SC-500 Bootcamp: Cloud and AI Security Engineer in 4 Days
Secure the cloud and the AI running on it, and get certified in four days. This accelerated bootcamp covers the full SC-500 exam blueprint: identity, access and governance with Microsoft Entra ID and Azure Key Vault, securing storage, databases and Azure networking, securing servers, containers and application platform services, and managing posture with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel and Security Copilot. It also covers the security controls that modern AI workloads need, from Copilot and agent risk to Microsoft Entra Agent ID. You sit the SC-500 exam while you attend, earning Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate. Taught live by Microsoft Certified Trainers in Sarasota, Florida or online, with the exam voucher, a retake voucher and 90-day lab access included.
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SC-500 Bootcamp: Cloud and AI Security Engineer in 4 Days
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Course Description
Cloud and AI Security Engineer (SC-500) Bootcamp Overview
This SC-500 bootcamp is an accelerated, instructor-led path to Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate, earned by passing Exam SC-500: Implementing End-to-End Security Controls for Cloud and AI Workloads. Over four hands-on days you design, implement and manage security controls across Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, covering the identities, data, networks and infrastructure that carry modern workloads, and the additional controls that AI apps and autonomous agents now demand. You sit the SC-500 exam while attending.
Who This SC-500 Course Is For
Microsoft writes SC-500 for the security engineer who protects organizational systems and data across cloud and hybrid environments by implementing controls that prevent unauthorized access and mitigate risk. The role deliberately spans several domains at once: identity, network, application, data and compute, plus responsibility for making sure the platforms, data, identities and infrastructure behind AI workloads are securely implemented and monitored. In practice you work alongside architects, administrators, analysts and developers responsible for Azure, Microsoft 365, identity and access, information protection, security operations, DevOps, application development, database platforms and networks.
What You'll Learn in This SC-500 Training
The course follows the four skill areas Microsoft measures on the exam, in Microsoft's own weightings:
- Manage identity, access, and governance (20-25%): Privileged Identity Management, conditional access, multifactor and passwordless authentication, application identity including enterprise apps and app registrations, OAuth permission grants and managed identities; Azure Key Vault deployment, access and firewall settings, key, secret and certificate management, secret scanning with Defender CSPM and Defender for Key Vault; then governance through Azure Policy, regulatory compliance in Defender for Cloud, resource locks, built-in and custom roles, remediating overprivileged access, Azure Backup security and infrastructure as code.
- Secure storage, databases, and networking (25-30%): the largest area, covering storage account security, Azure Storage firewall rules, Defender for Storage and access policies; Azure SQL platform-level security, database auditing and Defender for Databases; and network security groups and application security groups, Azure Virtual Network Manager policies, Virtual WAN and VPN security, Microsoft Entra Private Access, private endpoints and Private Link, Azure Firewall, and effective rule evaluation with Network Watcher.
- Secure compute (20-25%): including a substantial security for AI block covering data overexposure in SharePoint, Copilot and AI app risk through Microsoft Purview DSPM, real-time protection for Copilot Studio agents, conditional access and blast radius analysis for Microsoft Entra Agent ID, AI Gateway in Azure API Management for Microsoft Foundry, Defender for AI Service, agent guardrails in Foundry and the Data and AI security dashboard. Then servers and VMs with disk encryption, Azure Bastion, just-in-time access, Azure Arc for hybrid and multicloud, Defender for Servers and agentless scanning, secure boot and vTPM; and application platform services across containers, AKS, Container Registry, Functions, Logic Apps, App Service, Web Application Firewall and API Management.
- Manage and monitor security posture (20-25%): Defender CSPM risk identification, compliance against security frameworks, workload protection plans, connecting AWS and GCP environments, Defender Vulnerability Management and External Attack Surface Management; Microsoft Sentinel workspaces, roles, content hub solutions, data connectors, syslog and CEF collection, Windows Security event collection, custom log tables, automation rules, playbooks and retention; and implementing Microsoft Security Copilot including workspaces, permissions, plugins and agents.
Why Choose This Cloud and AI Security Certification Camp
SC-500 is one of the few security certifications that has caught up with agentic AI, and this camp gets you through it in four days rather than months. It is led by Microsoft Certified Trainers as an authorized Microsoft Solutions Partner, using the official Microsoft course for SC-500 with official hands-on labs, and the exam is administered while you attend.
- 4-day accelerated format: one course, one exam, one certification.
- 95% first-attempt pass rate, with a retake voucher if you need it.
- Microsoft Official Exam Voucher included, with no hidden exam fees.
- Microsoft official hands-on labs and vetted practice exams, plus 90 days of extended lab access after the camp.
- Onsite and online Pearson VUE testing, so you certify without booking a separate test center.
- Up to 6 months to defer your exam or re-sit the training if you need more time.
- Taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers, live online or in person in Sarasota, Florida.
- Classes run as scheduled, with no cancellations, so you can book travel with confidence.
Topics Covered
Explore Microsoft Entra ID authentication methods
Configure multifactor authentication in Microsoft Entra ID
Implement passwordless authentication in Microsoft Entra ID
Configure self-service password reset in Microsoft Entra ID
Why Privileged Identity Management and just-in-time access matter
Core capabilities of Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
Implement just-in-time access for Microsoft Entra roles
Implement just-in-time access for Azure roles and resources
Scaling with PIM for Groups
Applying JIT access to AI workloads, agents, and applications
JIT design patterns and best practices
Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with a key
Exercise - Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with a key
Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with OAuth
Exercise - Integrate an API plugin with an API secured with OAuth
Deploy Azure Key Vault with security controls
Configure access to Azure Key Vault
Configure Key Vault firewall and network settings
Manage cryptographic keys in Azure Key Vault
Manage secrets in Azure Key Vault
Manage certificates in Azure Key Vault
Enable Key Vault audit logging
Scan for exposed secrets using Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Enable Microsoft Defender for Key Vault
Investigate and respond to Defender for Key Vault alerts
Assign built-in Azure Policy definitions
Create and deploy custom policy definitions
Implement resource locks
Microsoft Solutions Partner
As an authorized Microsoft Solutions Partner, we deliver Microsoft Official Courseware (MOC) taught by Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs). Our curriculum, labs and exam delivery meet Microsoft's highest standards for accredited training.
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Continue to access your student lab environment for 90 days after your camp is over. Need to defer your exams or re-sit the training? You have up to 6 months after the camp is complete.
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