AI security fundamentals
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"Understand the basic concepts of AI security, including security controls that apply to AI systems, and testing procedures to help improve the security posture of your AI environments."
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Security hub
The Security hub on Microsoft Learn offers technical guidance and resources for planning and implementing modern cybersecurity strategy, architecture, processes, and technology for aspiring, new, and experienced cybersecurity professionals. You can also find resources and training offerings for building foundational and advanced cybersecurity skills and for earning Microsoft Credentials. Microsoft Learn provides guidance to help you tackle security challenges while preparing for a competitive future.
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Get started with Microsoft Copilot for Security
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"Learn about the AI-powered security analysis tool that can process security signals and respond to cyberthreats at machine speed."
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Govern and protect sensitive information in the age of AI
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"Help secure and govern data in AI-driven environments to navigate AI risks and help ensure compliance. Learn to adapt security and governance strategies."
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Build foundational security skills
Build your foundational knowledge and essential skills to better collaborate with security colleagues, or find what you need to get your cybersecurity career started. Whether you’re a new IT professional, a student, or a business leader interested in getting the most from Microsoft Security, compliance, and identity solutions, you can quickly grow your knowledge and capabilities.
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Describe the basic concepts of cybersecurity
Find out how you can protect yourself and your organization against cyberthreats and cyberattacks, and explore cybersecurity concepts in this Learning Path.
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Take the Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
Join this training to discover basic concepts, like identity and access management and compliance management. Gain foundational knowledge of privacy and of data governance, protection, and management solutions.
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Earn the Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals Certification
If you're familiar with Azure and Microsoft 365, demonstrate your foundational knowledge of Microsoft Security, compliance, and identity concepts across these cloud-based solutions.
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Plan and implement modern cybersecurity
Access technical documentation and learn to use Zero Trust principles to modernize your cybersecurity strategy, architecture, processes, and technology.
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Zero Trust adoption framework
Learn about the Zero Trust security model and follow Microsoft’s adoption methodology to rapidly modernize your security posture, secure remote and hybrid work, protect sensitive data, and prevent or reduce business damage from a breach.
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Zero Trust assessment and progress tracking
Use pre-built trackers and assessment tools for implementing end-to-end security. Customize these for your organization. Track based on business scenarios or by pillar (identity, devices, apps, and data).
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Security in the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
Use the Secure methodology provided in the Cloud Adoption Framework to secure each phase of your organization’s adoption journey to cloud workloads in Azure.
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Security guidance quick links
Use security guidance in the Well-Architected Framework while building new apps and workloads in Azure (or to modernize existing Azure workloads). Security is balanced with reliability, performance, costs, and other concerns.
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Introduction to Azure security
Learn about security services on Azure and best practices for identity, networking, data, applications, and monitoring.
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Security adoption resources
Learn about security strategy, attack types, and Zero Trust principles through workshop decks the Microsoft Customer Success Unit refer to as a Security Adoption Framework. Explore how Microsoft security capabilities map to high-level architecture.
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Work with Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures
Explore the Microsoft Cybersecurity Reference Architectures (MCRA), and review diagrams that describe how Microsoft Security capabilities integrate with Microsoft and third-party platforms.
Gain specialized security skills and knowledge through Plans on Microsoft Learn
Follow our step-by-step Plans to help accelerate your skill-building journey and meet your learning goals. Our curated, expert content is easy to follow, with daily and weekly milestones, plus automated nudges to help keep you focused and motivated on expanding your capabilities and credentials.
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Learning for Microsoft security operations analysts
Elevate your security operations skills. This Plan is designed to help you implement Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and other advanced security tools.
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Learning for Microsoft identity and access administrators
Improve your understanding of identity and access management. This Plan is designed to help you automate authentication and authorization processes while applying Zero Trust principles.
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Learning for Microsoft data security administrators
Help secure your organization's data. This Plan can help you effectively manage permissions, environments, and data policies.
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Strengthen your organization’s security architecture and solutions
In this Plan, learn how security policies, Zero Trust architecture, and hybrid environment management can help you improve overall cybersecurity.
Prove your skills with Microsoft Credentials for Security
Showcase your advanced cybersecurity skills with Microsoft Credentials for Security. Whether you want verifiable skill sets aligned to security job roles or specific to security projects, Microsoft Certifications and Microsoft Applied Skills are complementary credentials that can help you and your organization take on new opportunities. Explore Certifications, like Security Operations Analyst or Cybersecurity Architect, and check out Applied Skills for real-world scenarios that use Microsoft Sentinel or Microsoft Defender.
Explore documentation and other resources
Take advantage of additional resources like training events, tailored learning experiences with Training Services Partners, thought leadership articles, blog posts, and more.
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Connect with the community
Join the conversation in the Security, Compliance, and Identity community, with cybersecurity discussions and posts that explore key security topics.
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Find a Microsoft Training Services Partner
Discover Training Services Partners around the world that offer security training solutions in formats and styles to help you meet your learning goals.
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Check out Microsoft Security Virtual Training Days
Learn to protect your data and organization with Microsoft Security solutions, including identity and access management and compliance management.
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Boost your team's skills
Take advantage of the security training resources and opportunities for team skill-building on Microsoft Learn for Organizations.
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Understand the AI shared responsibility model
When implementing AI capabilities for your organization, consider the inherent responsibility for various roles to safely use AI.
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Meet the Microsoft AI Red Team
Gain practical insights on how to safeguard your organization's AI with guidance and best practices from the industry-leading Microsoft AI Red Team.
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Follow Microsoft cybersecurity news
Read the latest Microsoft cybersecurity news, from recent work by Microsoft to strengthen protection, to helping keep user data safe around the world.
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Get the latest on Security Copilot
Stay up to date with the most recent Security Copilot developments, along with current releases, known issues, and plans for updates.
