SC-401 Information Security Administrator Course
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Price
$2,494.00
Duration
4 Days
Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led Private Group
Delivery
Virtual
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Course Description
Cybercrime damages are projected to reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. With internal and external threats growing, organizations can’t afford gaps in governance, compliance, or data protection.
The SC-401 Information Security Administrator Course teaches you to plan and implement information security for sensitive data using Microsoft Purview and related services. You’ll get hands-on experience with data loss prevention, insider risk management, retention, encryption, and AI safeguards, learning how to protect data across Microsoft 365, respond to security alerts, manage AI risks, and develop policies that support your organization’s risk reduction goals.
What Is Included
- Expert-led training with real-world security scenarios
- Official Microsoft courseware and hands-on labs
- Certificate of completion
- Interactive exercises using Microsoft Purview and Microsoft 365
- Access to class recordings for 90 days (if applicable)
- Guaranteed-to-run dates (when marked)
- Flexible rescheduling options
Course Objectives
By completing SC-401 Information Security Administrator training, participants will be able to:
- Implement information protection and DLP policies with Microsoft Purview
- Classify and secure data across Microsoft 365 and hybrid environments
- Configure and manage sensitivity labels, retention policies, and encryption
- Investigate and respond to insider risk and DLP incidents
- Protect AI-generated and AI-processed data with adaptive security controls
Who Should Attend?
This course is ideal for IT professionals and administrators responsible for information security, data protection, compliance, or risk management in Microsoft 365 environments.
Course Prerequisites
- Familiarity with Microsoft Purview compliance solutions
- Basic understanding of data protection and security concepts
- Foundational knowledge of Microsoft security and compliance technologies
- Awareness of Microsoft 365 data governance capabilities
Course Content
Module 1: Protect and Classify Sensitive Data in Microsoft Purview
- The growing need for data protection and Zero Trust
- Understand data classification, labeling, and governance
- Prevent data leaks and insider threats
- Manage alerts and respond to threats
- Protect AI-generated and AI-processed data
- Classify data using sensitive information types and trainable classifiers
- Review and analyze classification insights
Module 2: Create and Manage Sensitive Information Types
- Overview of built-in and custom sensitive info types
- Create custom and exact data match types
- Implement document fingerprinting and named entities
- Build keyword dictionaries for detection accuracy
Module 3: Configure and Apply Sensitivity Labels
- Create and configure labels and label policies
- Set up encryption, auto-labeling, and tracking
- Manage sensitivity labels in Office apps and Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Apply labels to Teams, SharePoint, and meetings
- Classify and protect on-premises data with the Purview scanner
Module 4: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Fundamentals
- DLP overview, planning, and policy design
- Simulate, create, and manage DLP policies
- Integrate Adaptive Protection and DLP analytics
- Monitor DLP alerts and activity tracking
Module 5: Endpoint and Cloud DLP Implementation
- Understand endpoint DLP workflow and device onboarding
- Configure endpoint policies and browser extension
- Implement just-in-time (JIT) protection
- Apply DLP policies in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and Power Platform
- Investigate and respond to DLP alerts across Purview and Defender XDR
Module 6: Insider Risk Management and Adaptive Protection
- Understand insider risks and Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Prepare and configure Insider Risk settings and data sources
- Create and manage risk management policies
- Investigate and triage alerts, analyze user activity
- Implement and manage Adaptive Protection
Module 7: AI Data Protection and Governance
- Discover AI interactions and risks
- Configure Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI
- Audit Copilot activities and review AI security reports
- Apply DSPM recommendations and sensitivity labels
- Use Endpoint DLP to prevent AI data exposure
- Govern AI content retention, eDiscovery, and communications
Module 8: AI Risk Assessment and Adaptive Response
- Detect oversharing and risky AI usage
- Apply Adaptive Protection to mitigate AI-related risks
- Case studies on securing AI environments
Module 9: Retention and Recovery in Microsoft Purview
- Understand retention lifecycle, labels, and policies
- Plan and publish retention configurations
- Implement adaptive scopes and policy precedence
- Recover content across Microsoft 365 workloads
Module 10: Search, Audit, and eDiscovery
- Microsoft Purview Audit configuration and management
- Conduct and export Audit (Standard and Premium) searches
- Investigate Microsoft 365 and Copilot interactions
- Perform eDiscovery content searches and exports
- Support compliance investigations and data governance
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