Microsoft Azure Security Technologies

Candidates for the exam AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies should have subject matter expertise implementing Azure security controls that protect identity, access, data, applications, and networks in cloud and hybrid environments as part of an end-to-end infrastructure.

Responsibilities for an Azure security engineer include managing the security posture, identifying and remediating vulnerabilities, performing threat modeling, implementing threat protection, and responding to security incident escalations.

Azure security engineers often serve as part of a larger team to plan and implement cloud-based management and security.

Candidates for this exam should have practical experience in the administration of Azure and hybrid environments. Candidates should have experience with infrastructure as code, security operations processes, cloud capabilities, and Azure services.

Skills measured

• Manage identity and access (30-35%)

• Implement platform protection (15-20%)

• Manage security operations (25-30%)

• Secure data and applications (25-30%)