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SC-500

Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate
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40–60
Questions
~100 min
Duration
700
Passing score / 1000
4
Domains
Associate
Level
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Identity, Access, and Governance
20–25% of exam
Storage, Databases, and Networking
25–30% of exam
Secure Compute and AI Security
20–25% of exam
Security Posture and Monitoring
20–25% of exam
PSacademy:/courses/sc-500> Get-LearningModules -Cert SC-500
MOD 01

Identity, Access, and Governance

  • Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, and PIM
  • Managed identities and least-privilege RBAC
  • Key Vault access control and secret protection
  • Governance controls with Azure Policy
  • Privilege reviews and access lifecycle management
  • AI governance and responsible AI controls
MOD 02

Storage, Databases, and Networking

  • Storage firewall, private endpoints, and SAS hygiene
  • Azure SQL security baselines and auditing
  • NSGs, Azure Firewall, and segmentation strategy
  • Private Link and DNS design for secure access
  • Key management and encryption controls
  • Network access control for AI data paths
MOD 03

Secure Compute and AI Security

  • VM and container platform security hardening
  • AKS, serverless, and app platform security controls
  • Securing Azure AI Services and OpenAI workloads
  • Threat modeling for AI and adversarial abuse paths
  • Model and prompt security controls in production
  • Defender coverage for AI workloads
MOD 04

Security Posture and Monitoring

  • Defender for Cloud posture management and hardening
  • Sentinel workspace design and data onboarding
  • Detection, automation rules, and playbook response
  • KQL hunting and incident investigation workflows
  • Multi-cloud security posture visibility
  • Security Copilot for analyst acceleration

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