SC-730: Microsoft Cybersecurity Business Professional

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

This SC-730 course by Christopher Nett is a meticulously organized Udemy course designed for IT professionals aiming to pass the Microsoft SC-730: Microsoft Cybersecurity Business Professional exam. This course systematically guides you from the basics to intermediate concepts of cybersecurity.

By mastering cybersecurity, you're developing expertise in essential topics in today's IT and business landscape.

The course is always aligned with Microsoft's latest study guide and exam objectives:

Explain roles and responsibilities in cybersecurity

• Explain the cybersecurity shared responsibility model

• Identify activities that demonstrate employee participation in security awareness initiatives within an organization

• Describe accountability practices

• Identify activities that enhance security

Apply simple organizational policies and data-handling standards

• Understand security and privacy policies applicable to work tasks

• Identify types of data that shouldn’t be shared with AI tools

• Describe the benefits of using a password manager to protect credentials

Describe security benefits and risk awareness

• Describe the security benefits of using multifactor authentication

• Identify business processes that may be targeted or infiltrated by threat actors

• Describe the risks of working in a remote environment

• Understand the importance of required software updates and security patches

• Describe the impact of security events, such as ransomware

Define cybersecurity concepts and emerging threats

• Define the terms vulnerability, threat, risk, encryption, and exploit

• Describe what deepfakes are

Identify common cybersecurity risks

• Describe the risks associated with using public Wi-Fi networks

• Describe psychological social engineering techniques, such as phishing, pretexting, and baiting

Detect indicators of malicious activity

• Identify indicators of malware

• Identify potential indicators of insider threats

• Describe abnormal system behavior or infection symptoms

Evaluate and verify digital communications

• Identify suspicious emails, malicious links, and unexpected attachments

• Identify potential privacy and security risks

• Verify the legitimacy of requests for access, payments, or sensitive data

Apply access controls

• Identify appropriate controls to limit access to systems and data

Understand the basics of securing devices, accounts, and workspaces

• Understand the basics of securing remote and mobile devices and workspaces, including using strong passwords, multifactor authentication, and other essential security practices

Understand how to protect sensitive and proprietary data

• Recognize and classify sensitive data

• Understand the different types of document sensitivity labeling and when to apply each

• Understand rights management

Understand safe internet and data-handling practices

• Apply proper data-handling techniques

• Understand how to collect, use, transfer, store, retain, and destroy data

Understand backup and recovery measures

• Understand how to help ensure that data is backed up to support recovery from incidents

• Identify and follow basic recovery measures for data loss or system issues

Report on security incidents and policy violations

• Identify situations that require reporting (for example, a phishing attempt, a lost device, or unauthorized access)

• Select the correct information to include in a report (for example, the date, type of incident, and affected data)

• Choose the appropriate reporting channel (for example, email, help desk, or incident form)

Take appropriate action during data breaches

• Follow basic steps when a breach occurs (for example, stop sharing data, disconnect devices, and notify IT)

• Recognize when escalation is required (for example, sensitive data exposure or a ransomware incident)

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