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Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate - Skills Measured

This document outlines the skills measured on the Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate certification exam. It covers managing identity and access in Azure Active Directory, implementing platform protection through network and compute security configurations, monitoring security using Azure Monitor, Security Center, and Sentinel, configuring security policies and operations, and securing data and applications through storage, database, and Key Vault configurations. Example skills assessed include configuring Conditional Access policies, implementing vulnerability management, monitoring security logs, and managing permissions for Key Vault resources.

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate - Skills Measured

This document outlines the skills measured on the Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate certification exam. It covers managing identity and access in Azure Active Directory, implementing platform protection through network and compute security configurations, monitoring security using Azure Monitor, Security Center, and Sentinel, configuring security policies and operations, and securing data and applications through storage, database, and Key Vault configurations. Example skills assessed include configuring Conditional Access policies, implementing vulnerability management, monitoring security logs, and managing permissions for Key Vault resources.

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Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

– Skills Measured
This document contains the skills measured on the exams associated with this
certification. It does not include any upcoming or recent changes that have been made to
those skills. For more information about upcoming or recent changes, see the associated
exam details page(s).

NOTE: The bullets that appear below each of the skills measured are intended to illustrate how
we are assessing that skill. This list is not definitive or exhaustive.

NOTE: In most cases, exams do NOT cover preview features, and some features will only be
added to an exam when they are GA (General Availability).

Exam AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies


Manage identity and access (30-35%)

Manage Azure Active Directory identities

 configure security for service principals


 manage Azure AD directory groups
 manage Azure AD users
 configure password writeback
 configure authentication methods including password hash and Pass Through
Authentication (PTA), OAuth, and passwordless
 transfer Azure subscriptions between Azure AD tenants

Configure secure access by using Azure AD

 monitor privileged access for Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (PIM)


 configure Access Reviews
 activate and configure PIM
 implement Conditional Access policies including Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
 configure Azure AD identity protection

Manage application access

 create App Registration


 configure App Registration permission scopes
 manage App Registration permission consent
 manage API access to Azure subscriptions and resources
Manage access control

 configure subscription and resource permissions


 configure resource group permissions
 configure custom RBAC roles
 identify the appropriate role
 apply principle of least privilege
 interpret permissions
 check access

Implement platform protection (15-20%)

Implement advanced network security

 secure the connectivity of virtual networks (VPN authentication, Express Route


encryption)
 configure Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Application Security Groups (ASGs)
 create and configure Azure Firewall
 configure Azure Front Door service as an Application Gateway
 configure a Web Application Firewall (WAF) on Azure Application Gateway
 configure Azure Bastion
 configure a firewall on a storage account, Azure SQL, KeyVault, or App Service
 implement Service Endpoints
 implement DDoS protection

Configure advanced security for compute

 configure endpoint protection


 configure and monitor system updates for VMs
 configure authentication for Azure Container Registry
 configure security for different types of containers
 implement vulnerability management
 configure isolation for AKS
 configure security for container registry
 implement Azure Disk Encryption
 configure authentication and security for Azure App Service
 configure SSL/TLS certs
 configure authentication for Azure Kubernetes Service
 configure automatic updates

Manage security operations (25-30%)

Monitor security by using Azure Monitor


 create and customize alerts
 monitor security logs by using Azure Monitor
 configure diagnostic logging and log retention

Monitor security by using Azure Security Center

 evaluate vulnerability scans from Azure Security Center


 configure Just in Time VM access by using Azure Security Center
 configure centralized policy management by using Azure Security Center
 configure compliance policies and evaluate for compliance by using Azure Security
Center

Monitor security by using Azure Sentinel

 create and customize alerts


 configure data sources to Azure Sentinel
 evaluate results from Azure Sentinel
 configure workflow automation by using Azure Sentinel

Configure security policies

 configure security settings by using Azure Policy


 configure security settings by using Azure Blueprint
 configure a playbook by using Azure Sentinel

Secure data and applications (20-25%)

Configure security for storage

 configure access control for storage accounts


 configure key management for storage accounts
 configure Azure AD authentication for Azure Storage
 configure Azure AD Domain Services authentication for Azure Files
 create and manage Shared Access Signatures (SAS)
 create a shared access policy for a blob or blob container
 configure Storage Service Encryption

Configure security for databases

 enable database authentication


 enable database auditing
 configure Azure SQL Database Advanced Threat Protection
 implement database encryption
 implement Azure SQL Database Always Encrypted

Configure and manage Key Vault

 manage access to Key Vault


 manage permissions to secrets, certificates, and keys
 configure RBAC usage in Azure Key Vault
 manage certificates
 manage secrets
 configure key rotation
 backup and restore of Key Vault items

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