Understand how Microsoft Defender for Cloud supports AI security and governance in Azure
Intermediate
Security Engineer
Azure
Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Defender for Cloud plays a central role in securing AI workloads across Azure. Learn how Microsoft Defender for Cloud supports AI security across Azure. Explore the layers of an AI workload, the unique risks AI systems introduce, and the guardrails that protect model inputs and outputs. See how Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft Foundry work together to support a unified security and governance strategy.
Learning objectives
In this module, you learn to:
- Identify the layers that make up AI workloads in Azure
- Recognize security risks unique to AI, including prompt injection, data leakage, and model misuse
- Explain how Microsoft Foundry provides guardrails and observability for AI models
- Describe how Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Entra ID work together to secure and govern AI workloads
- Summarize how these services align to create a unified, defense-in-depth strategy for AI security in Azure
Prerequisites
Before starting, you should have:
- Experience securing workloads and data in Azure
- Familiarity with concepts such as identity and access management, network isolation, and cloud security posture management (CSPM)
- Basic understanding of how AI workloads use Azure services such as Azure OpenAI or Azure AI Search
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