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Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate(beta)

Certification details

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 organization’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.

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

Important

Review the study guide linked on the Exam SC-401 page.

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Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate(beta)

Skills measured

  • Implement information protection
  • Implement data loss prevention and retention
  • Manage risks, alerts, and activities

Job role: Administrator

Required exams: SC-401

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Certification exams

  • SC-401: Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 (beta)

    Languages: en

    Retirement date:

    This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: implement information protection; implement data loss prevention and retention; manage risks, alerts, and activities.

    Price based on the country or region in which the exam is proctored.

    We strongly recommend that you register for an exam with a personal MSA account. If you register with an organizational (work/school) AAD account, your exam records will be lost if you leave your organization and they will be unrecoverable.
    for Administering Information Security in Microsoft 365 (beta)

    All objectives of the exam are covered in depth so you'll be ready for any question on the exam.

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** Complete this exam before the retirement date to ensure it is applied toward your certification. After the retirement date, please refer to the related certification for exam requirements.