awarded the Microsoft Learning Partner 2024 are well positioned to help organizations achieve their business and learning goals. The IT leaders who were surveyed found the most value from a Learning Partner that provides:

  • An end-to-end solution which starts with identifying skill gaps, simplifies the learning experience, and finishes by evaluating how well the Learning Partner met the organization goals.
  • Scale, flexibility, and speed to train teams of any size, in any location, amid changing circumstances.
  • Value-added services, such as hands-on labs, classroom training, and custom content that help the skills development program succeed.
  • High-quality content and delivery, meaning accurate, relevant courseware, top-notch instructors, and a path to certification, if needed.

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